Keri Thomas
Cornwall
Keri has been working for LiveWest since 2007. Keri loves working with people and building relationships with our customers, communities, and partner agencies who can work with and support them, helping to create positive change.
Keri is passionate about the outdoors and its impact on our wellbeing. She is an avid sea swimmer, amateur surfer, and walker, and is working with customers, local councillors, and Healthy Cornwall to bring accessible community activities to communal spaces.
Keri worked with a LiveWest contractor and local community groups to install a community allotment at Treneere, and she is involved in further projects to improve communal outdoor spaces across West Cornwall.
Alison Knight
Cornwall and Plymouth
Alison has worked for LiveWest since 2013 and enjoys working with customers to try and achieve the changes they want to see in their neighbourhoods, and she brings community partners together to make this happen. Alison is particularly interested in food projects, play spaces and growing schemes.
Alison brought community partners together and recruited volunteers in Holsworthy to launch an affordable food club that uses good quality surplus food to help residents stretch their budgets and get more food for their money. She also helped develop Tavy Fridge in Tavistock which collects good quality surplus food and gives it away for free.
Lorna Turnbull
Cornwall and Plymouth
Lorna has worked at LiveWest since 2017, starting in the customer services team before moving into a Co-ordinator role in the Community Investment team, and then into her current role as the Community Connector for Plymouth.
Lorna feels very blessed to have this role as she loves working with customers and building relationships with them. She hopes to help customers to make their community into somewhere they love, and want to live. She is also working with community partners to help customers to achieve their goals.
Lorna served in the Royal Navy for 22 years as an Aircraft Engineer, and she has also completed a law degree. Lorna’s main passions when she is not working are sea swimming and walking her dogs.
Charlotte Holdsworth
Devon
Charlotte has worked at LiveWest since 2014 and has a background in community development. She has worked on a variety of projects including housing redevelopments, church restorations and the creation of play parks.
Charlotte loves that her work is incredibly varied and that she gets to meet so many wonderful people. She is committed to supporting customers and the communities in which they live.
Charlotte spent four years working with the community and fundraising to build a new play park at Champernowne in Modbury.
Lesley Browne
Devon
Lesley has worked for LiveWest since 2004. She initially worked as a Resettlement Officer in an area of Exeter which was being regenerated. She formed relationships with customers, and together they were able influence what happened in their community. This experience made Lesley more passionate about continuing in community-based work which enables customers to effect positive change where they live.
As a keen gardener and a beekeeper Lesley has a special interest in growing and food projects. She is proud to have been a proactive partner with organisations that salvage usable food, and ensures our communities are supported where there are needs around access to food.
Simon Cohen
Devon
Simon has been working for LiveWest since August 2023, having previously worked in community safety and environmental protection, and as a youth and community worker.
Simon has lived and worked across North Devon for over 20 years. This has given him an insight into North Devon's communities, and the opportunity to form partnerships with many groups and agencies in the region. He hopes to build on these relationships and develop new ones as he engages in new projects and initiatives.
Simon loves working with and supporting adults and young people, especially when people gain new knowledge, skills and confidence to become a positive force in their personal life and community.
Shona Stone
Somerset
Shona has been working within Community Investment since 2011. Shona is experienced in creating and developing partnerships which benefit communities. She enjoys working on a variety of projects which require different skills and approaches to reach great outcomes for LiveWest customers and communities.
Shona ran a project offering free English lessons to customers whose first language was not English. Customers learned how to communicate in different situations to do things like make a medical appointment, order at a café or use a library. The customers gained confidence and engaged with people from other cultures and backgrounds which also helped them feel more integrated with their local community. One participant gained enough confidence from the sessions to set up her own cleaning business.
Colette Tuckey
West of England
Colette has been working for LiveWest since 2013. She has a background in Neighbourhood Safety and Environmental Enforcement so being a Community Connector has come naturally to her. She has had the privilege of working with customers and partners to building stronger, safer, resilient and happier communities.
Colette has worked on a number of projects supporting children to develop confidence and resilience through life skills and sports skills. Colette is particularly interested in wellbeing and access to healthy food.
Jane Harraway
North Somerset and Mendip
Jane has been with LiveWest since 2011, starting as a lettings team leader. In June 2024, she transitioned to the role of Community Connector, bringing valuable experience in collaborating with local authorities and external agencies to support customers with housing options and homelessness.
Jane has a keen interest in nature and the outdoors, and she is an animal lover who volunteers at a local wildlife rescue centre. She takes great pleasure in working with customers to help them achieve their goals, with a strong desire to help residents feel proud of their communities. Jane is committed to ensuring everyone has a home in a safe, happy, and welcoming environment.
In her new role with the Community Investment team, Jane has already embarked on a fantastic project - enhancing a community garden at a scheme of 50 flats to make it more functional and easier for residents to maintain. She is looking forward to getting involved in more community-focused projects across the North Somerset and Mendip areas.
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