Live Well North East

Live Well Board

The organisation have recently converted from a CIC to a CIO, registered with The Charity Commission in October 2023.

The Board of Trustees is made up of 6 local people, with a vast range of knowledge and expertise. The Trustees include community members, living in Sacriston where the organisation are based, previous participants, and local professionals with lived experience running throughout.

Alan Balmer

Chairperson

Emma Peverall

Treasurer/Safeguarding Lead

Cllr Simon Wilson, Holly Peacock-Goodwin, are the other Trustees.

Emma Pattison

Co-Founder, CEO, CFO

Prior to founding LWNE Emma worked with children, young people and adults in private, statutory and voluntary sectors. Over this ten year period her passion has always been in supporting people’s mental health and wellbeing, consequently leading to her completing a BA in Psychology and many subsequent diplomas and courses in this field.

She enjoys the diversity of her role at LWNE, managing finances and funding, impact and evaluation, HR and staffing, and strategic development, as well as being involved in the delivery of a variety of the LWNE services.

She considers the management of the renovation and creation of The Live Well Centre as being a huge accomplishment in her career and is excited by the prospect of continuing to utilise her skills in this area as LWNE grows and expands over the next five years. Bringing people together, enabling communities to thrive, and supporting people to become empowered to engage in enriching activities is what motivates her.

Debra Forth

CEO, COO

Prior to founding LWNE Debs worked with children and young people in schools and adults in fitness and wellbeing. Over the last ten years Debs has been passionate about supporting physical health and mental wellbeing and positively impacting her community. Debra has a BA in Education and wealth of specialist courses in physical health , SEN and mental health.

Debra loves her role at Live Well leading the engagement and relationship building with clients and organisations, as well as networking, event management and marketing, Debs loves to deliver sessions and directly support the community. One of her greatest accomplishments in her career is taking the risk of leaving her secure role in school to step away and set up a business on her own with the simple view of helping people to feel good.

Live Well Staff Team

Kathryn Zand

Community Wellbeing Team Leader

Kathryn has been with Live Well North East since 2020, bringing extensive experience of working with children and young people in many settings. Kathryn leads the delivery team in projects including Fitmams, Live Well Kids, Relax Kids, Resilience Bootcamp, schools and DAY sessions.

Kathryn is a qualified nursery nurse, HLTA and as a vast amount of experience in Education, SEN and management.

Jess Dawson

Children’s Wellbeing Coach

Jess joined our team as a sessional member of staff a year ago after coming along to our sessions as a client.

Jess is qualified in childcare and has a vast experience working within the Early Years.

Delivery in fitmams, live well kids, SEND and our holiday club.

Jess also does work alongside Deb our CEO on our social media platforms.

Michelle Holburn

Children’s Wellbeing Coach

Michelle joined our team 2 years ago as a sessional member of staff. She is a qualified nursery nurse and worked as a teaching assistant for 10 years supporting children with SEND.

Delivery in fitmams, live well kids, SEND and our holiday club.

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Zoey Wilson

Children, Young Persons and SEND Coach

Zoey started with Live Well in September 2024, Zoey is delivering our National Lottery Funded sessions to support children, young people's emotional wellbeing.

Ricky Walker

Fitness and wellbeing coach.

Ricky has been part of the team for 3 years and is qualified to teach metafit, metacubs, boxercise and has his level 2 group exercise instructor. Ricky runs our Badass programme.

Ricky has also supported in Resilience bootcamp and holiday club.

Marie Parkinson

Yoga and mindfulness instructor

Marie has been part of the team for 2 years now and teaches the yoga, mindfulness and stretch and strengthen classes. She brings great experience in holistic practices such as mindfulness, positivity practices, and yoga.

Kay Pearson

Zumba coach

Kay has recently joined our team as a Zumba coach.

Bethany Claire Whittle

Clubbercise coach

Bethany has recently joined our team as a Clubbercise coach.