Liz
Sewell developed the Take three days programme. She
is a former Chief Executive of the lone parent's charity Gingerbread,
and has worked with employers to develop childcare and employment
strategies that support parents at work. In partnership with One
Parent Families she helped develop two successful return to work
programmes: Discovery Weeks for the Department of Work and Pensions
and Marks and Start for Marks and Spencer. She also acted as senior
consultant on Family Fortunes: a study of five major organisations
- Accenture, ASDA, BT, Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Royal
Mail Group - and their approach to retaining parents in employment.
She has written Childcare Tool Kits for the NHS and the Civil
Service as well as guides to Childcare Vouchers and Flexible employment.
In 2005 Liz took a year out to run The Centre, a training company
that specialises in supporting the voluntary and public sector.
Ann
Munday has spent over 30 years working with parents
and employers. Most recently as a manager and trainer in Local
Authorities and working on the NHS Childcare Strategy. Her career
began in the early 1970s as a housemother in a boarding school
for hearing and speech impaired children. Then, for 13 years,
whilst her own children were young, Ann ran a pre-school group.
In 1996, she joined Kingston Council to set up and deliver one
of the first Children's Information Services, in 2000, she moved
to Richmond Council and again built up the CIS from scratch. Ann
is now chair of the National Association of Children's Information
Services.
Jeannie
Davidson is a highly experienced and committed childcare
development professional,with a reputation for successful training
and community based projects. She is an empathetic trainer with
excellent facilitative skills, Jeannie also has practical experience
of partnership work to deliver children's centres, and a strong
belief in and commitment to empowering parents. Jeannie recently
completed Hackney Early Years 'Every Parent Matters' project to
develop good practice in involving parents in their children's
learning, and is currently building on its success through her
role as Hackney project coordinator for the DfES funded Parents
as Partners in Early Learning initiative. Jeannie has regular
contact with a wide range of parents across the country through
social research she is regularly commissioned to carry out to
inform childcare strategy.
Liz
Sewell developed the Take three days programme. She
is a former Chief Executive of the lone parent's charity Gingerbread,
and has worked with employers to develop childcare and employment
strategies that support parents at work. In partnership with One
Parent Families she helped develop two successful return to work
programmes: Discovery Weeks for the Department of Work and Pensions
and Marks and Start for Marks and Spencer. She also acted as senior
consultant on Family Fortunes: a study of five major organisations
- Accenture, ASDA, BT, Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Royal
Mail Group - and their approach to retaining parents in employment.
She has written Childcare Tool Kits for the NHS and the Civil
Service as well as guides to Childcare Vouchers and Flexible employment.
In 2005 Liz took a year out to run The Centre, a training company
that specialises in supporting the voluntary and public sector.
Ann
Munday has spent over 30 years working with parents
and employers. Most recently as a manager and trainer in Local
Authorities and working on the NHS Childcare Strategy. Her career
began in the early 1970s as a housemother in a boarding school
for hearing and speech impaired children. Then, for 13 years,
whilst her own children were young, Ann ran a pre-school group.
In 1996, she joined Kingston Council to set up and deliver one
of the first Children's Information Services, in 2000, she moved
to Richmond Council and again built up the CIS from scratch. Ann
is now chair of the National Association of Children's Information
Services.
Jeannie
Davidson is a highly experienced and committed childcare
development professional,with a reputation for successful training
and community based projects. She is an empathetic trainer with
excellent facilitative skills, Jeannie also has practical experience
of partnership work to deliver children's centres, and a strong
belief in and commitment to empowering parents. Jeannie recently
completed Hackney Early Years 'Every Parent Matters' project to
develop good practice in involving parents in their children's
learning, and is currently building on its success through her
role as Hackney project coordinator for the DfES funded Parents
as Partners in Early Learning initiative. Jeannie has regular
contact with a wide range of parents across the country through
social research she is regularly commissioned to carry out to
inform childcare strategy.