Experience

2005 - Present Day Skills for Care Learning Resource Centres Network

• Developing user participation strategies

2004 - Present Day Hampshire Coalition of Disabled People

• Planning Consultant

March 2004 - Present Day Open University

• Consultant Member of Service User Panel.

September 2004 - Present Day Disability Equality in Education

• Consultant Senior/Lead Trainer (Leadership & Management Training for Disabled Staff of Bristol City Council).
• Including Developing and Delivering a Personal Development and Management Course for disabled staff.

May 2004 - Present Day Hampshire Coalition of Disabled People.

• Business Planning Consultant

May 2004 - Dec 2004 Sheffield University

• Manager of Research Project

July 2002 -April 2004 Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People

• Development Consultant/Director

September 2001 -July 2002 UNISON

• Regional Organiser

September 1997 - August 2001 University of Sheffield

• Personnel Officer in the Personnel Department

September 1996 - Present Day

• Providing advice and training on the Disability Discrimination Act, Direct Payments, Independent Living and Disability Equality, including a taping, brailing and clear/large print service.

February 1997 - June 1997 Cambridge House

Independent Advocate

• Advocating for disabled people living in the London Borough of Southwark.

October 1996 - December 1996 Waltham Forest Association of Disabled People

Project Manager

• Designing and promoting independent living skills training for Disabled people.

• Personnel Officer
• Key aspects of AI's employee relations.

• Designing and delivering disability related courses for local authorities, including Hertfordshire County and Birmingham City Councils, and voluntary sector bodies including the Joseph Rowntree Trust and NISW.
• Private sector contracts included various TECs.

• Establishing the Organisation's Disability Programmes Unit.

• 1987 -1991 London Borough of Brent Personnel Advisor

• Developing code of practice in recruitment and selection.
• Organising Positive Action Recruitment/Retention Initiatives.
• Managing an employment service for disabled people.

1985 -1987 Leeds City Council Disability Equality Trainer

• Designing and running components for recruitment and selection courses, staff briefings and management development initiatives.
• Delivering Disability Equality Training Courses.

Education

• 1982 Bournville FE College
• 1985 Leeds University - BA (Honours) Degree in Politics
• 1986 Leeds NALGO TUC Stewards Negotiations Stage 1
• 1989 Coventry Polytechnic - Certificate in Public Sector Management  
• 1995 Amnesty International - Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
• 1996 Amnesty International - Project Management
• 1998 Sheffield College - Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language awarded by Cambridge University.

• 2004 - Present Day

Accredited Assessor/Verifier with the Chartered Management Institute.

• 1995 - Present Day

Senior Wing Member of Employment Tribunals

• 1995 - Present Day

Member of The Performing Rights Society

• 1989 -1998

Director of the Brent Association of Disabled People

• 1987 - Present Day

Graduate Membership of the Institute of Personnel Development

• 1981 - 2001

National Council of the British Council of Disabled People

• May 2002 - 2003

General Secretary of the British Council of Disabled People

Publications

• 1995 (Avon TEC)

"Working Together for our Equality"

• 1993 (London Borough of Brent)

"Social Models of Assessment and Care Management for Disabled People"

•  1993(Joseph Rowntree Trust)

"User-Led Services"

•  1990 - 1993

Articles in Coalition news journal of the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People

•  1992

Articles in Disability Now journal

Articles in The Guardian newspaper

•  1990 -1991

Articles for Link magazine

•  1988 -1996

Articles in Disability Arts in London (DAIL) magazine.