Meet the team

Caroline has a background in education and training. She’s worked in a number of roles within local disability organisations and in recent years she has managed the delivery of contracts in both advocacy and information, advice and guidance. 

Caroline has considerable experience of working with people affected by both physical and learning disabilities, long term health conditions, including mental health issues, and also families caring for disabled children.

Emma comes from a nursing background. She worked as an RGN nurse for fifteen years before taking a break to live in France with her husband where they started a family. Since returning, she was keen to continue working in a health-related role and initially volunteered for us, before joining us as a sessional project worker in 2015.

Emma has supported a number of projects including young people’s mental health, and drugs and alcohol use. In 2017, she became a Project Manager and is working on intelligence-led projects in a job-share with Janine Newby-Robson.

Angela worked as a medical secretary and Business Support Manager for local government before joining Healthwatch in 2013.  Her role is to ensure the smooth running of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough offices, coordinating services to support the Board, staff team and volunteers in their business.  Angela also manages day to day finances and provides PA support to the Board and Chief Executive.

Heather has over 30 years’ experience of working to enable and empower people. She has worked in a variety of different roles including, development of public policy, disability awareness and education in schools, community service development as well as volunteer management.

Heather’s job is to look after our volunteers and make sure they have the training and support they need to volunteer with us. She is passionate about equality, and making sure that Healthwatch can harness the skills and interests of people from across the communities of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Following a career in Retail Banking, up to Area Director level Jo has enjoyed working in a number of roles within the voluntary sector. She is passionate about equality for all and celebrating diversity, and has previously worked with both mental health and physical disability charities . In her role us she is responsible for looking for funding opportunities, and developing our local partnership work, enabling us to do more projects and carry out more activities across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Janine has previous experience in the health service working as a personal health trainer helping patients to make lifestyle changes to improve health. She has also worked in the field of adult and childhood weight management and sexual health.

Her role within Healthwatch is to find out about people's experiences of using local health and social care services, for example giving talks and attending community events.  In 2017, she became a Project Manager and is working on intelligence-led projects in a job-share with Emma Amez.

Angie has over twenty years' experience of working in the voluntary and community sector in Cambridgeshire. She started her career as a community fundraiser for Vitalise, a national disability charity, and has since worked across a variety of roles in charity management, volunteer management, community engagement and communications. 

As Communications Manager, her role is to let people know what Healthwatch is up to. She is committed to making Healthwatch communications clear and accessible to everyone. 

Anne has a background of 38 years in the NHS as a learning disability nurse specialising in care and services for children. She managed residential respite services across Cambridgeshire, before becoming a special needs school nurse. 

Anne is active in the local community as a Director of Huntingdon Mencap Society. She also volunteers for a range of other local organisations.

Anne helps Julie run our Information and Signposting service, responding to people’s questions about local health and care services.

Sharon has extensive experience in Project Management, Business Administration and Customer Services.  She has also worked as an Assistant Teacher in the education sector.  She assists with the smooth running of the office, and supporting the Board and staff team in their activities.

Kate is passionate about supporting the patient and public voice in the improvement of health and care services, having also worked in Community Health Councils, PPI and the local LINk. She has a particular interest in older people’s care and is a Dementia Friends Champion.

Kate is part of our engagement team and spends most of her time out in the community talking about Healthwatch and listening to people’s experiences of local services

After moving to the UK in 2002, Rebwar worked with fellow members of the Kurdish community in Peterborough, helping them to access local support and services. He went on to become a community organiser in the Eastfield area and then worked as a sexual health outreach worker for EAST, working with local communities. He has also undertaken research projects for Citizens’ Advice Peterborough and the Norfolk-based sexual health charity EAST.

Rebwar spends most of his time out in the community, listening to the health and care experiences of people who are less likely to share their stories.