LNNM Team
Our Team
Our Trustees
Kate Bowgett
Kate Bowgett is Groundswell’s Director of Advocacy and manages their Homeless Health Peer Advocacy services across London. Her background is in volunteer management, and she has worked for the Terence Higgins Trust, Volunteering England and as a Volunteer Management...
Kendra Schneller – Vice Chair
Kendra Schneller is a Nurse Practitioner working with the Health Inclusion Team, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She has been working with the team for almost 11 years, providing case management in homeless persons hostels in Lambeth. Kendra won the Nursing...
Yasmin Appleby – Treasurer
I have been working in homeless health for the past 15 years. As a clinical nurse specialist in the Find and Treat Tb Team, my role is to support some of the most vulnerable people through diagnosis and treatment. I cycle around all of London helping individuals take...
Sam Dorney-Smith – Secretary
Sam Dorney-Smith qualified as a Registered Nurse (Adult Branch) in 1996. She started her inclusion health career as a Nurse Practitioner at the Three Boroughs Homeless Team in 2004, and later became Practice Development Nurse, and Team Leader. Whilst on the team she...
Jane Cook – Chair
Jane is a founder member of LNNM homelessness group and subsequently chaired the group. Jane has worked in health exclusion for over 32 years working with asylum seekers, refugees, Travellers and gypsies, people who are homeless – both single and families. Jane has...
Our Staff
Chris Torry – Network Development Manager
Chris is a registered Adult nurse, and the network development manager for the LNNM. Prior to starting with the LNNM he worked as a Charge Nurse in substance misuse in Brighton, and has previous experience in community and hospital work. He is currently a member of a...
Our subject leads
Jemell Geraghty – Tissue viability lead
Jemell is a registered adult nurse(RGN). Having trained at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, she moved to London to undertake a Masters in Science (MSc) Advancing Practice in Tissue Viability with the University of Hertfordshire (UOH) which she completed in...
Kristina Goh – Student lead
Kristina is a third year student midwife studying and undertaking placement in South-East London. She has an interest in reducing barriers to healthcare and promoting public health, and aims to work with students and liaise with London universities to broaden student...
Roisin O’Cearnaigh – Midwifery lead
Roisin is a community midwife working at Homerton Hospital. She is an event coordinator for the midwifery unit network and before becoming a midwife she was a volunteer with the organisation Birth Companions who support women in prison, or those with multiple...
Katie Cousins – Health visiting lead
Katie has been nursing since 2005, starting her career in Intensive Care. In 2013 she trained to be a Health Visitor at South Bank University and also immediately realised a passion for working with and supporting the most marginalised members of our society. She soon...
Dianne Vigilance – Migrant health lead
Dianne began her nursing career at the age of 21. She worked as a midwife, and also spent two years in America as an obstetric nurse. Dianne re-trained to be a health visitor and this opened up a whole new career pathway for her. Dianne has fourteen year experience...
