The AMBIT programme is led by Liz Cracknell, with Laura Talbot as Deputy Programme Lead. DickonBevington and Peter Fuggle are consultants to the programme, which is hosted at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families.

AMBIT is the work of a group of original Authors, led by DickonBevington and Peter Fuggle, but it has only come into its current shape through the contributions of hundreds of practitioners in the many teams that have had AMBIT training and have given feedback from the field.

Dickon Bevington

AMBIT Consultant

Dickon Bevington MA MBBS ~MRCPsych ~PGCert (Adolescent Addiction Studies) is a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the NHS in Cambridgeshire, and is Medical Director at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. As one of the original Authors of AMBIT, Dickon acts as a consultant to the AMBIT programme and delivers training, consultation and supervision widely. He specialises in the outreach treatment of complex, risky and hard to reach young people with substance use disorders and has previously worked in Adolescent inpatient hospitals. He has led the development of online wikis as treatment manuals, and previous publications include co-authorship of "What Works for Whom? A critical review of treatments for children and adolescents" (Fonagy et al, Guilford, 2014).

Peter Fuggle

AMBIT Consultant

Peter Fuggle is a clinical psychologist and currently Clinical Director of the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. As one of the original Authors of AMBIT, Peter acts as a consultant to the AMBIT programme and delivers training, consultation and supervision widely. He previously worked for over 30 years in the UK National Health Service integrating mental health services for children and young people into schools and social care. He has a long standing interest in working on projects for young people and families who do not seek help for their mental health needs and the AMBIT collaboration arose directly out of this interest.

Liz Cracknell

Programme Lead

Liz Cracknell is Programme Lead for the AMBIT programme at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. Liz is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Systemic Practitioner. In her clinical work, Liz has specialised in work with young people with complex, risky problems, utilising the AMBIT approach. She currently also works as AMBIT Consultant at Redthread. She has contributed to a number of key publications and the development of AMBIT and has trained and consulted with hundreds of workers in AMBIT in the UK and internationally.

Laura Talbot

Deputy Programme Lead

Laura Talbot is Deputy Programme Lead for the AMBIT programme at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. Laura Talbot is a Clinical Psychologist who currently works in the Adolescent Multi-Agency Specialist Service (AMASS), an edge of care service for adolescents, based within Islington Children’s Services. Laura has specialised in working with adolescents and young adults in community outreach services across the health, social care and voluntary sectors since qualifying in 2010. Laura has trained and consulted with hundreds of workers in AMBIT in the UK and Internationally.

Billie Delaney

Project Officer

Billie is Project Officer for the AMBIT programme and Training and Events Lead for the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. Billie should be your first port of call if you would like to make an enquiry about AMBIT training, consultation or supervision.

Email Billie

Bea Herbert

Young Person's Lead

Bea is a social entrepreneur and is lead for a youth-led project at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, working with young people on a Hackney estate to understand what is important to them in terms of mental health and to co-create a system of peer support for local young people.

You can read more about the project here: Pembury Project wiki manual