Speakers

Annie Hill is an Occupational Therapist with Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) and has worked predominantly within adult mental health services for over 12 years. She is currently the Occupational Therapy Team Lead for Rehabilitation and Recovery Services. As SBUHB's Occupational Therapy Sustainability Lead, Annie is passionate about embedding sustainability into clinical practice, service development, and education. She co-established the SBUHB Occupational Therapy Sustainability Network and is an active member of the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) Occupational Therapy Network, SBU Green Group, and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) Communities Sustainability Network. In collaboration with Swansea University, Annie has helped embed sustainability into Occupational Therapy education through lectures and an innovative sustainability-focused leadership placement. This collaboration has produced Wales' first Occupational Therapy Planetary Health Report Card and supported students to deliver sustainable service improvements and wellbeing initiatives, including the Small Actions, Big Impact sustainability infographic. Annie is a strong advocate for the role of green and blue spaces in health, recovery, and wellbeing. She has developed partnerships with organisations including Cae Felin Community Supported Agriculture, Ocean Therapy and Coed Lleol, providing nature based opportunities within mental health rehabilitation services, and has contributed to the development of the Swansea RSPB Nature Prescription booklet. A keen beach goer and environmental advocate, Annie supports initiatives including #2MinuteBeachClean and Surfers Against Sewage. Annie's sustainability leadership has been recognised nationally through the NHS Wales Sustainability Champion Award (2025) and the NHS Wales Resilient Wales Award (2024). The latter was as team lead for an Occupational Therapy led litter picking project, delivered in partnership with The Environment Centre Swansea, which established a litter-picking group within Mental Health Rehabilitation and Recovery Services. The project demonstrated how environmental action can enhance recovery, wellbeing, community engagement, and sustainability outcomes simultaneously.