A career in community development and voluntary sector policy & management. Commitment to participation, anti poverty & homelessness work with children & young people at local level, across sectors and in national & European partnerships. Interest in action research as a means of promoting capacity building. Research interest: scope and limits of capacity building in promoting change in relation to participation, power and democracy.
1. Professional Experience: (examples of key achievements in italics)
October
2002 to present: Consultancy on Children, Young
People, Social Exclusion & Participation in
January 1999-September 2002: National Programme Manager, The Children's Society: child poverty & homelessness. Led development of TCS Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy: included "One in Four" child poverty conference; national partnership with John Laing plc; involving children in DWP Poverty consultation.
November
1996-December 1998: SouthernRegion Social Work Manager, The Children's Society: strategic and
operational manager. Developed new Young
People's Participation Project in partnership with
April
1989- November 1996: Project Leader Thanet
Community Development Project,
May
1984-March 1989: Project Leader, Millmead
Neighbourhood Centre,
May
1976-August 1983: Community Worker,
July
1974-May 1976: Community Work with older people,
Task Force,
2. Research activities:
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Priority search: action research with young people at
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Collaborative Action
Research Partnership with SOLAR at
Ø
Refugee Monitoring Project: lead in research project
for Refugee Childrens Consortium. Conference & report launch
Ø
Children & social
capital: research consultancy with Prof. Gary Craig (
3. Some publications & papers:
Ø "Faith & Poverty", Christian Socialist Magazine, 1999 (on child poverty)
Ø "Anti Poverty Toolkit", edited/co-wrote The Children's Society, 2001
Ø "Children & Young People & Social Exclusion" Conference of Diakonisches Werk, Berlin, 2000
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"Building Skills for
Social Inclusion" (with
Ø "Youth Homelessness & Social exclusion" (with Barry Percy Smith), Keele 2002
Ø "Children & the local economy", ESRC seminar series, Edinburgh, 2002
Ø "A European View on Participation" (with Steimle, Vollmer & Dobson), ESRC series, Glasgow, 2003
4. Training:
Ø 1977-8 National Council of Social Service/University of Leicester: In Service Training in Community Work
Ø 1988 National Institute of Social Work, London: Post qualifying course in collaborative working practices
Ø Range of management development, community development, and equal opportunities and anti discriminatory practices training. Wide range of ICT training including internet, all main Microsoft packages, multi media methods.
5. Academic Qualifications:
1990-2
1970-4 BA Hons University of Sussex: 2ii German in School of European Studies
1970 Letchworth Grammar School: 3 "A" levels, 10 "O" levels
Languages: German& French ("A" level) used professionally.
6. Referees:
1.
John Griffin, Head of External Affairs, The
Children's Society, Edward Rudolf House,
2. Barry Percy Smith, PhD, Co-ordinator research with young people, SOLAR, University of West of England, (home address), 40 Holly Road, Northampton, NN1 4QR, tel 01604 631780, email: barryps@ntlworld.com Academic Referee
3. Steve Easter, Senior Consultant, National Development Team, 5 Hillside Road, Chestfield, Whitstable, Kent tel 01227 277995 (works from home; work telephone) email: seaster@ndt.org.uk Ex Manager & colleague (1985-2001)
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