People Participation Lead for Environmental Sustainability, East London NHS Foundation Trust, England

As a People Participation Lead, Siân supports service users and carers to participate in ELFT’s sustainability initiatives. These include sustainable quality improvement projects, training opportunities, and green plan workstreams. Siân has lived experience of mental illness, and of using mental health services. With this experience, she aims to empower others into service improvement as a tool for their own recovery. She believes that the expertise of service users and carers are essential in effecting meaningful change within healthcare systems. Siân has long been concerned about the climate and ecological crisis, which inspired her to complete a BSc in Biology from the University of Bristol.