Community Education Awards

Empowering communities through education for Health and wellbeing

Chukuemeka Obiorah

My name is Chukuemeka Obiorah and I have been volunteering and participating with Utulivu in the Wellbeing Hub in regards to Mental Health Awareness. My passion when it comes to Mental Health is all about reclaiming your life and recovery so that you can live a meaningful life. I have worked as a Support Worker for a care home for people with learning disabilities and also as an Out of Hours Crisis Worker as part of the Breathing Space. I have used education to help throughout my recovery from attending the Compass recovery college back in 2016, attending Utulivu Let’s Talk sessions and doing my own research and reflections on my own journey which led me to create a series of 8 shows dedicated around positive support networks and how that helps someone throughout their recovery journey. Now I have the pleasure of Working as a Recovery Worker as part of the Compass Recovery College coproducing and facilitating workshops, delivering outreach work and connecting with communities to promote what Compass does and how we can help communities become aware of what mental health is and how it can affect individuals and communities alike

Charles Stephen

Charles is an entrepreneur, public speaker and personal development coach. His mission is to inspire and educate communities especially those from ethnic minority backgrounds to excel and thrive physically, mentally, economically and socially. To achieve this Charles has been working in collaboration with various community groups, grassroot organisations and statutory bodies among which are Utulivu Women Group, ACRE, We Men Group, Lifespring Church, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. Charles is also a co-host of Lifetime Success Seminars, which conducts a series of seminars biweekly to raise awareness, educate and inspire communities in matters of personal development. Charles is a husband and a father. He lives with his family in Tilehurst, Reading.

Community Education Awards

Empowering communities through education for Health and wellbeing

Cllr. Alice-Mpofu Coles

Alice Mpofu-Coles is a researcher, an elected Local Councillor for Whitely Ward, Reading and an advocate for social justice. Alice researches young immigrants in the UK and also communitybased research projects. Alice received an excellence award prize in recognition of your outstanding contribution to Race Equality, the University of Sanctuary, and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion within the University of Reading, including high-profile keynote presentations, and to several Participatory Action Research projects with the Whitley Researchers and VSO organisations which have produced a significant impact.