Outcomes from Together We CAN Make A Difference 2020!
Tuesday 21 January 2020, Mayo Wynne Baxter Lounge, Amex Football Stadium, Falmer Nr Brighton
We were pleased to host this multi-disciplinary conference with a focus on women in the Armed Forces, demonstrating the work taking place with additional examples from a national perspective.
The Conference was well attended with around 250 delegates and over 20 market stalls and we were pleased to have the Gasbags Ahoy! Exhibition on display. Peter J Field Esq Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex presented the Service Champions Awards and the winners were:
- Making a Difference Statutory Provider - Pip Darby and Kent’s Job Centre Plus Armed Forces Leads
- Making a Difference Statutory Provider - Lieutenant Colonel Alex Saunders, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Making a Difference Statutory Commissioner - Debbie Hustings, Guildford & Waverley CCG
- Making a Difference Team - Littlehampton Armed Forces Breakfast Club – Richard Jefferies and Ian Neville
- Making a Difference Team - Help For Heroes – Anna and Keith Rule
- Making a Difference Individual - Megan French, London & South East Veterans’ Mental Health Service
- Making a Difference Individual – Jo Peters, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
- Making a Difference Charity - Building Heroes – Brendan Williams
- Making a Difference Any Provider - Change, Grow, Live – Rod Davidson
- Making a Difference to the System - Steve Scudder, KSS Health Education England, Blue Van Drop In, Eastbourne Veterans Breakfast Club
- Champion of Service Champions 2020 - Steve Scudder
Special mentions were given to the following for their support to the local Armed Forces community:
- Barry Coase – Blue Van Drop In and Combat Stress
- Jason Stevens – Veterans Growth
- Lieutenant Colonel Ben Caesar – Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Presentations from the day are below:
Gender Fair to Gender Free – the Army Experience
Major Jodie Kennedy-Smith, SO2 Transition, 11 Infantry Brigade
Royal Air Force Medical Support to Operations – An Overview
Squadron Leader Gareth Bean, SO2 Medical Operations, HQ Air Command, Royal Air Force
Personal and National Perspective of a Female Veteran
Colonel (Ret’d) Alison Brown, Vice President and Chairman of Trustees, WRAC Association
Workshop 1 – Salute Her – No Man’s Land
Video from Paula Edwards, Women Veterans Project Lead, Forward Assist
Workshop 2 – Gambling
Christabel Yeboah – Women’s Outreach Officer, GamCare
Gracia Talabi - Women’s Outreach Officer, GamCare
Jason Bennett – Counsellor, Breakeven
Workshop 3 – LGBT
Captain Jamie Carrahar AGC(ETS) - Chair, ArmyLGBT+ Forum
Lance Corporal Hamish Gorsuch-Wright – ArmyLGBT+ Forum
Peter Southgate - Vice-Chairman, LGBTQ+ & Allies Branch, Royal British Legion
Sally Shopland, Independent Living Advisor, and LGBTQ+ & Allies Branch Member, Royal British Legion
Narrating the military to civilian experience: significance, strategies and support
Graham Cable – British Army Veteran, Consultant and Doctoral Researcher
Working in Partnership to Support Our Community
Rod Davidson - Armed Forces Veterans Team Lead (East and West Sussex), Change Grow Live
Kate Parkin – NHS Director for the Armed Forces Community, Sussex and Kent & Medway CCGs
Date for Diary!
Together We CAN Make a Difference 2021!
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Amex Stadium, Falmer, Nr Brighton
More info to follow
...Found the whole day very informative and helpful....
... Excellent networking opportunities.....
...Thank you so much. The morning was particularly good – most interesting to hear those personal perspectives. The LBGT workshop was excellent.....
...Very interesting. Fantastic display and great stories, memories.....
Photos courtesy of Suzanne Bryant