Loren Grant

Loren Grant

Communications Development Manager

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  • About me

    Communications and Media Relations Consultancy

  • Education

    • Manchester Metropolitan University

      2000 - 2001
      Postgraduate Certificate Public Relations
    • University of Chester

      2007 - 2010
      MSc Public Health Nutrition and Weight Management
    • Christ's Hospital Girls' School, Hertford

      1966 - 1973
      Secondary Education
    • University of Oxford

      1974 - 1977
      MA English Language and Literature Iii
  • Experience

    • North West Regional Office, Department of Health

      Aug 2001 - Mar 2002
      Communications Development Manager

      - support and develop communications on changes involved in the NHS Plan (including’ Shifting the Balance of Power’) including assessing communications capacity across the region and contributing towards ‘business continuity’ planning for post-April 2002- routine media handling of regional DoH issues, including ministerial announcements and visits, responding to media enquiries, providing strategic communications advice to colleagues at Regional Office - working closely with the Parliamentary Unit providing information and advice and responding to ministerial enquiries- provide advice and support to NHS communications leads across the Region- develop and strengthen the regional communications network- Communications support to Regional Taskforces, Show less

    • Manchester PCT

      Mar 2002 - Apr 2007
      Communications Manager
    • NHS Northwest

      Apr 2007 - Mar 2013
      Assistant Director, Communications and Engagement, Equality, Diversity and Human Rights

      Communications Strategy, Media Relations, Copy writing, Editing, Publications Management, Speech writing, Event Management, Presentations, Training, Social Media, Blogging, Video

    • NHS North West

      Apr 2007 - Feb 2010
      Assistant Director, Communications

      Strategic communications planning, PR and media management, print and online publication planning and production, internal communications, commissioning training programmes, delivering internal communications training, event management

    • Loren Grant

      Apr 2013 - now
      Communications and Media Relations Consultant
    • Foodwiser

      Apr 2013 - now
      • Nutrition Consultant

        Jul 2016 - now
      • Nutritional Therapy and Consultancy

        Apr 2013 - now
    • Making Equality Work

      Feb 2014 - now
      Associate Consultant

      Making Equality Work is a consultancy on Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights, especially in relation to large public sector organisations such as the NHS. It is led by Shahnaz Ali, OBE.Our most recent project, launched on July 15, 2014, is NEED - the National Equality Evidence Database http://needlibrary.info. This website is designed to assist anyone working in the public, private or third sectors to carry out research on protected groups so as to produce effective evidence based strategies, policies, plans or activities; find qualitative or quantitative research to assess the potential impacts of changes; andshare best practice widely to avoid 'reinventing the wheel'. Show less

    • NHS

      Sept 2015 - Jun 2016
      Senior Associate, Communications and Patient Engagement

      Delivery and evaluation of corporation communication plans including media relations, internal communications, stakeholder management, corporate website and social media management, publications, multi-media marketing.

    • Health Education England

      Dec 2016 - Jul 2018
      Stakeholder Engagement
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ILM Level 4 Award in Managing Equality and Diversity in an Organisation

      Institute of Leadership and Management