ACOOP Partnership Group Profiles

Robin Cowen

Independent Consultant in Social Care

  Robin has worked in Health and Social Care since 1971, in fieldwork, as a manager, an inspector and as part of an improvement agency. He is passionate about improving social care and, since the early 90s has become interested in... Read More

Liz Davis

ACOOP Manager

Liz worked in Economic Development and Regeneration in local government for many years before working as a self employed consultant for eight years. During that time she had the opportunity to undertake work in the criminal justice field. ... Read More

Chris Elliott

Social Inclusion Officer - HMP Dartmoor

Chris works as a Prison Officer at HMP Dartmoor and has been in the Prison Service over 20 years, coming to work at Dartmoor after serving at HMP/YOI Pucklechurch, where she worked with female prisoners. Chris has had experience working in many... Read More

Natasha Head

Healthcare Manager - HMP Dartmoor

Natasha qualified as a RGN in 2000 and has worked as a prison service nurse since 2005.  She was appointed Healthcare Manager at HMP Dartmoor in August 2009. Her involvement with the ACOOP Partnership Group will "help to address... Read More

Kenneth Humphrey

Retired Tax Accountant

  Kenneth is a former Older Prisoner and Chairman of 50+ Forum. He is currently producing a Resettlement Course to be published and hopefully presented in Prisons on a National basis in the near future.   Kenneth commenced... Read More

Philip Hurst

National Development Manager - Health Age Concern and Help the Aged

  Philip works for Age Concern and Help the Aged in a role which combines both influencing national health policy and interpreting policy on health services as it relates to older people and to local Age Concern organisations. Current... Read More

Mike Jenkins

Health and Social Care National Lead for Older Offenders Department of Health and Chair Older Prisoners Action Group S.W.

Mike qualified as a nurse and an in charge prison governor and has worked in delivering health care in prisons since 1977, working at 10 prisons in that time; including being Head Of Health Care at HMP Liverpool. Mike is keen to take this work... Read More

Professor Phyllida Parsloe

Trustee of the Sir Halley Stewart Trust

Phyllida moved from being a probation officer to become a psychiatric social worker and then to lecture at the London School of Economics. After a period teaching in a Law school in the United States, Phyllida held the chair of Social Work at... Read More

Susan Sharples

Liaison Officer Older Prisoners - HMP Leyhill

For most of Sues working life she has worked in or been involved in the prison service, becoming a prison officer in 1979. She has worked at Drake Hall, Bullwood Hall, Maidstone, and Holloway prisons. Sue was the Disability Liaison Officer/Older... Read More

Christina Snell - (Chair)

Chief Executive Officer, Age Concern Gloucestershire/Director Age Concern Regional Support Services South West (ACRSSSW)

Christina has been Chief Officer of Age Concern Gloucestershire since Jan 2006, prior to that she served 15 years in the Probation Service, both as a practitioner and a manager. She has worked with offenders in the community, hostels and prison in... Read More

Brian Swann

Director of Operations and Partnerships - BCHA

Brian comes from a background of senior management in the health service and prior to working at BCHA held the role of support services manager at a major teaching hospital. He has held a number of roles within BCHA from scheme management up to... Read More

Dr Stuart Ware

RESTORE 50+ Co-ordinator

Former older prisoner. Adviser to Department of Health and Ministry of Justice. Researcher on care services for older offenders. PhD University of Sheffield 2007. Convict criminologist and member of British Society of Criminology. In 2004 RESTORE... Read More