Dr Rands worked in Camden and Islington NHS Trust as a Consultant Psychiatrist and has honorary contracts with the University College London Department of Mental Health Sciences and the Whittington Hospital.  She specializes is cognitive impairment due to dementias and delirium, mental capacity assessments and management, and the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illnesses presenting in older people. Throughout her career she has had major roles in postgraduate training, as Membership examiner, and on several Committees of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Verity Boome, Operations and Strategy General Manager, holds a Master’s in forensic psychology and has worked across Local Authorities within children’s, young people, and families since 2004. 

Her most recent roles have focussed on working operationally and strategically within organisations across Greater London.

As a three year old, Susha’s ambition was to be a clinical pharmacist which she successfully achieved.  After leaving the profession behind, she worked in social media to self-fund her second degree in languages, as well as her counselling training.  Now a counsellor in private practice, she brings her skills and experience into working with HoardingUK.

Julie works directly with people with hoarding behaviour providing practical help and support in a person centred way.

Julie is passionate about raising awareness of Hoarding and the challenges it brings. She led Hoarding Awareness Week on behalf of Pan London Hoarding Taskforce (PLHT). Julie has worked directly with people with hoarding behaviour, provided training for internal staff/contractors at Optivo (formerly Amicus Horizon) for several years, and led on creating Optivo’s hoarding procedure. Julie has presented at Housemark’s Tenancy Sustainability and Anti-social Behaviour Clubs as well as to Fire And Rescue Services.

Lee, a retired Fire Officer and NHS Mental Health & Safety Officer, has a very pragmatic approach to challenging the perception, and managing the risk of hoarding and clutter.  He has worked with many Partner Agencies on making people safer inside and outside their homes.

Lee has worked for the following services:  Fire, Police & Ambulance Services, Adult & Children Safeguarding Boards, Social Services, Local Council & Housing Authorities, Community Safety Partnerships, Local Authority Hoarding/Clutter Panels, Local Authority & NHS Mental Health Teams, Professional/Multi-Agency/Disciplinary meetings, Care Providers, Environmental Health, J9 Domestic Abuse, Befriending Services, Careline Providers, Private Home Physio Companies, District Nurses, Crimestoppers, Occupational Therapy Assessment Services, Rapid Response Assessment Teams, Victim Support, Lone Worker Devices Companies, Keep Safe/Well Homes Safe Schemes, Anti-Social Behaviour Teams, Strategic Independent Advisory Group, Strategic Hate Crime Panel, Falls Prevention Service, Neighbourhood Watch, Troubled Families, Family Mosaic, Older Adults Health & Wellbeing Services, Home Oxygen/Respiratory Teams, Frailty Groups, Community Patient Forums, Community Agents, Local Area Coordinators, Psychological Therapy Services and Recovery College and Heart Failure Nurses.