Meet the Team

I am passionate about supporting high levels of wellbeing and positive mental health in the workplace and in the community. I have over 30 years experience in delivering bespoke training, workshops and events in the fields of menopause awareness, resilence, effective leadership, team working and accessible yoga. I have delivered training and workshops in Australia, UK and Pakistan for a wide range of companies including: The British Council, Univeristy of Manchester, Manchester Mind, LCF Law, NHS Ombusman and HSBC. I am currently working hard to complete a Masters degree in Positive Psychology and planning a long distance walk along the West Highland Way.

Hi, my name is Flick. The main focus of my career has been finance. I was a Senior Finance Officer for 17 years at BAND, a community led mental health charity, based in Bolton. As a senior manager I was also responsible for the operational management of the charity. As a director of the Wellness Project I support with finance, admin and strategy. In my younger days I appeared at the old Birmingham Repertory Theatre in ‘Alfie’. I am passionate about achieving a fair and equitable society as well promoting mental health and wellbeing. I love to travel and want to visit Japan and South Africa whilst I am still able to!

I'm Shaheen, Director of Inspired Women’s Network CIC, Certified NLP Master, Coach and Certified, Holistic Therapist specialising in Cupping and other holistic modalities and I am a Connect 5 Mental Wellbeing Trainer and LLTTF. I enjoy learning new skills and love to study and can’t stop. I love books. I like finding new cafes. I love natural remedies and will always try natural before conventional. My professional goal is to grow and establish a training academy and grow the women group to help empower women to achieve their goals in life and become confident to inspire others in the community and to be able to overcome the stigma attached to mental health issues.

I'm David and I help individuals, groups and organisations create FLOW. I use creative process for training, coaching and speaking events. I apply creative process to complex problems to make sense of difficult situations. This work is supported by training in Occupational Therapy and experience in Knowledge and Information Management. In 2014 I presented at the World Federation of Occupational Therapists International Congress in Yokohama, Japan. I was there to present my work on the "Kawa Poetics." As a global developer for the Kawa Model I have continued my work on the use of this "culturally responsive model" from occupational therapy to help people achieve their goals in bespoke and meaningful ways. I am currently planning a book about the "poetic language of rivers." I have also been a fire breather, puppeteer and performance poet. I am currently woking with a group of artists and practitioners to establish a physical base for Driftwood Studio. This will support the development of creative projects with, personal, public and professional aims. At Driftwood we believe everyone is an artist and deserves the opportunity to explore their own creative purpose for health, happiness and prosperity. https://www.driftwoodstudio.co.uk/

I'm Siobhan and I have 30 years’ experience working as a generalist Human Resources professional. I am a qualified Mental Health First Aider Instructor and Performance Coach. Within The Wellness Project CIC, I provide guidance and support to create policies and procedures regarding employee wellness that are legal, follow best Codes of Practice and work toward increasing employee engagement, wellbeing, and productivity. Something you may not know abut me is that I am a listening volunteer for the Samaritans and I have a season ticket at Manchester United Football Club and at Lancashire County Cricket Club. A professional goal I would like to achieve is for every organization I work with to have an active Menopause/Fertility policy to help all employees at various stages of their lives.

Hello! My name is Sol Diaz. I am from Argentina, South America and I came to the UK more than 20 years ago. I am very fortunate to have lived and experienced life in different countries and learned from different cultures and listened to so many stories that is so wonderful and I am so grateful to be where I am now in a humble position of a helper or an aid to support people on their journeys. I am a social entrepreneur for the last 13 years a social prescriber, Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner, Mindfulness Practitioner, Happiness Facilitator and a TESOL Teacher. I am also training to become a Yoga Practitioner. One of my latest roles is Lead Trainer on LLTTF and RYL, Train the Trainer. Globe Wellbeing Communities, is a social entrepreneur movement and organisation focusing on BAME women, migrant women, women of colour, women's rights, policy and migration, social justice and injustice, refugees and asylum seekers. Through Globe Wellbeing Communities, our work is rooted on the principles of English skills, cultural diversity, traditions and heritage, social inclusion, friendships, happiness and wellbeing.

I'm Imelda and I teach mindful self-compassion. I'm a mountain leader who delivers training relating to mental health & wellbeing including Trauma Informed Care, suicide awareness and Connect 5 etc. I am an outdoor lover so prefer to teach mindfulness in the great outdoors while gently incorporating bushcraft skills. I have 15+ years’ experience working in homelessness. In 2012 I spent 3 months cycling solo around Rajasthan (North India) and Nepal, stopping of for a jaunt to Everest Base camp while I was there. My goals in life are to successfully complete my Advanced Wilderness Therapeutic Practitioner training (professional) and to climb Mount Kilamanjaro (personal).

Hello, my name is Laura. I am a self employed Business Administration Virtual Assistant who supports small businesses, CIC's etc with all things admin. No task is too big or small! I have been supporting The Wellness Project CIC for a while now with admin tasks such as managing mailing lists on Mail Chimp, calendar invites, producing certificates following sessions, follow up emails, website editing, room bookings, Social Media posts, setting up events on Eventbrite, setting up monitoring system, Survey Monkey reports to gather data to name just a few. Not many people know this but I was born in Hanover, Germany, on a British Army camp, due to my dad serving in the Army! I used to play a lot of football and could have gone pro, but my life took another turn! I would love to run a very successful VA business, with the aim of retiring abroad. https://www.lauraaugustineva.co.uk