Meet The Team
Action to Prevent Suicide is run by a range of part-time freelance associates, university interns and project workers, who feel drawn to making a difference and promoting life.
Directors
Chukumeka (Chukes) Maxwell
Co-Founder & Joint CEO Director of Innovation and Strategy
Suicide prevention trainer specialising in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Trainer (ASIST), SafeTalk and is a Compassion Circles facilitator.
Neville Connor
Joint CEO Director of Community, Culture and Diversity
Neville is an Artist and Creative who has also worked for the NHS for over 14 years.
Lauriance Gerthoffer-Ham
Director Projects and Marketing
Derek O'Toole
Joint CEO Director of Operations & Finance
As of December 2021 Derek has agreed to join ATPS CIC and is responsible for pulling together our strands of work in regard to communities and professionals within the continuum of mental health and wellbeing.
Damaris Mwangi
Non Exec & Pan African Adviser
Damaris is a qualified Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapist/Counsellor, working with the NHS.
Advisory Board Members
Lucy Chenery
Formally Young People Director & Natural Helpers Co-ordinator
Heidi Rose
Co-Founder & Director of Circlewise CIC
Certified psychotherapeutic counsellor, eco-therapist and council facilitator
Penelope Welbourne
Advisor
A Pathway Lead for Advanced Professional Practice in Child and Family Social Work with specialist interests in child protection, children's rights and family law.
Kirsty Matthews
Safeguarding Adviser & Supporter
Advisors & Associates
Jan Pritchard
Lead ATPS Trainer & Counsellor
Person Centred counselling through CBT, Gestalt and therapeutic practice.
Dr Irina Ungureanu
International Associate Romania
Transpersonal therapist, breathcoach, group trainer and lecturer, specialising in Compassionate Inquiry (CI) with Dr. Gabor Maté.
John Woolner
Therapist
Enthusiastic about systems theory as it applies to human relationships, and to exploring interventions that bring about lasting change at the level of meaning and understanding.
Nik Sutherland
Therapeutic Counsellor & Supervisor
A double award winning drug & alcohol practitioner, certified laughter yoga leader & a training provider.
Andrew Russell
National & North East
Freelance Trainer and Social Care Consultant specialising in Suicide Prevention & Mental Health.
Dr Isobel Russell
National North & North East
A freelance ASIST trainer, with specialisms in mental health and bereavement assistance helping children in families who have lost someone to suicide.
Lydia Tewkesbury
Social Media & Communications
An experienced social media manager who works hard to connect people with services they need most.
Alan Dagg
Senior Training Coach - NI
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Alice Newton-Leeming
National North West
12 years experience within the field of mental health and suicide prevention and is part of the first cohort for ASK workshops – Assessing Suicide Risk in Kids.
Courtney Buckler
LGBTQ Advisor & Supporter
LGBTQIA+ and youth advisor for Action to Prevent Suicide, focusing on how people with depression make sense of their experiences.
Jenny Pickup
ASIST Safetalk Consultant UK Wide
Over 23 years of experience working with suicide prevention and mental health. Working as a dedicated quality assurance role to support an international network of ASIST trainers.
Joyce Borgs
National - Wales
ASIST trainer and manages advisor services for Parkinson's UK, her passion lies within the charity and organisational development sector.
Nick Brown
National - London SE
Freelance Trainer & Coach specialising in Suicide Prevention & Mental Health and an International Training Coach for LivingWorks Education.
Freelance Associates & Supporters
Chloe Tingle
Freelance Independent Consultant
Janet Smithson
Community/Freelance Consultant Researcher & University of Exeter
Our Interns
Working in collaboration with Exeter University internship scheme has been an incredible experience. We have had over 14 part-time students which has provided us with a range of talented individuals who are coming together to help support a world freer of mental ill health and suicide.
Students
Richard Massey
Social work student
Naami Soya
Psychology student
Sami Instone
Media and film student
Safeguarding Panel & Advisory Board
Shara Amoui
Social worker
Caron Parke
Adviser
India Oakley-Smith
Company Secretary, Goodwill In Action To Prevent suicide CIO
Lydia Tewsksbury
Social Media
Clients, Collaborators, Funders & Supporters
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