Jane Ferretti

My name is Jane Ferretti and I have been involved with Flourish since April 2015. I have experience of working as a trustee for the Sheffield Town Trust and the Sheffield Grammar School Foundation and I was very pleased to be invited to join the Board. I have very little experience of mental health issues … Continued

Brendan Stone

My name is Brendan Stone, and I’ve lived with mental health difficulties since about the age of 14. For around 20 years I was usually too unwell to work, and spent time in hospitals, and also had periods of time when I was homeless. At the age of 35 I took an access course for … Continued

Andrew Hudson

My name is Andrew Hudson and I have lived mental health experience. I first came into contact with Recovery Enterprises at the mental health social café and since then I have organised some mental health awareness events in Sheffield city centre, and I invited Recovery Enterprises to attend. This was because as a mental health … Continued

Andrew Wood

My name is Andrew Wood and I have been involved with Sheffield Flourish since it formed, as its Treasurer. This was familiar territory for me as I have worked in Finance and Management for 30 years and had previous roles relevant including the Assistant Director of Finance at the University of Sheffield and working in … Continued

Nick Bax

My name is Nick Bax and I have been involved with Sheffield Flourish since January 2015 as a Co-Instigator/Creative Director.   I came to work on the project after discussions with Brendan Stone (fellow Recovery Enterprises board member) about creating a mental health “digital hub” for Sheffield. Since then it’s really taken off as more and more of … Continued

Pam Stirling

My name is Pam Stirling and I am the Chair of the Board for Sheffield Flourish.   I’ve been working with Sheffield Flourish since the start in April 2011 when I was coming up with ideas and then formally from March 2012 when we became a company. I got involved because I wanted something different … Continued