Opening speaker
Julie Bentley
Chief Executive Officer, Samaritans
In Conversation with Julie
Read biographySaturday 31 October 2026
Listening in a Changing World
The next chapter of our shared future
The people behind the programme
Meet our speakers and facilitators
Explore the people leading the conversations and workshops at this year’s North West Regional Conference. Select a person to read their full biography as it becomes available.
Speakers & workshop facilitators
In programme order
Workshop A
Hayley Peters
Being a Samaritan – Our Culture
Biography coming soon
Workshop B
Gilli Seymour
The Home Listening Service
Biography coming soon
Workshop C
Jude Richardson
Ensuring the Quality of Our Service
Biography coming soon
Workshop D
Tracey Thompson
Assistant Director for Service Delivery, North of England
Pathfinder Branches – Testing New Ways of Working
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Afternoon speaker
Satveer Pedraza-Nijjar
Attention Seekers
Self-Harm
Read biographyConference organisers
Behind the scenes
With thanks to our planning team
Thank you for helping bring this year’s conference together.
- Mike Nudd
- Gordon Kermode
- Aimee Grainger
- Anne Roberts
- Chris Morgan
- Mark Butler
- Jon Cohen