Our Team | Centre for Ageing Better

Joyce

Abrams

Finance and Grants Officer

Joyce provides support to the Finance team.

Emily

Andrews

Senior Evidence Manager

Emily leads our evidence strategy on fulfilling work.

Louise

Ansari

Director of Communications and Influencing

Louise leads our Communications team and has a background in health communications, social policy and local services.

Laura

Brandy

P.A. to Directors

Laura provides support to our Directors of Communications, Evidence and Operations and Finance.

Millie

Brown

Evidence Officer

Millie provides research advice, commissions and manages evidence projects and overall contributes to the strong evidence catalogue our work at Ageing Better is based on.

Kim

Chaplain

Associate Director for Work

Kim is Associate Director for Work, supporting one of the Centre for Ageing Better’s priority goals of Fulfilling work.

Louise

Cooper

Administrative Assistant (Innovation and Change)

Louise provides Administrative support to the project team in the delivery of the Community of Practice (CoP) Project.

Chanelle

Corena

Senior Innovation and Change Manager

Chanelle leads on the Centre for Ageing Better’s innovation work, fostering the development of new ideas across our priority areas.

Lucinda

Crowther

Programme Business Manager

Lucinda provides operational and programme management support to ensure effective and efficient delivery of Ageing Better’s programmes.

David

Cundy

Director of Programmes

David oversees the development and delivery of impactful programmes of work across our priority goals in health, housing, work and communities.

Sharon

Daley

Director of Operations and Finance

Sharon leads our operational functions – including finance, IT, human resources, and legal, as well as project and office management.

Lauren

Davies

Campaigns and Communications Officer

Lauren supports campaigns and influencing work across all programmes, with a particular focus on public-facing campaigns and communications.

Anna

Dixon

Chief Executive

Anna is Ageing Better's Chief Executive, leading our vision of creating a society where everyone enjoys a good later life.

Livia

Dragomir

Evidence Assistant

Livia provides research and project support to the Evidence and Communications teams.

Georgia

Elander

Media Officer

Georgia works as part of the communications team to promote the Centre for Ageing Better’s work and vision.

Catherine

Foot

Director of Evidence (job share)

Catherine jointly leads Ageing Better’s work to build the evidence of what works to support people to enjoy later life.

Emma

Foxall

Strategy Manager

Emma leads and coordinates a programme of cross-cutting work to support the delivery of Ageing Better’s strategy, Transforming later lives.

Emily

Georghiou

Senior Programme Manager – Connected communities

Emily manages a strategic programme of activities to bring about change for our Connected communities priority goal.

Alison

Giles

Joint Associate Director for Healthy Ageing

Alison is a joint appointment between Ageing Better and Public Health England, providing strategic support on Healthy Ageing

Ellie

Gotay

Events Officer

Ellie is responsible for the planning and delivery of Ageing Better’s busy events schedule.

Veronica

Hawking

Project Manager – ISCF Community of Practice

Veronica project manages the Healthy Ageing Community of Practice, which the Centre for Ageing Better is delivering on behalf of UKRI.

James

Hingle

Digital Communications Assistant

James assists the communication team with editorial, strategic, creative and operational support.

Holly

Holder

Senior Evidence Manager

Holly leads our evidence strategy on Healthy Ageing and Safe and Accessible Homes.

Annette

Holman

Community and Learning Manager – ISCF Community of Practice

Annette is the Community and Learning Manager for the Healthy Ageing Community of Practice, which the Centre for Ageing Better is delivering on behalf of UKRI.

Leslie

Hughes

Executive Assistant to Chief Executive and Chair

Leslie works with our Chair and Chief Executive to provide support across all areas of their work.

Jason

Jones

Programme Coordinator

As Programme Coordinator Jason provides support to deliver our programmes and their activities.

Lorna

Jones

Procurement Officer

Lorna is the Procurement Officer for Ageing Better.

Ange

Jones

Age-friendly Communities Manager

Ange supports members of the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities in their efforts to become more age-friendly and adopt evidence-based solutions.

Zainab

Juhoor

Board Secretary

Zainab supports the organisation to maintain the highest level of good governance.

Declan

Keane

Finance Manager (job share)

Declan shares the position of Finance Manager role with Sarah Scott. The Finance Manager is responsible for financial accounting, finance management and payroll at Ageing Better.

John

Kiernan

Innovation and Change Officer

John supports the effective management, delivery and communication of projects to promote innovation and evidence-based practice across our priority areas.

Jess

Kuehne

Senior Programme Manager – Healthy ageing

Jess develops and manages a strategic programme of activities to bring about change for our healthy ageing priority goal.

Kristina

Leonnet

Senior Innovation & Change Manager

Kristina leads on the Centre for Ageing Better’s change work, promoting the uptake and adoption of evidence-based approaches and solutions.

Andrew

Levitt

Administrative Assistant – Operations

Andrew provides administrative support to the Operations team.

Charlotte

Lewis

Innovation and Change Officer

Charlotte supports the effective management, delivery and communication of projects to promote innovation and evidence-based practice across our priority areas.

Jess

Mawson

Strategy & Partnerships Administrator

Jess provides administrative support for the Director of Strategy & Partnerships, the Director of Programmes and the Associate Directors.

Amy

McSweeney

Evidence Assistant

Amy provides research support for special projects and wider support to the team to ensure our work is grounded in evidence.

Rachel

Monaghan

Programme Manager

Rachel supports the effective scoping, management and communications of Ageing Better projects.

Jemma

Mouland

Senior Innovation & Change Manager

Jemma leads on the Centre for Ageing Better’s innovation work, fostering the development of new ideas across our priority areas.

Yehia

Nasr

Digital Officer

Yehia leads our works across digital communications, including management of the website, digital content, email marketing and social media.

Justin

Newman

Director of Strategy and Partnerships

Justin oversees the Centre for Ageing Better’s work to develop impactful strategic partnerships and helps ensure we focus on delivering our strategic ambitions.

David

Orr

Chair, The Good Home Inquiry

David leads the Good Home Inquiry, an independent inquiry to determine solutions to the poor quality of England's housing.

Luke

Price

Evidence Manager

Luke works to identify gaps in research on later life, provides advice on our research commissioning process, and ensures our work is firmly grounded in the evidence base.

Niall

Ryan

Communications Officer

Niall leads Ageing Better’s communications planning and has a background in health communications.

Sarah

Scott

Finance Manager (job share)

Sarah is responsible for financial accounting, finance management and payroll at Ageing Better.

Elaine

Smith

Greater Manchester Programme Manager

Elaine is our Greater Manchester Programme Manager, leading on our employment projects with Greater Manchester Combined Authority and DWP.

Henry

Smith

Senior Programme Manager – Homes

Henry leads on our homes priority goal, developing and managing programmes of activities to create impact so that more people enter later life in safe and accessible housing.

Jagdeep

Soor

Senior Programme Manager – Fulfilling work

Jagdeep leads on Work and Employment as part of our Fulfilling Work priority goal area

Caroline

Summerfield

Human Resources Manager

Caroline manages the Human Resources function across the organisation.

Jennifer

Summers

Parliamentary and Public Affairs Officer

Jennifer supports the influencing of all programmes, with a particular focus on engaging with Parliament.

Ploy

Suthimai

Innovation and Change Officer

Ploy supports the effective management, delivery and communication of projects to promote innovation and evidence-based practice across our priority areas.

Nayyara

Tabassum

Evidence Officer

Nayyara provides research and evaluation advice, managing evidence projects, research commissioning processes and ensures our work is strongly based on evidence.

Jessica

Taylor

Localities Coordinator

Jess delivers effective administration and coordination of the Localities team to support with delivery of their strategy.

Patrick

Thomson

Senior Programme Manager – Fulfilling work

Patrick is the lead on our Age-friendly employers programme.

Claire

Turner

Director of Evidence (job share)

Claire jointly leads Ageing Better’s work to build the evidence of what works to support people to enjoy later life.

Natalie

Turner

Head of Localities

Natalie works with localities to help them build age-friendly communities.

Emma

Twyning

Head of Communications

Emma leads all of Ageing Better's communications work, increasing our presence and reach across digital and media platforms and helping to drive our campaigns and influencing activity.

Emily

Veitch

Head of Operations & Governance

Emily supports our Trustees and Co-optees and is helps manage our work on Governance and Operations.

Patrick

Vernon

Associate Director for Communities

Patrick is Associate Director for Communities, supporting one of Ageing Better’s priority goals of Connected communities.

Joanne

Volpe

Partnership Manager – Leeds

Joanne supports the partnership between Leeds City Council, Leeds Older People’s Forum and the Centre for Ageing Better.

Nicola

Waterworth

Partnership Manager – Greater Manchester

Nicola manages our strategic partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and is based in the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub.

Doug

Willis

Senior Office Coordinator

Doug provides office management to the Ageing Better team and is the first point of contact for our organisation.

Emily

Wilson

Communications Assistant (Media)

Emily assists the communications team with media output.

Chloe

Wright

Head of Campaigns and Public Affairs

Chloe leads on Ageing Better’s public affairs and campaigns work to build the organisation’s profile among stakeholders and to bring about change on our priority goals.

Aideen

Young

Evidence Manager

Aideen provides support with scoping new programmes, evidence commissioning and managing evidence projects on Healthy Ageing and Fullfilling work.

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