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
