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Rachel Threadgold
Public Health Lead
As Senior Health Improvement Practitioner for Telford & Wrekin Council, Rachel is exploring how physical activity can be used as a key tool within prevention and population health strategies to reduce health inequalities. She is connecting services, communities, and voluntary organisations to develop inclusive, place-based approaches that improve health outcomes and support long-term system change.
Abbie Guest
VCSE Enabler (VCSE Lead)
Abbie will strengthen the role of voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations in addressing inactivity and wider health inequalities. She is building stronger relationships between communities and statutory services, champion community voice, and support more responsive, inclusive, and community-led solutions.
Richelle Morris
Children and Young People (CYP) Lead
Richelle is a Youth Development Officer at Telford & Wrekin Council and as her CYP Lead role she will focus on creating more opportunities for children and young people to be active by working across education, health, youth services, and community organisations. She is championing youth voice, co-designing solutions with young people, and ensuring their needs and experiences shape place-based approaches to reducing inactivity and inequality.
Karen Harley
Leisure Lead
As a Health and Fitness Team Leader at Telford & Wrekin Council, Karen’s shared role is exploring how leisure services and facilities can be used to increase physical activity and reduce inequalities by developing more inclusive, accessible, and flexible approaches. Working across leisure, health, social care, and community sectors, she will strengthen partnerships and challenge traditional delivery models to ensure leisure plays a greater role in prevention, wellbeing, and place-based system change.
Jade Jackson
Planning and Green Spaces Lead
As Senior Strategic Outdoor Play and Recreation Specialist at Telford & Wrekin Council, Jade will ensure that opportunities for physical activity are embedded within the design and development of places, spaces, and communities. By working across planning, regeneration, transport, and health sectors, she is advocating for long-term investment and decision-making that creates healthier, more active, and equitable environments.
Sarah Harrison
Community Navigator in Donnington
Sarah works closely with people living and working in Donnington, helping them access opportunities, build relationships, and become more involved in community life. She is committed to bringing people together and supporting people to make the most of what their community has to offer.
Significant funding award
Energize collaborates with local partners to help residents lead healthier, active lives.
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System leadership workshops
Participants learned how system leadership can help tackle shared challenges and improve outcomes for local communities.
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Investment in voluntary and community sector
And a new VCSE Enabler role focuses on understanding and strengthening how the VCSE sector, local infrastructure and wider system work together.
Learning from the local voluntary and community system
Learn more about Abbie's role as a VCSE Enabler role and the positive impact it is having.
Understanding the difference we are making
Read more about evaluating and reviewing our work with the help of our Evaluation and Learning Partner, FH Associates.
Telford & Wrekin Place Partnership and its Operational Group
Read more about the Telford & Wrekin Place Partnership and it's Operational Group.
