Meet the team

Our Staff

The team at Manchester Carers Forum is led by unpaid carers. Many staff members have joined as volunteers and gone on to become paid staff and trustees.

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Steve O’Connor
South Manchester Locality Coordinator

Steve became part of the Manchester Carers Forum team at the beginning of December 2020 as the South Manchester Locality Coordinator. I’ve worked in adult social care for over 25 years as a social worker, developing policy, training staff, community work and inspecting care homes and home care.

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Afara Welch
Finance Officer

Afara has recently joined our team as our Finance Officer. She is an accounting professional with over ten years experience in the field. She is excited to be a part of the MCF team and strives to bring her best to our organisation.

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Ian Coxon
Carer Support Service Coordinator

Ian is striving to expand the support offered to unpaid carers of people with dementia by utilizing the experience and dedication that volunteers can offer.

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Anne Connolly
Operations Manager

Anne has overall responsibility for the development and delivery of carers services at MCF. Anne’s work is focussed on ensuring we are offering services carers tell us they need.

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Miriam Macleod-Iredale
Carer Support Service Coordinator

Miriam is one of our Carer Support Service Coordinator. She has over 10 years experience of working with carers. She is responsible for running five of our six carers support groups.

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Daniel Cooke
Admin & Publicity Worker

Daniel is a carer for his older brother and has been involved with organization for many years when he used to attend the young carers events when he was younger. Daniel now has NVQ Level 2 & 3 in Business & Communications.

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Hannah Kennedy
Carer Support Service Coordinator

Hannah is one of our Carer Support Service Coordinators. A former health coach and crisis worker, Hannah has worked in supporting roles for over 10yrs. She is passionate about supporting carers to improve their health and wellbeing and quality of life.

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David Williams
Chief Officer

Dave has overall responsibility, together with the Board of Trustees, for the management of MCF and its staff and the development of strategy. A carer himself, Dave provides strong and clear leadership.

Trustees

David Tindall

I’ve worked with David Williams for a number of years now, and got to know about the work of MCF.

David Laughlin

David has over 25 years of experience and has worked in the Lloyds and North American insurance risk markets.

Denise Jackson

Denise is one of our long standing trustees. Denise cares for her daughter Susan who has learning difficulties, Denise feels that at times the Carers Forum has been a life saver. Here she has been able to meet and share expierences with like minded people. As a result Denise decided that should would become a trustee at MCF and wanted to give back a little of forum has given to her.

Catherine Lowe

I was a carer for my mum for many years till she sadly passed away in November 2001. Then my son was in a bad time in his life due to alcohol and drug misuse...

Gaynor Morgan

Gaynor is the chair of MCF and has been a carer for 29 years and a member of MCF for 12 years. Gaynor cares for her family members who have learning...

Mike Lake

Mike joined us in 2011 as Treasurer, and as a co-opted Trustee to have an overall view of the Forum’s finances, both now and looking towards the future...

Christine Smith

Previously Christine was a full-time carer, looking after and caring for her mother. After Christine's mother sadly passed away things became...