Contact us
Volition
26 St Michael's Road
Headingley
Leeds,
LS6 3AW.
Telephone: 0113 274 9585
Email: info@volition.org.uk
Our staff
Pip Goff, Manager, pip.goff@volition.org.uk contact for:
- how mental health services work and link up in Leeds;
- strategies and policies of the voluntary sector;
- current work of Volition.
Gill Crashaw, Development Worker, gill.crawshaw@volition.org.uk, contact for:
- who's who in the voluntary sector;
- information sharing, networking;
- voluntary sector representatives, special interest groups, meetings;
- the Workforce Development Project about personalisation;
- the staff shadowing scheme.
Wendy Kennerley, Communication and Information Worker, wendy.kennerley@volition.org.uk, contact for:
- communications;
- newsletter;
- website;
- blog
Liz Boyd, Administrator, liz.boyd@volition.org.uk, contact for:
- general enquiries;
- weekly email distribution to member organisations;
- finance.
Our Directors
Our Board of Directors meets on the second Thursday of each month (except August) and acts as the voluntary sector reference group to the Joint Strategic Group for Mental Health (formerly the Mental Health Programme Board and the Mental Health Advisory Group). Agendas and minutes of these meetings can be made available to Volition member organisations on request.
Our current directors (and their parent organisation) are:
(You can read a short biography of each director by clicking on their name (Word, max 30KB).)
- Rebecca Weinberg (Volition Chair) Leeds Jewish Welfare Board
- Annie French Advocacy for Mental Health and Dementia
- Alison Lowe Touchstone
- Ant Hanlon Leeds Irish Health and Homes
- Fiona Venner Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service
- Jon Woolmore Community Links
- Julia Preston (Volition Vice Chair), GIPSIL
- Julian Turner Leeds Mind
- Karen Newsome St Anne's Community Services
- Lavinia Lubbock Women's Counselling & Therapy Service
- Peter Ruickbie Alzheimers Society
- Ravinder Samra Dosti
To contact any of the directors please get in touch via their parent organisation.