Our people

Boo Armstrong Managing Director

Multi award-winning social entrepreneur Boo Armstrong, born in London in 1974, says that, "the thing that really gets me out of bed in the morning is justice and injustice". Much of her career so far has been masterminded from her canal boat in Regents Park. Highlights include:

six years as the director of Women & Health, an award-winning integrated health project in Camden, North London. During her tenure, Boo raised £400,000 from the National Lottery to renovate and refit the centre to the highest ecological standards, including solar panels, full disabled access and greywater recycling.
becoming the youngest-ever Chair of London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard at age 19
raising more than £1m for charity
developing a UK-wide knowledge management project for telephone help lines across the UK
being a member of the National Clinical Audit Advisory Group
featuring, alongside her canal boat, in a one-hour BBC documentary about Get Well UK's work in Northern Ireland
speaking at many public events, including the House of Commons (to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Integrated and Alternative Medicine), the Be The Change conference 2005, the General Osteopathic Council’s regional conferences, Futurebuilder’s learning conference and the School of Social Entrepreneurs
brokering contracts for complementary and alternative medicine to primary care trusts and social services
becoming a Women's Parliamentary Radio board member
featuring alongside 27 other pioneers in the book "Be The Change: Action and reflection from people transforming our world"
winning several awards and being a finalist in the 2004 Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

-> Audio interview with Boo, 2006

-> Video interview with Boo from the Bank of Scotland's "Social Entrepreneurs Video Series"

-> Extract from Boo's speech at the Be The Change conference (jump to 1m 38s)

Faith Miller Relief Map Co-ordinator

Clinical reflexologist with an MA from the University of Westminster
Works with homeless clients in Central London
Works with people with cancer in Cambridge
Works with drug users
Core member of Cirrus 9, the network of complementary therapy practitioners working in the drug and alcohol field
Committed to widening access to quality assured complementary therapies

Cabby Laffy Clinical Supervisor

has developed a model of supervision specific to the needs of complementary medicine practitioners working in the community
has 8 years of experience supervising multi-disciplinary groups of complementary medicine practitioners
is the clinical supervisor in several health-based projects in North London
is an accredited psychotherapist, psychosexual therapist and group facilitator
has worked for 14 years with groups, individuals and couples
has 20 years experience and home study of complementary medicine