Our Board

An introduction to the board members of the Wheelchair Alliance

Who we are

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

Tanni is one of the founder members of the Wheelchair Alliance. As a Paralympian and wheelchair user she has campaigned tirelessly about a number of issues including Accessibility, Equality and Welfare Reform.

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Nick Goldup

Nick Goldup

A Director of the Alliance and Chair of the Board is Nick Goldup who is Director of Care Improvement for the MND Association. Nick has a wealth of knowledge about wheelchairs having spent some years working for Whizz-Kidz too.

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Jon Sawford

Jon Sawford

Jon Sawford is a Director of the Alliance and Vice Chair, taking a lead on governance. He is the Director of Services at Whizz-Kidz. He brings great expertise in service delivery and is passionate about disability awareness and employment for young people amongst other things.

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Jean Waters

Jean Waters

Jean is one of the founder members of the Wheelchair Alliance. As a wheelchair user she actively campaigns to improve services for disabled people and their carers and chaired the working groups that developed and reviewed the Wheelchair Charter.

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Raymond Hodgkinson MBE

Raymond Hodgkinson MBE

Ray is one of the founder members of the Wheelchair Alliance. He is a Director of the Alliance taking the lead on finances. His experience covers virtually all aspects of healthcare and he was the Director General of the British Healthcare Trades Association for 16 years.

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Pauline Matheson-Marks

Pauline Matheson-Marks

Pauline is the Head of National Care for the MND Association. She is heavily involved in ensuring people with a rapidly progressing neurological condition get the most appropriate wheelchair, which considers current and future needs, at the right time.

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Arunima Misra

Arunima Misra

Arunima has been a wheelchair user all her life. She campaigns for better, more user-focussed wheelchair services.

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Karen Pearce

Karen Pearce

Karen is a founder member of the Wheelchair Alliance and has been involved in the challenges surrounding wheelchair provision for a number of years both in the healthcare and charity sectors. She is now one of the directors of the Alliance taking a lead on policy and engagement.

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Tamsin Flint

Tamsin Flint

My name is Tamsin Flint, I work for the NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group and my role is commissioning manager for the wheelchair service in Kent and Medway. I joined the NHS in 2014, as a member of the CCG quality team and since then I have worked in a number of roles. I’m passionate about ensuring people have the opportunity to share their stories and that the voice of the service user is heard.

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Dan Ellis

Dan Ellis

Dan Ellis is passionate about helping to strengthen the voice of the wheelchair community. He combines creativity and smart enabling technology in order to help provide equal opportunities for all.

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Lara Littler

Lara Littler

I have over 20 years’ experience managing frontline NHS services within both Community and Acute NHS Trusts.

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Shabaaz Mohammed

Shabaaz Mohammed

I am Shabaaz Mohammed and have used specialist seating all my life. I see my wheelchair as a vital organ, without which I, and other wheelchair users, simply could not function. I actively push for ongoing improvement in wheelchair provision.

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Dave Long

Dave Long

My name is Dave Long and I am a HCPC registered clinical scientist. I am an engineer by training and have spent the last 25 years working directly in and around NHS wheelchair services. I am delighted to represent PMG (Posture & Mobility Group) on the Wheelchair Alliance because I believe wheelchair services are very important to us as a nation, and that their profile needs raising because their complexity is not always recognised.

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Andrew Stevenson

Andrew Stevenson

I have worked in the Community Equipment and Wheelchair Products and Services channel of the healthcare market for the last 20 years, having previously spent the initial part of my career in the Commercial Health and Fitness industry. I am currently President of the British Healthcare Trades Association, which represents over 400 companies across the healthcare industry.

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Dan McAleavy

Dan McAleavy

Dan has cerebral palsy and is a wheelchair user. Since 2016 he has been involved in the development of personal wheelchair budgets. Dan is a director of a Community Interest Company which focuses on projects that emphasise social inclusion.

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