Month: July 2025

Lesley Goodburn has worked in healthcare for the last 18 years working locally in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, regionally in the West Midlands, and latterly nationally as the experience of care lead for provider improvement and national clinical programmes at NHS England. She currently works for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as head of public involvement and engagement.

Lesley has a passion for using creativity and art to help people share their experiences of care, and in her time at NHS England she developed a programme of digital storytelling across 150 hospitals. She has also shared her personal experience of the death of her husband Seth from pancreatic cancer, 33 short and heart-breaking days after diagnosis, via ‘Seth’s Story’, which is a play, a film and an educational resource.  

She joined FRONTLINEdance as a Director following a collaboration with the ‘Holding On’ project, a contemporary dance and two films, exploring grief and bereavement after the death of a loved one from pancreatic cancer.

Amy is thrilled to return to FRONTLINEdance after a seven-year break from dance, during which she was a full-time carer for her daughter, Peggy. During this time, she also worked at Horton Lodge Community Special School in Staffordshire, supporting children to develop greater independence in both physical and communication skills through conductive education.

Amy holds a First-Class BA (Hons) in Dance from the University of Leeds. She began her journey with FRONTLINEdance in 2002 as a trainee dance artist, contributing to numerous projects over seven years as a performer, choreographer, and facilitator.

She has also collaborated extensively with Restoke, participating in projects such as Mother, You Are Here, Voyagers, Reclaim, and Palace. With Restoke’s support, Amy also led a series of six creative sessions for mothers of disabled children, combining movement, conversation, and craft to foster connection and support.

Amy’s wider experience includes working with a range of artists and companies, including Lucy Suggate, Jordi Cortes Molina, Salamanda Tandem, Beth Cassani, Hull Truck Theatre Company, Lucy Cullingford, and Filip Van Hussel of Retina Dance Company.