Our Trustees make sure Heart n Soul is well run and help us make decisions on all aspects of our work.
Hannah is an advisor for a live-in care company, enabling people to live with support in their own homes rather than in an institution. Hannah worked at Heart n Soul for eight (happy) years, enabling her to bring valuable and direct experience to her role as a Trustee.
Kate has worked in health and social care for over 25 years and has a wealth of experience in national policy direction and local practice. She currently leads the Mental Health programme at the NDTi, a national not for profit organisation based in Bath.
Lilly has been part of Heart n Soul for 9 years. She has been involved in a number of Heart n Soul projects including the Media Team, SoundLab and Radio. She is a freelance journalist. Visit Lilly's website here
Pino co-founded Heart n Soul in 1986. He has had a successful songwriting career performing across the world. Pino was awarded an MBE in 2010 for his services to disability arts. Pino was part of the core team working on our research project Heart n Soul at the Hub at Wellcome Collection, and is now a core team member on Believe in Us, a project developing a radical new approach to designing services with people with learning disabilities and autistic people. Find out more about Pino here.
Shalim first joined Heart n Soul in 2006 and has been involved in DJing and a number of media projects. Shalim is also a Quality Checker for social care charity Choice Support and an advocate for Learning Disability England. Visit Shalim's website here.
Simon has been part of Heart n Soul for over 30 years. He is Managing Director and owner of the independent music publishing company Bucks Music Group.
Sue is a Disability Advisor at Imperial College London. Previous roles include Senior Strategy Officer Diversity (Disability) at Arts Council England and Disability Services Co-ordinator at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Tim is Vice President of Products (Instruments & Sounds) at computer-based audio production company Native Instruments. He is an advocate for accessible music technology and has been involved with Heart n Soul since 2014.
Michael is an award-winning composer. In 2018 he released his critically acclaimed debut album Tender Symmetry. He also won an Emmy for his work on the BBC series Sherlock. Find out more about Michael here.
Sarah is an experienced yoga teacher who first connected with Heart n Soul in 1986 while working in Deaf and Disability Arts. She currently offers wellbeing sessions for Heart n Soul staff members. When not doing yoga she explores creativity using paint and writing.
Mark was Vice Chair of the Heart n Soul board until he passed away in Sept 2022. He was part of Heart n Soul for over 30 years and is much missed. He started out as a student on our first training scheme and went on to be involved in the development of many parts of the organisation. These included touring as part of the Positive Hearts performance company, co-leading activities and being part of the staff team. Mark was involved at the very beginning of the Beautiful Octopus Club and was compere and host of the open mic slot for many years. Kindness, love and community were really important to Mark, he felt we should always look out for others. He truly cared about everyone at Heart n Soul and was an integral part of our community.
