Enablers

I believe that real change begins with listening and with the courage to take even the smallest step forward. My journey started as a volunteer supporting Eastern European families in Luton to find their way and their voice in a new community. What began as small acts of kindness grew into a lifelong commitment to fairness, belonging, and empowerment.

Today, as Founder of the Link Community Centre, I work to create spaces where Eastern European residents and other underrepresented groups in Luton can be seen, heard, and supported. My focus is on building trust, between people and institutions, between communities and systems, so that everyone, regardless of background, can be seen, heard, and valued.

Fairness isn’t a distant ideal, it’s something we create together through empathy, collaboration, and courage. As part of the Fairness Taskforce, I want to bring the lived experiences of our communities into the heart of local decision-making, ensuring that every voice matters. My hope is to inspire others to believe, as I do, that we all have the power to make a difference, no matter where we start.

By connecting voices that are often unheard, fostering partnerships built on trust, and encouraging others to believe that change is possible, because I’ve seen it happen, one person and one small step at a time.

I am the Managing Director of Att10tive Social Enterprise, a social action organisation that helps people make a positive difference in their communities. My background is community development, marketing, youth engagement, management training, police culture and ethics and non formal educational methods.

I have 20 years experience of working alongside policing. I have been involved in the recruitment of over 150 officers and three chief constables. Delivered over 100 training sessions to police officers and staff of all ranks on topics such as Stop and Search, Understanding Biases, and Knowing The Community.

I am the founder and former chair of the Bedfordshire Stop and Search scrutiny panel and now chair a regional police scrutiny panel covering Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire Joint Protective Services police units which focus on Roads police, armed police and the dogs police units. I'm a police ethics advisor supporting bodies such as Professional Standards and the Independent Office of Police Conduct.(IOPC)

I have been a member of Luton in Harmony, a school governor, chair of a school academy trust, Vice chair of Step Forward Luton and a former head in regeneration.

I deliver management and leadership training, workshops on life skills, leadership skills, gang and knife crime awareness and employability skills. In addition to all of this I mentor professionals in education and the police as well as young people

Everything I do from establishing scrutiny panels to delivering ethics training is driven by a singular mission: to ensure that every member of the community has a voice and a fair experience, especially when dealing with big powerful institutions.

As the Managing Director of Att10tive Social Enterprise, my work is centred on social action, which means helping people make a positive difference in their local area. My motivation is rooted in achieving Inclusion and Cohesion. The decades I've spent working alongside policing have shown me that Leadership is not just about those in uniform; it’s about citizens stepping up to hold power to account.

The specialist knowledge I've gained in police culture, ethics, and non-formal education allows me to provide effective avenues for Learning and Engagement. My community roles reinforce the belief that building trust and Empowerment requires a sustained effort in all sectors. It all comes down to giving local people the right tools to build a safer, fairer future for all of us.

I believe everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and able to access the support they need — without barriers or judgement. My work is rooted in dignity, culture, and collective strength. I’ve seen how people who face disadvantage are expected to navigate systems that were never designed with them in mind — and that truth drives my commitment to change.

As Chief Executive of Mary Seacole Housing Association, I work to shift how services are shaped and delivered — so they are easier to access, culturally intelligent, and led by real experience rather than assumption.

Inequality is not accidental. It’s designed into systems. And it can be redesigned.

By listening deeply, building trust where there has been none, challenging with clarity, and bringing people and organisations together to create solutions with communities, not for them

I believe everyone deserves to be treated equality, without any barriers or judgement. To do this the  residents of Luton need to have a voice and people from all communities need to be listened to and heard. I have lived in Luton all my life and worked within the communities of Luton.

My journey started as a nurse in Luton and I have an interest in health and well-being. I have seen how people are disadvantaged through deprivation, ethnicity and disability and the impact on their health and well-being. I believe in core values that respect people and treat everyone fairly, through respect, dignity, cultural awareness, and empowering people.

I have worked as a teacher for Health and Social Care encouraging young people to go into professions,  which support these values and will improve the health and well-being of the population of Luton. When you work in a multi-cultural community you also learn a lot about individuals, religions and communities and the challenges some residents and communities have.

Today as Chief Executive Officer of Healthwatch Luton I create the opportunity for all residents of Luton to be heard and to give feedback on Health and Social Care services they use or would like available. Healthwatch Luton targets underrepresented groups and goes out into communities to gain their trust, so their voices are heard. I take this very seriously and represent the voice of these people through reports i share with services, providers and commissioners. But also through meetings and boards, with the ICB and LBC,  Scrutiny and Health and Well-being boards give me the opportunity to challenge services to provide the care needed for all residents of Luton.

There are lots of inequalities in Luton and this impacts people’s health, well-being, life. It is important to empower people, to share their views and experiences so their voice is valued and they have the power to make changes.

As part of the Fairness Task force I want to be proactive in the community and support residents to have a voice and  empower people to take steps to improve their community I want to see change, fairness, and  equality, communities need to work together for change.