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About Us
Staff
| Claire James | ||
| Centre Director |
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| "The Mulberry Centre is a haven
for all people affected by a cancer diagnosis and to be part of
such a wonderful place and energetic, caring team is such a privilege". |
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Claire joined the Centre in May 2007, having left a similar role in a Cardiff based charity. The overall purpose of this diverse role is to sustain the high quality of existing services and to lead in the development of new ones. A large element of the Director’s role is to secure our financial future, which includes ongoing fundraising and promoting the Centre’s profile within the community and corporate world. The Director’s role also has overall responsibility for the management of the Centre and staff. |
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| Caroline Newton | ||
| Macmillan Mulberry Cancer Information Manager |
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| ‘The Mulberry Centre is an excellent facility for anybody affected by cancer and has some thing for everyone. This is a place where people can access information and support from trained professionals in a friendly and relaxed environment.’ |
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Caroline Newton is The Mulberry Centre’s MMCIM and has been in post since April 2008. Her background is as a cancer nurse who has worked with children, teenagers and adults for the past 7 years within an NHS hospital setting. Her role within in The Mulberry Centre focuses upon providing information from a range of credible resources to the centre users. This could be information about specific cancers, financial support or dealing with the side effects of cancer treatment, to name just a few. When people first come to the Centre Caroline will be one of the first people you meet and she will explore with you what the Centre can offer and any information you may require. She is available all day for people to drop in as they feel free, answer enquiries via e mail or telephone and most of all be a friendly listening ear. |
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| Adrienne Townsend | ||
| Macmillan Services and Volunteer Co-ordinator |
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| ‘It is lovely to work so closely with such a dedicated and enthusiastic team of volunteers. The services and support that the Mulberry Centre offers makes such a difference to people whose lives are affected by cancer and I look forward to working alongside colleagues and volunteers to develop the services and support that we offer’. |
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The Macmillan Services and Volunteer Co-ordinator is responsible for the co-ordination of the services provided by The Mulberry Centre as well as the recruitment, support and coordination of volunteers. Adrienne is also the first point of contact for new and existing clients. Adrienne joined the Mulberry Centre in March 2008 as Macmillan Services and Volunteer Coordinator having previously worked for a number of educational organisations both in the UK and New Zealand. |
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| Jan Marriner | ||
| Senior Complementary Therapist |
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| "It is very rewarding to
work with such a dedicated team of volunteer therapists who unselfishly
use their professional skills with noticeable benefits to those
they treat." |
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The Senior Complementary Therapist is involved in the recruitment and induction of all volunteer complementary therapists. She provides specialist training, professional support, supervision and guidance for the complementary therapy services and ensures that the standards required by the therapists’ professional bodies are met in order to maintain the Centre’s extremely high reputation for these services. Jan is a highly qualified aromatherapist with 7 years experience in her field. She was previously a volunteer at The Mulberry Centre and took up the consultant post in 2005. |
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| Sally Shaer | ||
| Senior Counsellor |
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| “From the moment I walked
through the door I knew that this was going to be a rewarding place
to work. It was like walking into a haven of tranquillity
amidst a busy hospital campus. It is the people as well as
the place that give this welcoming atmosphere, it’s just
a lovely place to be.” |
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The Senior Counsellor is responsible for ensuring that we provide a counselling service of the highest quality, that is enriching for both our clients and our volunteer counsellors. This includes both our one to one counselling service and the groups that we run which are also facilitated by counsellors. Sally has been working as a qualified counsellor with her own private practice since 2003. She is an accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). She has extensive experience of working with short term counselling and has seen the benefits that a limited amount of counselling can bring. She took up the post at the Mulberry Centre in April 2007. |
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