Brighter Living Partnership was formed in 2000 and has undertaken many different projects and activities within the past 23 years, adapting and evolving to be able to respond to community need when required. Southport has always been our base and our roots are firmly established within the local area meaning we know the issues that local people face and have developed successful and long lasting partnerships with many different organisations within North Sefton and across Sefton as a whole. Our organisation exists to support individuals to live healthier lives and the local communities and residents we work with are very important to us.
About Brighter Living Partnership
As a Registered Charity and Company Limited with Guarantee we rely on grant funding to able to offer the services and activities that we do. We have long lasting, successful relationships with Sefton Council for Voluntary Services (Sefton CVS) and Sefton Council and have been successful in obtaining funding from many different charitable organisations over the last 23 years, thank you for your support.
Below you will find information about our current staff:
Matty Smith
Manager
matty.smith@brighterliving.org.uk
07712 443735
Matty leads the day to day running of Brighter Living Partnership, this includes managing the Living Well Sefton team, Social Prescribing team, High Park project team and other staff.
Matty has been with Brighter Living Partnership for over 12 years and takes a keen interest in all things food! A key contact for our neighbourhood partners, partner organisations and the go to person for any other development opportunities.
Joe McNulty
Community Organiser – High Park Project
joe.mcnulty@brighterliving.org.uk
07708 589017
Joe is the Community Organiser for the High Park project, a lottery funded project working specifically within the High Park area of Southport. The project is working on making positive and long lasting changes within the High Park community by bringing the High Park community together to identify areas of development. Joe is primarily responsible for community and partner engagement, creating links and partnership within the area and identifying and addressing needs of the local community. Joe works full time on the project and is often seen supporting activities on Devonshire Road Park and attending other activities within the local community.
Angela Bedford
Living Well Mentor
angela.bedford@brighterliving.org.uk
07809 609092
Angela is a Living Well Mentor working within the Living Well Sefton team, an integrated wellness service for Sefton of which Brighter Living is the lead community partner for North Sefton. The service works with Sefton residents or individuals registered with a Sefton GP practice to improve their health and wellbeing through various means such as one-to-one sessions or group support. Sou is primarily responsible for delivering our cookery and nutrition programme of activities such as lunch club, cookery courses and community cafe. Angela works full time and spends most of her week in Southport Community Centre but is often out visiting clients or attending drop in’s within the Southport locality.
Laura Davies
Living Well Mentor
laura.davies@brighterliving.org.uk
07720 695378
Laura is a Living Well Mentor working within the Living Well Sefton team, an integrated wellness service for Sefton of which Brighter Living is the lead community partner for North Sefton. The service works with Sefton residents or individuals registered with a Sefton GP practice to improve their health and wellbeing through various means such as one-to-one sessions or group support. Laura will work in different areas but one of her main focuses will be to support our men’s health programme of activities. Laura works full time and spends most of her week in Southport Community Centre but is often out visiting clients or attending drop in’s within the Southport locality.
Sara Hider
Living Well Mentor
sara.hider@brighterliving.org.uk
07715 332761
Sara is a Living Well Mentor working within the Living Well Sefton team, an integrated wellness service for Sefton of which Brighter Living is the lead community partner for North Sefton. The service works with Sefton residents or individuals registered with a Sefton GP practice to improve their health and wellbeing through various means such as one-to-one sessions or group support. Sara works full time and spends most of her week in Southport Community Centre but is often out visiting clients.
Nikki Williams
Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker – Southport & Formby
nikki.williams@brighterliving.org.uk
07923 223671
Social prescribing is an approach to supporting people in a person-centred way to improve their health and wellbeing. The Social Prescribing Link Workers receive referrals via GP practices across Southport and Formby and support individuals to get more out of life by addressing any non-medical issues. Link Workers can connect people with a range of community activities such as social groups, sports clubs, volunteering opportunities and learning new skills. They can also connect clients to any specialist advice or guidance they may need such as help with benefits, housing advice or support to get back to work.
Our Link Workers spend time with people to get to know them and help figure out what matters to them. When the person is ready we can help them to create a plan to prioritise their goals and where to start. The Link Workers will arrange further contact to review how the person is getting on and make sure the services they have signposted to are appropriate. We are led by the individual and what they wish to achieve in their sessions.
Conal Devitt
Social Prescribing Link Worker – Formby
conal.devitt@seftoncvs.org.uk
07860 848352
Conal works alongside the GP surgeries in Formby.
Social prescribing is an approach to supporting people in a person-centred way to improve their health and wellbeing. The Social Prescribing Link Workers receive referrals via GP practices across Southport and Formby and support individuals to get more out of life by addressing any non-medical issues. Link Workers can connect people with a range of community activities such as social groups, sports clubs, volunteering opportunities and learning new skills. They can also connect clients to any specialist advice or guidance they may need such as help with benefits, housing advice or support to get back to work.
Our Link Workers spend time with people to get to know them and help figure out what matters to them. When the person is ready we can help them to create a plan to prioritise their goals and where to start. The Link Workers will arrange further contact to review how the person is getting on and make sure the services they have signposted to are appropriate. We are led by the individual and what they wish to achieve in their sessions.
Damian Gregg
Social Prescribing Link Worker – North Southport
damian.gregg@brighterliving.org.uk
07706 328490
Damian works alongside the North Southport GP Surgeries, Norwood, Roe Lane, Churchtown, Marshside and Corner Surgeries.
Social prescribing is an approach to supporting people in a person-centred way to improve their health and wellbeing. The Social Prescribing Link Workers receive referrals via GP practices across Southport and Formby and support individuals to get more out of life by addressing any non-medical issues. Link Workers can connect people with a range of community activities such as social groups, sports clubs, volunteering opportunities and learning new skills. They can also connect clients to any specialist advice or guidance they may need such as help with benefits, housing advice or support to get back to work.
Our Link Workers spend time with people to get to know them and help figure out what matters to them. When the person is ready we can help them to create a plan to prioritise their goals and where to start. The Link Workers will arrange further contact to review how the person is getting on and make sure the services they have signposted to are appropriate. We are led by the individual and what they wish to achieve in their sessions.
Owain Fraser-Williams
Social Prescribing Link Worker – Southport and Formby
owain.fraser-williams@brighterliving.org.uk
07749 496916
Owain works across the Southport and Formby patch, supporting practices where required.
Social prescribing is an approach to supporting people in a person-centred way to improve their health and wellbeing. The Social Prescribing Link Workers receive referrals via GP practices across Southport and Formby and support individuals to get more out of life by addressing any non-medical issues. Link Workers can connect people with a range of community activities such as social groups, sports clubs, volunteering opportunities and learning new skills. They can also connect clients to any specialist advice or guidance they may need such as help with benefits, housing advice or support to get back to work.
Our Link Workers spend time with people to get to know them and help figure out what matters to them. When the person is ready we can help them to create a plan to prioritise their goals and where to start. The Link Workers will arrange further contact to review how the person is getting on and make sure the services they have signposted to are appropriate. We are led by the individual and what they wish to achieve in their sessions.
Sou Roach
Social Prescribing Link Worker – Southport & Formby
Sou.roach@brighterliving.org.uk
07749 496913
Sou works across the Southport and Formby patch, supporting practices where required.
Social prescribing is an approach to supporting people in a person-centred way to improve their health and wellbeing. The Social Prescribing Link Workers receive referrals via GP practices across Southport and Formby and support individuals to get more out of life by addressing any non-medical issues. Link Workers can connect people with a range of community activities such as social groups, sports clubs, volunteering opportunities and learning new skills. They can also connect clients to any specialist advice or guidance they may need such as help with benefits, housing advice or support to get back to work.
Our Link Workers spend time with people to get to know them and help figure out what matters to them. When the person is ready we can help them to create a plan to prioritise their goals and where to start. The Link Workers will arrange further contact to review how the person is getting on and make sure the services they have signposted to are appropriate. We are led by the individual and what they wish to achieve in their sessions.
Vicky Abban
Social Prescribing Link Worker – Ainsdale and Birkdale
vicky.abban@brighterliving.org.uk
07923 223673
Vicky works alongside the Ainsdale and Birkdale GP surgeries which include Ainsdale Medical Centre, Ainsdale Village Surgery, Lincoln House, The Family Surgery and The Grange Surgery.
Social prescribing is an approach to supporting people in a person-centred way to improve their health and wellbeing. The Social Prescribing Link Workers receive referrals via GP practices across Southport and Formby and support individuals to get more out of life by addressing any non-medical issues. Link Workers can connect people with a range of community activities such as social groups, sports clubs, volunteering opportunities and learning new skills. They can also connect clients to any specialist advice or guidance they may need such as help with benefits, housing advice or support to get back to work.
Our Link Workers spend time with people to get to know them and help figure out what matters to them. When the person is ready we can help them to create a plan to prioritise their goals and where to start. The Link Workers will arrange further contact to review how the person is getting on and make sure the services they have signposted to are appropriate. We are led by the individual and what they wish to achieve in their sessions.
Zoe Starling
Social Prescribing Link Worker – Central Southport
zoe.starling@brighterliving.org.uk
07923 223670
Zoe works alongside the Central Southport GP Surgeries such as Christina Hartley, Cumberland House, Kew Surgery, St. Marks and Trinity Practice.
Social prescribing is an approach to supporting people in a person-centred way to improve their health and wellbeing. The Social Prescribing Link Workers receive referrals via GP practices across Southport and Formby and support individuals to get more out of life by addressing any non-medical issues. Link Workers can connect people with a range of community activities such as social groups, sports clubs, volunteering opportunities and learning new skills. They can also connect clients to any specialist advice or guidance they may need such as help with benefits, housing advice or support to get back to work.
Our Link Workers spend time with people to get to know them and help figure out what matters to them. When the person is ready we can help them to create a plan to prioritise their goals and where to start. The Link Workers will arrange further contact to review how the person is getting on and make sure the services they have signposted to are appropriate. We are led by the individual and what they wish to achieve in their sessions.
Laura Christie-Wakefield
Health and Wellbeing Coach – St. Marks
laura.christie-wakefield@brighterliving.org.uk
07749 496914
Laura is our Health and Wellbeing Coach working at St. Marks GP practice as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the practice, working to improve health and wellbeing of the patients of St. Marks. Laura’s role is to support clients with non-medical issues where they need some support and motivation to make positive lifestyle choices such as diet and nutrition, mental wellbeing and other behaviours such as the importance of sleep. Laura is able to refer clients into our teams such as the Mentor and Social Prescribing teams for even more wrap around support for the client.
Joe Mawdsley
Volunteering Development Officer
joe.mawdsley@brighterliving.org.uk
07922 423331
Joe Mawdsley is our Volunteer Development Officer, Joe has been employed with Brighter Living Partnership since February 2021. Joe is currently overseeing the community support projects we have, this includes shopping and befriending projects which were originally set up as a result of the COVID pandemic but have adapted and evolved over time. Joe’s role is integral to ensure that clients orders are received and communicated to volunteers who will go and do the shopping and by matching clients with appropriate volunteers. Joe is also responsible for the recruitment and retention of volunteers and works with Matty to develop appropriate policies to support volunteering across Brighter Living Partnership.