Who We Are

The All-Wales Deaf Mental Health and Wellbeing Group is comprised of a mixture of deaf and hearing members who are committed to and dedicated to improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes for deaf people in Wales.

Paul Redfern (Chair)

Independent Consultant

Jacqui Bond (Secretary)

Former Social Worker

Dr Julia Terry

Associate Professor, Swansea University

Dr Sara Rhys-Jones

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, Swansea Bay UHB

Dr Rob Wilks
Senior Lecturer in Law, UWE Bristol

Dr Christopher Shank

Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Bangor University

Dr Anouschka Foltz

Associate Professor in English Linguistics, University of Graz

Photo credit: Uni Graz/Leljak

Michelle Fowler

Organisation Development Manager – Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Velindre University NHS Trust

Cath Booth

Chief Executive Officer, Wales Council for Deaf People

Sarah Thomas

Managing Director, Centre for Sign Sight Sound

Helen Rose-Jones

Lead for Community Engagement, Public Health Wales

Ceri Harris

Head of Equality and Human Rights, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Sarah Smith

Director, Sarona Training

Anne Silman BA (Hons) Deaf Studies

Bevan Commission Exemplar, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Dr Sofia Vougioukalous

Research Fellow, Y Lab, Cardiff University

Martin Griffiths

Wales Manager, British Deaf Association