Better Together
We're looking forward to welcoming you to our collaboration event.
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Wednesday 10th June
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10 am - 1pm
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Northorpe Barn, 53 Northorpe Lane, Mirfield, WF14 0QL
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What is this event about?
We know that families often have to navigate a complicated network of services to get the support they need. This event is about bringing together charities, businesses, commissioners, and other organisations from across West Yorkshire to explore how we can make that journey easier.
Through group discussions with other organisation from the local area, we'll look at real challenges facing families and services today, identify where there are gaps or barriers, and work together to find practical solutions.
Most importantly, we want to build relationships that continue beyond the event, helping us work more closely together to improve access to support for children, young people, and families across the region.
Below, you'll find a directory of some of the organisations and individuals who will be joining us on the day. If you'd like to add your details, please email amy.downes@northorpehall.co.uk
France-Leigh Hadrysiak
Strategic and Operational Manager for Dewsbury + Mirfield
Olivia Armitage
Team Manager - Community Plus (Rural)
Strategic and operational management of the rural Kirklees team
Becky Pugh
Deputy Director
Partnership building, fundraising and project management to help engage as many young people in challenging circumstances in music making activities as possible. At Yorkshire Youth and Music, young people can express themselves in a safe environment through song writing, music production, DJing and instrumental lessons. Sessions are led by the young persons interests and delivery is trauma informed.
They will always feel safe creating music with our talented music leaders
Chloe Fisher
Suicide Prevention Officer
Papyrus works to reduce the number of suicides in young people by providing support, training and smashing the stigma around suicide. As a suicide prevention officer, I work across Yorkshire and The Humber to deliver suicide prevention training and work directly in communities to help them become more confident in talking about suicide and supporting those struggling.
Yvonne White
Deputy CEO
My role combines strategic leadership with hands-on operational oversight, ensuring that our teams have the support, resources, and direction they need to deliver high-quality, impactful support.
I work closely with the CEO, trustees, partners, funders, and colleagues across the organisation to turn our vision into reality. No two days are the same – one day I might be working on organisational strategy, budgets, or service development, and the next I'm meeting with partners, supporting staff, or exploring new ways to expand our reach and impact.
To ensure you are at the centre of all our decision making and service development. To support you to live full lives helping with flexible support when you need it.
Shaun Browne
Mentoring Service Lead
I lead the mentoring team at Northorpe Hall and support them in delivering the mentoring service across Kirklees. I'm also thinking of how the mentoring service can evolve in the future to make it more impactful for our young people.
I will do my best to shape our services so we deliver excellent support for any young person who enters our service.
Amy Downes
Social Media and Comms Lead
My job is to help raise awareness of the brilliant work being done by the team here at Northorpe. I create content for our social media, our website, our emails and anything marketing or PR related.
to give them a voice, so they can tell the world what they need and want - because that's what we should be listening to first and foremost.
Pip Sidebottom
Service manager
We delivery library material every 4 weeks directly to the readers door. We have a full range of library material, ordinary print, large print books, audio books, dementia friendly books and puzzles. We also have full access to the Children’s library and Teen section.
We can make reading possible for everyone in the Kirklees community who cannot access their own local library. This includes people who may be housebound, living in long term care, carers, or people who are vulnerable due to long term conditions or disabilities. The service is free and open to people of all ages.
Make reading accessible to any young person in Kirklees
Magdalena Wojtenko
Family Systemic Practitioner and Therapeutic Services Lead
Family Systemic Practitioner: Meeting with families who have some worries or concerns and supporting to find ways to overcome the issues. Therapeutic Services Lead: Line-managing the team of trainees, counsellors and autism practitioner. Triage and allocating cases. Overseeing the therapeutic offer at Northorpe Hall.
The person is not the problem. The problem is the problem.
Chris Rowe
CEO
I'm responsible for the overall leadership and management of the Northorpe Team.
To keep their needs as the highest priority
Paige Wilkinson
Team Manager Kirklees Core CAMHS and PCN team
Manage two teams of mental health professionals who provide specialist assessment and intervention to children and young people in Kirklees.
To continue to explore service development opportunities to improve and enhance access to mental health support.
Rose Kearns
Director of Business Development
Northpoint delivers mental health support to children, young people and families as well as adults
To design and deliver needs-led services that provide the support you need when you need it