Meet the Team

About us

We work with a network of experienced facilitators, coaches and counsellors, who all share a passion to improve the mental health and wellbeing of others. They each bring something unique to the team that, in turn, helps us help others.

Founded in 2015 by Melissa Crate, Luminate's mission remains simple and steadfast: to help dramatically improve mental health in the workplace.

Our team does this by coaching business-leaders on how to create psychologically safe workplaces and by training employees to better support their own mental health and that of others - improving wellbeing from the top down and bottom up.

Mel Crate

FOUNDING DIRECTOR

Mel Crate is a wellbeing coach and the founding director of Luminate, a wellbeing consultancy working with businesses to promote happier and healthier workplaces.

Sophie Lockwood

Account Manager and Facilitator

A core part of the Luminate team, Sophie is a dedicated Account Manager and experienced Facilitator.

Annie Ribbons

Business Development Manager and Yoga Instructor

Annie Ribbons (nee Knapman) joined Luminate in 2020 as a Training Coordinator and Yoga Instructor. Her own experiences with anxiety led to a life-long interest in mental health and helping others take care of their wellbeing.

Cheryl McGranaghan

Training Coordinator

Cheryl McGranaghan joined the Luminate team as our training coordinator in December 2021 after 13 years of working within the corporate environment.

Poppy Millett

Marketing Executive

Poppy's interest in mental health started early; seeing her mother's work at a local wellbeing charity growing-up was an education in supporting others and inspired her to carry out a residency in Mental Health Nursing.

Jana Nightingale

Wellbeing coach and facilitator

Jana Nightingale has more than a decade of experience working in mental health education. As a wellbeing coach and trainer, Jana delivers mental health and wellbeing courses in different educational and business settings around the country.

Victoria Brookbank

MHFA Instructor and Facilitator

Victoria is a qualified Mental Health First Aid instructor, an i-act instructor and a mindfulness teacher.

Ryan Ridgway

MHFA Instructor and Facilitator

Ryan is passionate about Mental Health First Aid because, had the support this course offers been available during his own experiences of mental ill-health, it would have been a much easier road to recovery.

Lia Younes

Therapist and Facilitator

Lia Younes has supported the mental health of children and adults for almost 20 years, in a variety of different settings.

Sam Hamrebtan

Nutritionist

Sam is a BANT and CNHC registered nutritionist, cook, grower, and food presenter. She has translated her lifelong passion for food into a business, The Loess Life, that aims to empower people to consume food that nourishes our bodies, our minds and our world.

Andy Elwood

MHFA Instructor and Facilitator

Andy Elwood is an accredited Mental Health First Aid instructor, a facilitator, a mental health campaigner and has a background in health care - working as a paramedic for 18 years on a Search and Rescue helicopter.

Deeba Anandan

Wellbeing Coach

Deeba is a certified life coach who believes in taking a proactive approach to our mental health and that part of this is giving ourselves permission to just be us.

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