Our Team

Andrew is one of the founding members of Leo’s and a Paediatric Consultant. His passion for compassionate care is uplifting, he goes the extra mile both in his work  with children, and his work here at Leo’s. Here he is with our little Oska back in 2019.

Ali is one of our newest trustees. Bringing in her exceptional expertise as a midwife and a mum of three. Ali has also been a service user here at Leo’s, and is deeply passionate about ensuring families get the best care, when they need most.

Abby is one of our newest trustees here at Leo’s.

Abby’s first daughter, Edie, was sadly born unresponsive, despite Abby having a low risk pregnancy. Edie went on to spend three weeks in NICU, where she was seriously ill due to a lack of oxygen. Abby, began attending Leo’s groups in 2018, and was one of the very first families we cared for. Since then we have supported Abby, Edie and their family throughout their journey. Abby was so passionate about wanting to give back to the charity, being a trustee was the perfect role for her.

Hi, I’m Lottie! I’m the CEO here at Leo’s. I am deeply passionate about neonatal mental health and early intervention support for babies after a neonatal stay. I have been mentoring at Leo’s, since we started, and am always so humbled that families allow us to support them during the most vulnerable times of their lives. I know first-hand the neonatal journey doesn’t end at discharge, I am 8 years down the line, and still very much on this journey with Oska and Leo.

Qualifications & Training includes:

• Caring Essentials Neonatal Trauma Informed Care Practitioner (training)
• Brazleton High Risk NBO (training)
• Qualified Advanced Tummy Time Practitioner
• Infant Massage (training)
• Baby / Infant Yoga (training)
• Institute of Health Visiting Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Champion
• Sensory Beginnings Neonatal Nurture
• Transactional Analysis
• Listening Skills
• Safeguarding – Level 4

Hello, my name is Katie and I am Mummy to Oscar. Oscar was born a month early and needed Neonatal care due to IUGR (Intrauterine growth restriction) Oscar was in the Neonatal unit during the first Coronavirus lockdown.

Having Oscar in the neonatal unit during the pandemic was the most siolating and difficult time of my life but I struggled to ask for help, telling myself that others had it much worse and that I shouldn’t have been finding everything as difficult as I was. I now know that I was not alone in feeling this way and help is always available.

My role at Leo’s is to take care of neonatal families. Meeting parents who have been struggling, during or following a neonatal stay, and watching the progress they make due to the support I am able to offer is the most heartwarming and wholesome job I have done in my life.
From the moment families come into Leo’s I take pride in knowing that they will be given the highest standard of care.

Qualifications & Training includes:

• Forest School Leader (training)
• Brazleton High Risk NBO Practitioner
• Makaton
• Sensory Beginnings Neonatal Nurture
• Transactional Anyalysis
• Listening Skills
• Perinatal Mental Health
• Safeguarding