
Credits
Written by: Mel Scaffold and Jo Underwood
Published: June 2025
The Health Communities Together Gloucestershire Stewardship Group were:
Tom Beasley, CEO, Active Gloucestershire
Diana Billingham, Head of Voluntary and Community Partnership, Gloucestershire County Council
Sally Byng, CEO, Barnwood Trust
Will Chapman, Associate Director (Prevention & VCSE Partnership), NHS Gloucestershire
Zoe Clifford, Consultant in Public Health, Gloucestershire County Council
Caitlin Lord, Project Manager, NHS Gloucestershire
Pippa Jones, CEO, Create Gloucestershire
Matt Lennard, CEO, Gloucestershire VCS Alliance
Jo Underwood, Transformation Programme Director, NHS Gloucestershire
The HCT co-lab design group were:
Diana Billingham, Sally Byng, Jay Haigh, Pippa Jones, Mel Scaffold, Tracey Thomas and Jo Underwood
Supported by:
Anne Brinkhoff, Programme Manager
Mel Scaffold, Learning Partner
Jo Underwood, Convenor
With thanks to:
The Barnwood Trust for fiscal hosting, and Ruth Bamford, Hannah Hesselgreaves, Andy Kitt, Toby Lindsay, Dawn Plimmer, Myron E. Rogers and many other people who have been part of this journey.
Healthy Communities Together Gloucestershire was one of five sites funded by the National Lottery Community Fund in partnership with The King’s Fund to develop effective and sustainable partnership working between the Voluntary and Community Sector, the National Health Service and local authorities to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities.
HCT Gloucestershire was funded by The National Lottery Community Fund in partnership with The King’s Fund: