Telford & Wrekin Place Partnership and its Operational Group

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.

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.

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.

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.

This shared role model offers a cost-effective and agile solution to build momentum quickly. This approach better enables system-wide efficiencies, accelerate learning, and build cross-organisational relationships that lay the groundwork for long-term, enabling the conditions to address physical inactivity.