Staff & Associates
DHA has a multi-disciplinary team comprising policy, media and communications professionals. We also draw on a range of associates – from designers and printers, to senior journalists and policy experts – using their specialist skills and experience to add value to the work we do.
Staff
Daniel Harris
Managing Director. Daniel is a communications professional with almost twenty years' experience at senior levels of central and local Government and the not-for-profit sector.
He spent five years as media advisor to Alan Johnson, subsequently Secretary of State for Health, and also worked as special adviser to Clare Short, both in opposition and in Government.
Daniel set up DHA in 2000 and has since worked with Government departments, major national agencies including the Arts Council, the Audit Commission, the Charity Commission, NHS Direct and the Equal Opportunities Commission and charities including Scope, Help the Aged, and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
He also advises Governments in developing countries on health and education communications.
daniel@dhacommunications.co.uk
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Jonathan Flinn
Director of Communications. Jon is a creative thinker and a highly experienced media professional. He spent ten years working on daily newspapers and has worked as a public sector communications specialist since 1996. He manages DHA’s Liverpool office and leads on many key contracts.
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Melissa Milner
Communications Adviser. Melissa has more than three years’ experience in communications and a post-graduate qualification in public relations. She is a skilled communicator and strategic thinker and leads on a number of key health and social care, arts and housing projects. She has managed several successful media campaigns and also regularly produces reports and policy briefings for clients.
melissa@dhacommunications.co.uk
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Nicholas Osborn
Communications Adviser. Nick has a Masters Degree in Politics and the Mass Media. He has also worked for Liverpool City Council and for a Liverpool MP before joining DHA in 2005. He leads on a number of Liverpool and Merseyside client contracts.
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Jackie Humphreys
Office Manager. Jackie has more than 30 years' administrative experience in public and community-based organisations. She has organised conferences, events and seminars and is also an experienced researcher, providing up-to-date information for a wide range of projects and initiatives.
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Kemi Caroline Bamgbose
Communications Assistant. Kemi is an English literature and Philosophy graduate from the University of Birmingham. She has previously undertaken work experience within the marketing department at Penguin Books and international communications at International PEN a global human rights charity.
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Latest news
*****REPORT TO URGE 10% CARBON CUT BY 2010 TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE*****
The report will say that the climate is significantly more sensitive than previously thought and will warn that the Government will miss its own climate change targets unless it delivers carbon cuts now.
Climate Safety, launched by the Public Interest Research Centre (PIRC), will say that focusing only on long-term policies for carbon reductions is masking the need for delivery of immediate and ongoing action.
The report will call for a series of rapid and cost effective actions that will make an immediate difference, including legislation for energy prices to become cheaper, the less you use. It will also say that the UK should make a commitment ahead of the UN talks in Copenhagen next year.
New targets for a 10% cut in emissions by 2010 with financial incentives for people and businesses, and support for compulsory energy saving, are to be proposed in a new report to be released on November 25th.
