Experience

Five Lamps

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member, Vice Chair

  • Sep 2010 - Present

  I joined the Board of Five Lamps in 2010, having encountered them when I was working for the adult education service in Stockton. I became an Approved Person with the Financial Conduct Authority when the charity registered with them and was elected Vice Chair in 2016. I joined the Board of Five Lamps in 2010, having encountered them when I was working for the adult education service in Stockton. I became an Approved Person with the Financial Conduct Authority when the charity registered with them and was elected Vice Chair in 2016.



County Durham Community Foundation

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Panel Member

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Wind Farm panel

• Panel Member

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  2D Endowment Fund



North Yorkshire Moors Railway

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Elected to the board of NYMR to serve a 3 year term. It is a membership organisation running a heritage railway carrying over 300,000 visitors per year from Pickering to Whitby, via Goathland and Grosmont. Education, Heritage, wellbeing from Volunteering and Conservation are the aims of the charity. Serve on Community and Education Board Support Group. Elected to the board of NYMR to serve a 3 year term. It is a membership organisation running a heritage railway carrying over 300,000 visitors per year from Pickering to Whitby, via Goathland and Grosmont. Education, Heritage, wellbeing from Volunteering and Conservation are the aims of the charity. Serve on Community and Education Board Support Group.



Training for Access

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainer and Access Auditor

  • Jan 2010 - Present

  Freelance work delivering quality training and auditing access to clients premises. Also supporting other self employed professionals. Freelance work delivering quality training and auditing access to clients premises. Also supporting other self employed professionals.



Humankind Charity

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Board Member

  • Oct 2006 - Feb 2022

  I was a member of the board of trustees serving on the Resources and Quality & Performance Committees. I also participated in working groups, residential for strategy development and served on the board of a social enterprise, Moretime, owned by Humankind. I was a member of the board of trustees serving on the Resources and Quality & Performance Committees. I also participated in working groups, residential for strategy development and served on the board of a social enterprise, Moretime, owned by Humankind.



PH Partnership

• United Kingdom
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Access Auditor

  • Oct 2007 - Jan 2010

  Freelance work for an architecture practice carrying out access audits (mostly of educational providers premises). Wrote reports making recommendations for improvements to premises. Freelance work for an architecture practice carrying out access audits (mostly of educational providers premises). Wrote reports making recommendations for improvements to premises.



Centre for British Teachers

• Trainer

  • Jul 2003 - Jan 2008

  Freelance trainer delivering training with regard to Diagnostic Assessment, ‘Link Up’ volunteer training, Embedding Access for All & Skills for Work Freelance trainer delivering training with regard to Diagnostic Assessment, ‘Link Up’ volunteer training, Embedding Access for All & Skills for Work



Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Learner Support Worker

  • Jul 2002 - Feb 2006

  Established learner support service for community provider based on College experience. Recruited and monitored support workers, assessed learners, designed and reviewed support packages, applied for funding and monitored performance.

• Basic Skills Tutor

  • Sep 1993 - Jul 2004

  Started as a volunteer and after gaining City & Guilds certificates became a tutor teaching mostly numeracy but also some literacy in community settings. Became involved in volunteer training.



Basic Skills Agency

• United Kingdom

• Basic Skills Trainer

  • Apr 2001 - Jul 2003

  Delivered training promoting the Adult Numeracy Curriculum - was the Lead Trainer for the Durham Learning and Skills Council are initially but later took on adjacent areas - Teesside and Tyneside. Organised courses for over 400 teaching staff from organisations across the area. Delivered training promoting the Adult Numeracy Curriculum - was the Lead Trainer for the Durham Learning and Skills Council are initially but later took on adjacent areas - Teesside and Tyneside. Organised courses for over 400 teaching staff from organisations across the area.



Bishop Auckland College

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Study Support Tutor

  • Sep 1998 - Jul 2002

  Supported learners undertaing NVQs and Foundation courses at the College following assessment of their skills on entry. Also catalogued learning materials in use in the Study Support Centre. Supported learners undertaing NVQs and Foundation courses at the College following assessment of their skills on entry. Also catalogued learning materials in use in the Study Support Centre.