Speaking

I have a background in group facilitation and a passion for the importance of communication skills. I hope that bringing my skills and my experiences together can be an effective way to change hearts and minds. I feel that we need to talk more about birth and death, with openness and honesty. Ensuring that these tender conversations are woven through our words and our stories, both personally and professionally, can help us all to make the most of the people, the time and the life that we do have.

Review of talks given in the Kindling Tent at Wood Festival, including my talk, Art, Words, Love, Grief.

In this Series of videos , I share my perspectives on advance care planning based on my experience with Neve.

Photograph by Hugh Warwick

I have experience in multiple speaking capacities, including on the radio, in person, online and with or without accompanying slides. Whether it’s an unstructured conversation, a carefully planned speech or an ad hoc interview, I am a confident speaker with a powerful story to share.

If any of this resonates, I would love to hear from you. Connect with me and let’s chat.

Upcoming speaking engagements

Speaker at Together for Short Lives Conference, May 2025

Enquiries

I am available to speak at events, including conferences or study days, in person or online. I can share Neve’s story and our experiences of palliative care, dying, death, bereavement, and grief on tv, radio or in podcasts. My particular interests are around communication and humanity at the edges of life, within health care. In addition, I am an experienced parent contributor and keen to be involved in research and service improvement.

Previous speaking engagements

  • BBC Radio 4 World at One

    Interviewed about Neve’s pain, in the context of palliative care (July 2024).

  • The Clinical Forum webinar - Pain, look deeper

    Neve’s story, with focus on pain, aimed at health professionals, run by the South England Children’s Palliative and End of Life Care Strategic Clinical Network Team and Parent Advisory Group (June 2024)

  • Art, words, love, grief at Wood Festival

    An in person talk in the Kindling Tent about how I have used art and words to process and experience my love, and my grief, for Neve (May 2024). Review here.

  • PPC Managed Clinical Network for the BOB region

    Neve’s story, with focus on equitable care at the end of life. Illustrated with paintings and aimed at professionals setting up a Paediatric Palliative Care Managed Clinical Network for the BOB region.

  • The Clinical Forum webinar - Back to school, children with palliative care needs

    Neve’s story, with focus on intersection between education and palliative care, within a webinar aimed at health professionals, run by the South England Children’s Palliative and End of Life Care Strategic Clinical Network Team and Parent Advisory Group (October 2023).

  • Child and Young Person’s Advanced Care Plan Collaborative videos

    Series of videos created, with Neve’s doctor and I sharing our perspectives and experiences of advance care planning. Videos can be found here.