Christine Locke

I hold a B.A (Hons) in Modern European Languages (French/English) , a National Higher Diploma in French Education, a certificate in Community Research, a post graduate diploma in French Translation, a post graduate diploma in Addictive Behaviour, and an MA in Community Cohesion Management, MSc. in Health Promotion and Public Health, among others. I am a qualified teacher, administrator, bilingual secretary, banker, community development and health promotion practitioner, to mention but a few. I am a keen community activist who always advocate for social inclusion/cohesion, justice for all and work hard to ensure the operationalisation of the theoretical principles of these areas - from the commissioning to delivery phases of community services, particularly, health and social care services. I abhor the use of terminologies such as:- "hard to reach" or "seldom heard" communities and believe that it is the excuse used by lazy and rigid individuals/organisations to not develop strategies for engaging and working with communities. For this reason, I am currently working to develop culturally proficient toolkit which will enable individuals and systems to deliver culturally appropriate services to their clients.

I specialise in community development, projection initiation, project planning, projecting delivery, project management, risk management, stakeholder engagement, partnership building, events planning, events management, fund raising, securing match funding, training delivery, bid writing, funding sustainability planning, community cohesion management, community care management, impact needs assessment, cultural proficiency training, and volunteers recruitment and management.