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Headliners announced for Virtual Wellbeing Festival 2023

A graphic showing the six headliners for the 2023 Integrated Care Northamptonshire Virtual Wellbeing Festival (3-7 July). The headliners are Gok Wan, Paul Merson, Harnaam Kaur, Vex King, Debra Searle and Ayo Sokale

We are excited to announce that SIX headline speakers will be topping the bill at this year’s Northamptonshire Virtual Wellbeing Festival – and you can save the dates to your calendars right now!

Taking place from Monday 3 to Friday 7 July, the Virtual Wellbeing Festival 2023 (VWBF23) will feature a different headliner each day plus a double bill on the Monday. Joining us for this year’s Festival will be:

  • Gok Wan – style guru, TV presenter, DJ and chef who strives to inspire people to love their curves, their heritage and anything that makes them unique.
  • Paul Merson – professional footballer turned TV pundit who speaks openly about his struggles with addiction and mental health issues.
  • Harnaam Kaur – TV personality and fearless body positivity activist who has embraced her body in all its glory to become an international icon for self-love.
  • Vex King – bestselling author and mind coach who overcame a difficult childhood to rise to fame on social media and become a major voice in the world of personal development.
  • Debra Searle – professional adventurer and serial entrepreneur who has successfully rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean and was recently ranked the top female motivational speaker in the world.
  • Ayo Sokale – BBC presenter and civil engineer who has a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome and is an inspirational keynote speaker on neurodiversity, mental health challenges and how to overcome them.

Our VWBF23 headliners are just part of an exciting programme of entertaining, inspiring and informative events taking place throughout Festival week. All sessions are hosted online and completely free of charge – exclusively for health and social care colleagues in Northamptonshire.

To add any of our headliner sessions to your online calendar, just visit the VWBF23 website at www.wellbeingfestival.live and click on the Headliners page.

Further details of the remaining Festival line-up will be announced soon and you can be among the first to find out more if you register for updates now.

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