Lynne Craven

Lynne has recently joined Bridges as a Lived Experience Associate; she had retired from The Self-management Partnership and saw this as an opportunity to continue using her skills and understanding of self-management. Lynne was diagnosed with MS in 1995 and moved from ‘sufferer’ to ‘living with’ after attending a Chronic Disease Self-management Programme and training to become a course tutor in 2003 with The Expert Patients Programme. In 2004 she joined EPP as a Lead Trainer. Whilst there she was a member of the National Support team for Co-Creating Health, a project funded by The Health Foundation. She co-authored The SMP, a 7-week self-management programme for patients, delivered in partnership by people living with a health condition and a health professional. In 2011, after being made redundant, she formed The Self-management Partnership with Kerry Hepworth.