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Charlotte Geoghegan is Event Manager for Safety & Health Expo and SHP at Informa Markets. She is responsible for content, strategy and sales of physical events and digital products. She is also an active member of the Women in Health and Safety committee.Before Charlotte went into this role she was Head of Content for the Safety & Health Expo, SHP, IFSEC, FIREX and the Facilities Show. She joined Informa (previously UBM) in 2015.Charlotte has spent 10 years in media & events and her academic background is in modern foreign languages. You can find her on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlottegeoghegan1/
May 11, 2023

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Sir Lenny Henry CBE to speak at Safety & Health Expo next week

In an exciting addition to the Keynote Theatre programme, Sir Lenny Henry will address the audience on mental health and his star-studded career. Sir Lenny will be interviewed on Thursday 18th May from 11.30 – 12.30.

Lenny Henry to speak at Safety & Health ExpoThe event is free to attend and you can get your ticket here.

Sir Lenny Henry CBE is one of Britain’s best loved and most versatile performers. He is at home on television and on stage, in drama and in cabaret, fronting his band, voicing film characters, exploring how humour differs around the country, touring, and raising money for Comic Relief. Lenny is well known for his tireless campaigning work. One of the co-founders of Comic Relief he has travelled the world seeing the charity’s work first hand and has been a part of every event the organisations have staged. He is also a vocal campaigner for higher profile roles for BAME people in the media, including undertaking a PhD on the subject.

After winning the New Faces talent show over four decades ago, Lenny made his mark on Tiswas then progressed to sketch show Three of a Kind alongside Tracy Ullman and David Copperfield. But it wasn’t until he landed his own vehicle that his best-known comic creations emerged in the forms of Delbert Wilkins and the one-man sex machine Theophilus P Wildebeest. It established Lenny as a versatile comic pioneer, as comfortable with sketches and stand-up as he was with sitcoms, musical comedy, and impressions.

Lenny’s career went on to include more sketch series, Christmas specials, his own comedy series, Chef, and a Hollywood debut in Disney’s film True Identity. He has also starred in the hard-hitting drama Alive and Kicking with Robbie Coltrane and the acclaimed Hope and Glory, based on the real-life work of headteacher William Atkinson. Other appearances include Broadchurch, Doctor Who and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Lenny has also another string to his bow; treading the boards to great acclaim as Othello, leading to other critically praised stage roles in The Comedy of Errors, Educating Rita, and King Hedley II.

His memoir Who am I, again?, charts Lenny’s journey from performing prodigy to mainstream entertainer with wit, honesty and immense charm. It tackles the casual racism, he received as a teen and the stresses and strains of fame. His second memoir Rising to the Surface, charts the earlier parts of Lenny’s acting and comedic career, taking in the creative and personal highs and lows.

Lenny is also well known for his tireless campaigning work. One of the co-founders of Comic Relief he has travelled the world seeing the charity’s work first hand and has been a part of every event the organisations have staged. He is also a vocal campaigner for higher profile roles for BAME people in the media, including undertaking a PhD on the subject.

His book Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond,written with Marcus Ryder, considers why efforts to diversify media have been thus far ineffective, and why they are simply not enough. In response to the international outcry at George Floyd’s death, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder commissioned Black British Lives Matter: A Clarion Call for Equality,a collection of essays to discuss how and why we need to fight for Black lives to matter – not just for Black people but for society as a whole.

What makes us susceptible to burnout?

In this episode  of the Safety & Health Podcast, ‘Burnout, stress and being human’, Heather Beach is joined by Stacy Thomson to discuss burnout, perfectionism and how to deal with burnout as an individual, as management and as an organisation.

We provide an insight on how to tackle burnout and why mental health is such a taboo subject, particularly in the workplace.

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