Keynote Speaker profiles
Chair for the day
Dawn Rees MA FInstLM FRSPH
I am founder and co-director of The Rees Consultancy Ltd. I worked in the public sector for 40 years, in front line health and local authority services, as a senior manager, leading national health and wellbeing programmes and in strategic roles for the Department of Health and Department for Education.
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Dawn Rees MA FInstLM FRSPH
I am founder and co-director of The Rees Consultancy Ltd. I worked in the public sector for 40 years, in front line health and local authority services, as a senior manager, leading national health and wellbeing programmes and in strategic roles for the Department of Health and Department for Education.
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Alex Coulter Arts & Health South West
Alexandra Coulter is Director of Arts & Health South West (AHSW), which is a free membership organisation with over 1600 members and part of the Arts Council’s National Portfolio.
She represents the South West region in the National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing and on their behalf provides the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing. Alex has been working in arts and health since 1998 and was the Arts Coordinator at Dorset County Hospital for 15 years.
In 2013 AHSW delivered the Culture, Health and Wellbeing international conference with 390 delegates from 22 countries. The next Culture, Health and Wellbeing international conference is in June 2017 www.culturehealthwellbeing.org.uk.
Arts & Health South-West www.ahsw.org.uk.
Alexandra Coulter is Director of Arts & Health South West (AHSW), which is a free membership organisation with over 1600 members and part of the Arts Council’s National Portfolio.
She represents the South West region in the National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing and on their behalf provides the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing. Alex has been working in arts and health since 1998 and was the Arts Coordinator at Dorset County Hospital for 15 years.
In 2013 AHSW delivered the Culture, Health and Wellbeing international conference with 390 delegates from 22 countries. The next Culture, Health and Wellbeing international conference is in June 2017 www.culturehealthwellbeing.org.uk.
Arts & Health South-West www.ahsw.org.uk.
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Dr Chris Price Dr Chris Price is a former GP and chair of the Norwich Clinical Commissioning Board until October 2015. He lives in Norwich. |
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Cllr Paul Smyth Councillor Paul Smyth was elected to Norfolk County Council in May 2013. He has been Chairman of the Council’s Communities Committee, whose remit includes Cultural Services, since May 2014. Previously, he spent 25 years in the Royal Air Force and he has also worked as a Head of Programme at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. Damian Hebron
Damian Hebron is the Director of London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF) – a leading UK organisation working to develop the link between the arts, creativity and wellbeing. LAHF produces a free newsletter with information about arts and health, runs events, supports artists and delivers an annual festival of arts and health, Creativity and Wellbeing Week. In addition to his role with LAHF, Damian is Head of Arts at Cambridge University Hospitals running a wide range of participatory arts activities at this major teaching hospital. He has worked in the arts for over 20 years, originally focusing on community theatre and participatory arts. www.lahf.org.uk www.artshealthandwellbeing.org.uk |