Elizabeth Grace Filby, founder of Designs For Wellbeing and Amazing Phage - an infection consultant and 'dot connector' Grace Filby is a graduate of the University of Keele. She has a BA (Hons.) in Biology and Psychology and a Certificate in Education, for which she received a commendation. As well as gaining experience in BBC educational radio programme making, Grace Filby has held several key teaching and management positions in Surrey schools introducing new science curricula and innovations to staff and parents such as the Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs. She is consulted for the promotion and publication of innovative projects - local heritage, judicial reforms, junior reading, accessibility, complementary health and infection prevention. Her articles, reviews and presentations are published in national magazines and international websites, and contributed to national government departments. She has worked as a consultant for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority, and served as a spokesperson and ambassador on behalf of numerous organisations including the Department of Health (Working Minds) and the Health and Safety Executive (Stress Management). Grace Filby is a Fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (Science and Technology), having travelled extensively researching and promoting the health value of bacteriophages. She is a Millennium Awards Fellow and is now elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). Her pastel artworks have featured in exhibitions in several UK cities.
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"I wanted to thank you for your letter ... regarding bacteriophages and Alzheimer’s.
The information is very interesting and we thank you for bringing it to our attention."
Robin Henne
Research Grants Officer
Alzheimer's Research Trust
"Best thanks for The health value of bacteriophages.
No doubt, this is a very important contribution to the progress of phage therapy,
providing relevant information to everybody in a sensible way."
Prof. Andrjez Gorski
Vice President, Polish Academy of Sciences
"I offer my warm congratulations."
Lady Julia Boyd
Chairman of the Council, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
"It is good to get some appreciation from the “locals” as it is not often received. Thank you."
Director
A property development company
"extremely helpful advice"
Public Guardianship Office
Grace Filby revising the Bench Book for the Judicial Studies Board 2003
"The Department acknowledges that an error was made and we apologise.
The Department will do everything in its power to ensure this does not happen again."
DoH
Department of Health
"Your website suggests you have an innovative approach to health and well-being,
backed by genuine commitment to these principles. You discuss education, arts,
health, citizenship and the well-being of local communities – an interesting combination.
Here in the acute sector, more and more emphasis is being placed on, for example,
our social responsibility, as much as clinical research and treatment. Equally, in
the Royal Maternity Hospital,
aromatherapy is being introduced as part of ante natal classes.
The Royal Group of Hospitals Trust has no hesitation in embracing these changes and,
as Northern Ireland’s leading healthcare provider,
more often than not
we are at the forefront of change."
Bronagh Dalzell
Corporate Communication
The Royal Hospitals
Belfast, Northern Ireland
"A great breakthrough! Now, what we have learnt over the years,
and is somewhere within our disorganised researches,
has been found for us within officialdom.
Many thanks to you, Grace."
Harry Hart FBIS
"Many thanks for your thoughtful contribution to the museum's treatment of phage and its role in the management of mrsa. Phage of course lies at the heart of western biomedicine. Its therapeutic promise is the theme of that great science novel of the 1920s Martin Arrowsmith and indeed spurred on the research that led to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. Phage have also from time to time been proposed as cures for cancer and have been used as such in Russia.
So any treatment of them should be part of our treatment of antibiotics (broadly construed) rather than within the alternative medical traditions dealt with in the current redisplay ... We shall certainly keep their importance in mind...
Dr. Robert Bud
Principal Curator of Medicine
Science Museum
London
"I knew you could do it ... Well done."
Prof. Gordon Ashton
Deputy Master of the Court of Protection
District Judge
Treatment Advisory Committee of the Judicial Studies Board
"My
mission is to help develop work organisations that are effective in achieving
their goals
and also ensure that those who work within them flourish. I think we are therefore
singing in harmony.
And I loved your pictures on your web site. Beautiful works."
Prof. Michael West
Head of Research
Aston Business School
Aston University
"Thank you for your comments regarding the complaints statistics which have been noted."
Terry Moran
Chief Executive
Disability and Carers Service
"You have very helpfully raised a number of key points which are extremely
useful
as we strive to be an accessible organisation in the policies and procedures
we operate."
Felicity Harvest, Executive Director
Arts Council England South East
"Her suggestions have been passed on to officials
within the Department."
Lord Warner
Health Minister ... 2005
"I
should like to take this opportunity to thank you for your commitment and dedication
to this special service.
Your expertise and professionalism have been greatly admired,
and I wish to record my personal thanks for your loyalty and hard work."
Cynthia Robinson, Chief Executive
Queen Elizabeth's Foundation
"I
showed the finished video to the national steering group
and they felt your visual images formed an excellent partnership
with the stories being told by visually impaired and blind people."
Full Circle Arts
Arts Council England
"It
would be very helpful if we could talk about some of the issues you raised."
Ruth Johnson
Director of Grant Making
Volunteering England
"You
have a true gift!"
Founder
a US non-profit organisation
Churchill Report - The Health Value Of Bacteriophages
by Churchill Fellow, Grace Filby
download report
20 pages
Grace Filby, Designs For Wellbeing, www.relax-well.co.udartwork: detail from A summer's tale by Grace Filby 2003