In 2010 our 16 year old son suffered a TBI are a result of a horrific accident. Using my life skills and work experience, I am currently managing the successful rehabilitation programme for my son. I have designed an intensive and innovative rehabilitation therapy programme, that my husband and I are delivering that continues to have a positive impact on our sons physical, cognitive and emotional needs. Within a year he was back at college with his peers.Neuro-rehab has now… Show more In 2010 our 16 year old son suffered a TBI are a result of a horrific accident. Using my life skills and work experience, I am currently managing the successful rehabilitation programme for my son. I have designed an intensive and innovative rehabilitation therapy programme, that my husband and I are delivering that continues to have a positive impact on our sons physical, cognitive and emotional needs. Within a year he was back at college with his peers.Neuro-rehab has now become a passion and I have recently been approached by respresentatives from our local hospital and the North East Neurological Network with a view to sharing our thoughts and experiences, in order to help improve services for people with a wide range of neurological conditions, including TBI. Show less

I currently work part-time working at a senior management level to provide capacity building services to local businesses and third sector organisations; mainly focussed on:Strategic Planning Organisational developmentBusiness Case authoringProject managementFinancial Management and Cost Centre AccountingOperations ManagementHealth and SafetyInternal Business PoliciesStatistical Analysis of business activities and ROICommunication Plans

My work at Cultures involved a range of management activities; including strategic planning work, organisation development and capacity building tasks, project management tasks, managing day-to-day operations, developing internal business policies, statistical analysis of business activities and demonstrating return on investment using LIM Tool.

I provided capacity building consultancy services to local businesses and third sector organisations, mainly focussed on:Strategic PlanningOrganisational developmentProject managementBusiness Case authoring

Tees Valley JSU - held various roles in a range of physical, social and economic regeneration programmes, such as:NE England Objective 2 Programme(s) - ERDF & ESFFrom 2000 was funded by GONE to deliver project development and implementation activity for capital and revenue projects; and programme coordination of a £7.4m sub-regional allocation from the NE England Objective 2 programme (Priority 4). My work also involved partnership development and support; developing… Show more Tees Valley JSU - held various roles in a range of physical, social and economic regeneration programmes, such as:NE England Objective 2 Programme(s) - ERDF & ESFFrom 2000 was funded by GONE to deliver project development and implementation activity for capital and revenue projects; and programme coordination of a £7.4m sub-regional allocation from the NE England Objective 2 programme (Priority 4). My work also involved partnership development and support; developing training programmes; organisational capacity building; developing project selection processes; and project monitoring. In 2006 was asked by GONE to lead the Tees Valley Article 4 Monitoring Team, A4 monitoring being a significant national priority for both the Government and the ERDF Programme for England. Single Programme From 2006 funded by One North East and the five Tees Valley local authorities to provide ‘pseudo’ consultancy services to public and private sector partners wishing to access Single Programme Funding and was closely involved with a number of strategically important Tees Valley projects. My work also included full business case authoring for some projects. Show less

Funding Officer for the regional ERDF Programme and ESF Programme.