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Clare Hanbury

Consultant, Speaker, Writer, Trainer and Mentor on Youth Participation and Health

Clare Hanbury started her professional life as a school teacher and for five years worked in schools in Kenya, Hong Kong and then in London. For the next six years she worked internationally with The Child-to-Child Trust based at the University of London’s Institute of Education. Here she specialised in bringing innovative approaches to teaching and learning that help parents, teachers and community groups understand the health needs of children and young people; and work with them to respond to these needs effectively. She has worked in many countries in East, West and Southern Africa as well as Cambodia, Columbia, Romania, Vietnam, Yemen and the United Kingdom. She has worked with individuals and with groups of people in the formal and non-formal education sectors and in the health sector. She developed and strengthened participatory approaches to health education programmes addressing general issues and specific health issues such as sexual health, landmine awareness and HIV prevention. Clare has several academic qualifications including an MSc in International Maternal and Child Health and an MA in Education in Developing Countries.

Clare is currently working as a consultant, speaker, writer, trainer and mentor. In 2008, she set up Young Solutions International, a social enterprise organisation focussing on strengthening young people’s participation in determining local solutions to health and social issues relevant to them. Further details can be found at her websites:
and www.lifeskillshandbooks.com. For Clare’s full CV and list of publications please contact her on clare.hanbury@zen.co.uk