Director of Public Health's Award for Outstanding Contribution
Jane Coates
Jane is being recognised for all her hard work co-ordinating the Year of Wellbeing.
Nicola Jones and Victoria Leigh (Re-Solv)
Victoria and Nicola work for Re-Solv and specialise in supporting people affected by solvent misuse. Re-Solv have bent over backwards to change the way they deliver training in Coventry and run sessions to hundreds of front line staff from across local partners over the last year.
Groundwork West Midlands – Cook and Eat Together Project
Groundwork built on their knowledge of delivering the Cook and Eat Well project to win external funding for a partnership initiative giving very practical cooking and nutrition support by running 6-weekly cooking clubs for older people. Once the 6 weeks come to an end, participants can join a 'Fortnightly Friendship Cafe’ to meet up with old friends and meet new ones and have the chance to join in activity sessions
Dave Johns
Dave operates Arley Medical Services which runs the late night triage in the city centre, helping divert people injured in the night time economy from A&E by offering street-side paramedic help. Since the early days of the COVID outbreak, Dave has developed his business and delivers COVID testing at care home across Coventry and Warwickshire. Dave was nominated for recognition because of his flexible approach which has seen him step into helping out where service gaps have been identified.
Sarah Emsden
Sarah is a nurse at the Anchor Centre, the GP practice for homeless people. She was nominated for her endless helpfulness, joining other agencies like Turnaround and Steps for Change to support vulnerable people on their own terms.
Sam Featherstone
Sam is the Think Family and Complex Recovery Co-ordinator for CGL Coventry. In recent months Sam has put forward an incredible 22 individual clients for residential rehabilitation placement. Sam has also gone above and beyond to help CGL families and complex service users by hosting events like the international families day and with our late Simon Morgan she won a bid for Kinship care and held an event for all those impacted by substances misuse and hosted afternoon tea for the Mayor’s weekend. Sam has implemented a new 10 week parenting programme for parents with safeguarding problems. A busy year for Sam.
Rokaya Batan
Rokaya is a lifestyle coach with HLS Coventry and goes the extra mile to support her clients. One of Rokaya’s clients recently disclosed she felt vulnerable, had no food in the house and was too fearful to go outside during lockdown. After registering the client as a vulnerable patient to get ongoing support and deliveries, Rokaya went shopping that evening and bought the lady enough food and general supplies to last for a week from her own pocket – she refused to allow the service to reimburse her. A really generous gesture.
Kelly Eyden
Kelly Eyden is a data administrator with Positive Choices. It’s a role that doesn’t have direct contact with young people; but she has set up and run the service’s running club, encouraging staff and service users to attend and motivating them to get more active. Kelly is core to the service, offering staff emotional support and virtual coffee breaks during COVID to reduce the feeling of isolation.