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SPEAKERS INCLUDE Les Allamby Les Allamby is the chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. He was formerly the director of Law Centre (NI). He is a solicitor who has taken cases through to the European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights and written extensively on social policy and justice issues. He was a legal services commissioner from 2003-2011, vice chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee form 2004-2013 and the inaugural chair of the Social Security Standards Committee (1999-2004). He has also been an election monitor and supervisor for the OSCE/IOM in Bosnia 1996, 1997 and 1998, Pakistan in “002 and Georgia in 2008 and 2012. He has also worked on a voluntary basis in South Africa for Lawyers for Human Rights (1993) and the National Addiction Research Centre (1991). Caitriona Cassidy - A Lived Experience: I am a service user of Contact NI and have lived with mental health difficulties for the last nineteen years. While I have had long periods of stability, in times of crisis I also made serious suicide attempts, which saw me hospitalised for days and self-harm become a norm. Lifeline, Northern Ireland’s 24/7 crisis telephone helpline saved my life many times. This was my first experience of an organisation where each telephone counsellor offered a consistent, compassionate and caring response. My dignity always respected. Lifeline encouraged the integration of support with friends. I always felt in charge of my own care while involved with Lifeline, which had a powerful stabilising effect. The chaos that was my life began to subside as I had professionals who strongly believed in my recovery even when I doubted it. Service User Advocate When I was no longer in crisis I was successful in becoming a Service User Advocate (SUA) for Contact, the Lifeline provider. I was supported to use my personal experiences of Lifeline to improve the service for current and future users. This helped my recovery enormously as my health was promoted and encouraged through my ability to help others. I receive therapeutic support and training so that I can meet this challenging new role. I owe my life to lifeline. 08
Fergus Cumiskey, Managing Director, Contact Fergus brings over thirty years innovation and leadership to his role as Managing Director with Contact, a leading NI crisis counselling charity. Fergus and the Contact leadership team created the inaugural NI Department of Education funded independent schools counselling initiative for all NI post-primary school students (2006-09). As Contact Clinical Director, he co-led the pilot 24/7 crisis helpline for North and West Belfast (2006-08) which evolved as Lifeline 0808 808 8000 Northern Ireland’s crisis response suicide prevention helpline provided by Contact under license from the Public Health Agency (2008-16). Fergus chaired the NI Trauma Recovery Network (2004-2012). He completed 4 years Gestalt Psychotherapy training GTS (1994) and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy, London Gestalt Institute (2004). In 2013 he completed the MSc in Executive Leadership with the University of Ulster/Irish Times Training. Since 2010, Contact provide annual International Suicide Prevention-What Works? conferences - securing lead international influencers, promoting the expert voice of lived experience. Fergus passionately believes that every suicide is preventable - therefore we in health care are responsible to provide services that keep people safe from suicide. Robert Egger Bio - Founder/President L.A. Kitchen Robert is the Founder and President of L.A. Kitchen (LAK), which recovers fresh fruits and vegetables to fuel a culinary arts job training program for men and women coming out of foster care and older men and women returning from incarceration. LAK also operates Strong Food, a social enterprise that employs graduates and earns revenue via senior meal contracts. Robert pioneered this model during his 24-year tenure as the President of the DC Central Kitchen, the country’s first “community kitchen.” Since opening in 1989, the Kitchen (which is a $11 million a year, self-sustaining, social enterprise) has produced over 30 million meals and helped 1,000 men and women gain full time employment. Robert serves on the Board of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, Phoenix Foods USA, the Philanthropic Collaborative, #HashTag Lunch Bag and Chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen. He also serves on the Advisory Board for numerous social enterprise and food justice organizations, including Food Shift and The Food Recovery Network. Robert was included in the NonProfit Times “50 Most Powerful and Influential” nonprofit leaders from 2006-2009. He was the recipient of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington’s “Lifetime Achievement” award and the James Beard Foundation “Humanitarian of the Year” award. He is also a 15 gallon blood donor to the American Red Cross. 09
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