The LINk has an elected Steering Group which is the decision making body of the LINk.

The Steering Group has 20 seats; 12 seats for individual members of the public and 8 seats for representatives of the voluntary sector.

The 12 elected individual members are:

Joy Fisher (Joint Chair)
Arthur Giles (Joint Chair)
Harvey Gothelf
Bob Mason
Beatrice Rogers
Ken Ward
Irene Wyatt
Rosemary Young
Betty Smithson
Tracey Ross 
Paul Truswell
Jim Kerr (Also the Yorkshire and Humberside HealthWatch Advisory Board Representative)

The 8 elected Voluntary Sector Represenatives are:

Physical Disability Representative- Emma Stewart (Service Users and Care Alliance)
BME Representative - Hafizur Hussain (Touchstone)
Mental Health Representative - Linda Tingle
Carers Representative - Val Hewison (Carers Leeds)
Refugee/Asylum Seeker Representative - Hatim Hassan (Community Capacity Building) 
Learning Disabilities - Shaheen Akhtar
Older Peoples Representative - Ann Carter (North West Homes Sheltered Housing Forum)

Co-opted members of the Steering Group are:

Janet Somers, Adult Social Care
Siobhan Lendzionowski, NHS Leeds Community HealthCare
Louise Miller, NHS Leeds
Andrew Howorth, Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust
Suzanne Barker, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Pat Newdall

Joy Fisher
Ken Ward
Arthur Giles
Emma Stewart
Harvey Gothelf

Jolly Arif
Bob Mason
Ruby Ball
Pat Newdall
Paul Truswell
Jim Kerr
Joy Fisher
Paul Hardy
Arthur Giles
Beatrice Rogers
Emma Stewart
Ken Ward
Rosemary Young

Arthur Giles
Hafizur Hussain
Irene Wyatt
Ken Ward

Leeds LINk also has a database of members who have been trained and recieved satisfactory CRB checks to enable them to carry out Enter and View visits on behalf of the LINk.  The following people are the LINk Enter and View Representatives:

Joy Fisher
Laurence Wood
Bob Mason
Betty Smithson
Betty Hudson
Noreen Reid
Sandra Mclean
Ruth Leigh
Ruby Ball
Patricia Nelthorpe
Stanley Burgess
Sue Ford
Irene Wyatt
Jim Kerr

The Leeds LINk is supported by the Shaw Trust and a team of five staff:

Emily Wragg, Co-ordinator, 07590 232025, emily.wragg@shaw-trust.org.uk  

Sharanjit Boughan, Community Development Officer (part-time), 07590 232026, sharanjit.boughan@shaw-trust.org.uk  

Stuart Morrison, Community Development Officer (full-time), 07590 232024, stuart.morrison@shaw-trust.org.uk  

Annabel Hibbard, Administrator, 0113 3885099, leeds.link@shaw-trust.org.uk  

Kirstie Shapley, Events Administrator, 0113 3885099, kirstie.shapley@shaw-trust.org.uk

The LINk is part of a number of groups and boards, this involvement is just one of the ways that the LINk is helping to improve services in Leeds.

• Joint Strategic Commissioning Board – Beatrice Rogers and Joy Fisher
• Electronic Prescription User Group – Beatrice Rogers and Bob Mason
• Health Scrutiny Board – Arthur Giles and Emma Stewart
• Adult Social care Scrutiny Board – Betty Smithson
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Board – Betty Smithson
• Dermatology Patients Group – Ken Ward
• Wharfedale Hospital Forum – Laurence Wood
• Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust Board – Betty Smithson
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust Estates Panel – Beatrice Rogers and Bob Mason
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals Carers Charter Group – Noreen Reid and Bob Mason
• The health Scrutiny Board Officers Communication Group – Emily Wragg
• Leeds East North East Partnership Board – Rosemary Young
• Care Quality Commission and LINKs Learning Set Project Group – Jim Kerr
• NHS Involving People Panel – Ken Ward
• Yorkshire Wide LINk Ambulance Group – Emma Stewart
• Care Quality Commission and LINks Advisory Group