John Atkinson

John Atkinson is a community worker who has accumulated 30 years’ experience helping people to get involved, set up new organisations and build networks. John was one of the founders a charity delivering HIV prevention work in Darlington; he went on to work for Newcastle City Council supporting HIV prevention work across the Northeast. In 2003, John started working for Local Development Agencies in County Durham and Teesside, with a 4-year spell setting up telephone befriending services in County Durham, Northumberland, Merseyside and Manchester. John currently works for Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency supporting people to make good things happen.