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Stephanie Prior
Head of Medical Negligence
Osbornes Law

Stephanie is Head of Medical Negligence at Osbornes, with a particular focus on child and adult brain injury cases, fatal cases, obstetric and gynaecological cases, Brachial Plexus injuries, ophthalmology and complex spinal injury cases. Stephanie is experienced in inquests and advising client’s on Fatal Accident’s Act and the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act. Stephanie’s caseload is mainly complex and complicated cases.
Prior to qualifying as a solicitor in 1997, Stephanie was a registered general nurse. Stephanie has a Diploma in Forensic Medical Science and is the Legal Editor of and contributor to the publication ‘Medicine Science and the Law’. She is a member of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences. Stephanie is also a specialist child abuse lawyer having specialised in this area of law for 25 years.
Stephanie is often interviewed by the BBC on TV and radio on issues relating to clinical negligence. She has been interviewed live on Sky News. She has a specialist interest in maternity claims, birth injuries and fatal claims. Stephanie is a recipient of the Clinical Negligence Lawyer of the Year at the PI awards in November 2019. Stephanie is ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories as a specialist in her field.

John Adams
First Vice President | Funeral Director
NAFD | Perry & Phillips Funeral Directors

John Adams (DIPFAA, DIPFD, CERT ED) is a highly accomplished funeral industry professional with a rich legacy in the field. As a Funeral Director at Perry and Phillips Funeral Directors, a reputable the fourth-generation firm in Shropshire, John brings a wealth of expertise and experience to his role.

A past President, John is now serving as the First Vice President of the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and also holds the distinguished positions of Approved Tutor, and chair of the NAFD’s Membership Committee. In addition to his commitments with the NAFD, John serves as a Funeral Industry Advisor for Child Bereavement UK.

Liz Gleeson
Director
Shapes of Grief

Liz is an Irish Psychotherapist living on the East Coast of Ireland. In her early years, she experienced a series of profound losses which she couldn’t cope with very well – she didn’t know how to and nobody knew how to support her.
After working in marketing for a decade, she did a career pivot and threw herself into the world of psychology.
Liz pursued several Masters degrees in Dramatherapy, Loss & Bereavement and Counselling & Psychotherapy and was soon running a busy clinical practice specialising in loss and grief.
In 2019, Liz launched the podcast Shapes Of Grief which quickly garnered the appreciation and respect of grievers worldwide.
Liz also designed and launched an Online Grief Training Programme. The result is a multi-award-winning online Grief Training Programme, offering 40+ hours of evidence-based grief training delivered by 30+ grief, loss and psychology professionals from around the world.

Vicky Wilson
Co-Founder & CEO
Settld.

Vicky Wilson is the CEO and co-founder of Settld, a pioneering company she has led for over 3 years. Settld addresses a crucial need: simplifying the arduous process of handling accounts and services after a loved one passes away. Wilson’s personal experience with loss inspired the creation of Settld, fueled by the frustration of navigating bureaucratic red tape during bereavement. Settld’s mission is clear: streamline the process, automate tasks, and alleviate stress for grieving families. Recognized as one of the top startups in the UK for 2024, Settld continues to revolutionize how we manage life’s most challenging transitions.

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Howard Pickard
Managing Director
Resomation Limited

Howard holds a B.Tech (Hons) degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Loughborough University and an MBA from Leeds University. He has over 30 years’ experience of engineering and became Managing Director of his 5th generation family business in 1995 taking over from his Father, David.

Resomation Limited, established in 2007, is a company dedicated to the global introduction of a sustainable alternative to burial and flame cremation. Resomation Ltd became part of LBBC Group in 2016 as the key equipment for a system is supplied within divisions of LBBC Group. As our impact on the world’s precious resources becomes ever more apparent, the need to act increases, the bereavement sector should also respond and adopt more sustainable activities.

Resomation is an alternative to flame cremation, it has a lower Carbon footprint (GWP) and no harmful air emissions. The adoption of Resomation in other countries is growing and is recognised as a significant way that the funeral sector can reduce its CO2 emissions, thus enabling it to meet the 2050 net zero carbon emissions target.

Sam Langford
Founder and Director
Gaia Workplace Wellbeing Ltd

Sam has a background of twenty years’ experience in public service, working for the police, immigration, prisons, and civil service, including 10 years as a Crime Scene Investigator.

Sam’s elder brother died by auto-erotic asphyxiation aged 21, when she was 16. Her entire working career has involved navigating the taboo of not only death, but the nature of that death. Over this time, she has experienced the very best, and the very worst responses and support for bereaved individuals in the workplace.

Sam’s work and personal experience has evolved into a strong ethos to support others, particularly regarding the effects of exposure to potentially traumatic work, and grief, loss, and bereavement. She is a Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) Manager and Trainer with March on Stress, holds the NEBOSH National Certificate in the Management of Workplace Health and Wellbeing, and a Masters degree in Workplace Health and Wellbeing.

Sam is also a member of the Leadership Team of the Let’s Improve Workplace Wellbeing CIC, where she is the lead on Bereavement in the workplace.

Michelle Smith
Founder and Director
National Grief and Bereavement Association

Michelle has over 20 years experience of working in specialist palliative care and oncology as a clinical nurse specialist.

During that time, she has worked with people of all ages as they begin to comprehend the news of a life limiting diagnosis and alongside those people, she has supported their family and friends as they have moved from anticipatory grief to bereavement.

In her more recent career, Michelle has held senior leadership positions in large third sector organisations including lead UK mobile cancer information specialist for Macmillan Cancer Support.

To build on this experience, Michelle also holds NLP and Compassion Fatigue qualifications and this year, established the National Grief and Bereavement Association.

Helen Chandler
General Manager
Kindly Earth

Helen holds a BA (Hons) degree in English and History and is a highly experienced funeral professional, having worked in the funeral sector for more than thirty years, primarily with Coop Funeralcare where she held a number of senior operational roles. She also spent time in the Life Planning (funeral plans), Commercial and Marketing teams there.

Helen is extremely passionate about offering the best possible care and service for the bereaved and her key motivation at work is in ensuring that everything is done with the needs of the bereaved at heart.

Having been aware of Resomation for many years, she joined Directors, Howard Pickard and Julian Atkinson at Kindly Earth early in 2023, taking the opportunity to develop awareness and understanding of Resomation in the UK, both within the funeral industry and more broadly with the public.

Helen says ‘I truly believe that people in the UK will benefit from Resomation as a credible alternative end-of-life option and one which can also be kinder to the environment.’ She is a proud Northumbrian, where she lives with her partner and her Westie.

Jade Gani
CEO & Head of Private Client
Circe Law

Jade specialises in Wills, Probate, Power of Attorney, Trusts & Estate Planning and Estate Administration and has recently established her own law firm, Circe Law Ltd, based in Taplow and specialising in Private Client matters. Jade is a Director for Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE), Presiding Judge for the STEP PCAs 2023 and a Community Ambassador for Thames Hospice.

Jade is also the Director and Co-Founder of the Wishing Will Foundation – an excellent cause aiming to raise funds to support end-of-life, palliative care and respite hospices in the Thames Valley area, as well as raising additional funds for other incredibly important, local charities supporting the community. Jade has an impressive portfolio of awards and achievements, including ‘Young Practitioner of the Year’, ‘Industry Champion’ and numerous other Private Client team awards to add to her already overflowing mantlepiece of achievements.

Wendy Buchan
Executive Officer & Secretary
The Cremation Society

Wendy joined The Cremation Society in 2018, taking on the role of Executive Officer and Secretary in February 2021.
Wendy’s background is in the legal field where she practised as a Private Client lawyer. Wendy’s Private Client work included wills, probate, powers of attorney, elderly clients’ affairs, trusts and tax planning.
As part of the work of The Cremation Society, Wendy has been involved in a cross-organisation working group looking at the current provision of public health funerals, as well as being involved in a number of other sector working groups. The Cremation Society is also one of the members of the Deceased Management Advisory Group (DMAG) that was formed at the beginning of the pandemic to work closely with government to ensure that funerals continued to be provided and bereaved families’ needs met.

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Alexandra Gordon TEP CTA
Partner in the Private Client Team
Tassells Solicitors

Alexandra is a Partner in the Private Client Team at Tassells Solicitors, where she specializes in inheritance tax planning, Wills, Trusts, and estate planning. She is particularly interested in the contentious aspects of private client work and tax. Alexandra is the President of the Kent Law Society and a Notary Public.

She has won several awards for her work, including the Kent Law Society Junior Lawyer of the Year award and has been ranked as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ by Legal 500 and in band 3 in the Chambers High Net Worth guide. Alexandra has completed the STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates and the STEP Advanced Certificates in UK Tax for International Clients and Will Preparation, and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and an Associate member of ACTAPS.

Sophie Wallace
Chartered Legal Executive
Tassells Solicitors

Sophie is an award-winning junior lawyer with a particular interest in intestate estates. Sophie qualified as Chartered Legal Executive in January 2022 and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (FILEx) and is currently working towards completing her Solicitors Qualifying Examination and qualifying as a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Sophie specialises in Private Client Law, including Wills, Trusts and Estates, Probate, and Lasting Power of Attorney and is an Affiliate member of STEP (Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners).

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Clare Bullen
Head of Clinical Services
Child Bereavement UK

Clare graduated from Swansea University in 1991 and worked for MENCAP and later worked in brain injury rehabilitation. She went on to complete a PGCE in 2007 and worked as a primary school teacher for 10 years.

She became interested in bereavement support when her daughter’s dad died and she was appalled at the lack of support available for children. Clare completed Child Bereavement UK’s modular training course; ‘Working with bereaved children and young people’, and we were lucky enough to have Clare join our team in Runcorn in 2014.

In January 2017 Clare joined Child Bereavement UK’s North Development Team on the project in Manchester and in January 2018 became Bereavement Services Regional Lead in the North before becoming Head of Clinical Services in July 2022.

Nicola Payne
Best Practice Manager
MacIntyre Charity

Nicola Payne has worked for MacIntyre for the past 17 years and is lead for family engagement, also leading on the health strategy and vision. Currently, Nicola has just completed over seeing a National Lottery Community-funded pilot project called “Dying to Talk” which empowers people to have choice and control in planning for their future and to support staff teams and families to be able to start these important conversations. Nicola has many years of working alongside people living with a learning disability and a diagnosis of dementia; she is a passionate advocate who supports everyone to have a voice and works in ways that make sense to everyone.

Our vision is for all people with a learning disability and/or autism to live a life that makes sense to them. We are very proud of what we have achieved since we were founded in 1966 and of our distinctive characteristics that have defined everything that we have done during this time.

Claire Goodwin-Fee
Founder & CEO
Frontline19

Frontline19 is a multiple award winning psychological service that supports the NHS and frontlines with free counselling and emotional support. Frontline19 currently supports over 9000 frontline workers every week. Set up by Claire Goodwin-Fee in March 2020 in response to the pandemic as a way of offering psychological support. Claire has been a psychotherapist, trainer and speaker for nearly 20 years and is passionate about supporting others with their wellbeing. She believes that mental health doesn’t have to be depressing but instead empowering and life changing. She comes from a family of frontline workers and has worked in the sector herself. She lives in Kent with her family, including two little people, and 3 dogs

John Adams
First Vice President | Funeral Director
NAFD | Perry & Phillips Funeral Directors

John Adams DIPFAA, DIPFD, CERT ED is a highly accomplished funeral industry professional with a rich legacy in the field. As a Funeral Director at Perry and Phillips Funeral Directors, a reputable the fourth-generation firm in Shropshire, John brings a wealth of expertise and experience to his role. As the immediate past President of the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and also holds the distinguished positions of Approved Tutor, and past chair of the NAFD’s Membership Committee. In addition to his commitments with the NAFD, John serves as a Funeral Industry Advisor for Child Bereavement UK.

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