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Vicki Lant joined the Board in 2002 and was appointed as Chair in 2007
Building on a career in Local Government (Education / Early Years / Children's Centres and Commissioning), Vicki has just completed the national roll-out of the Children's Centre Programme with Together for Children and currently directs the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL) Masters’ level programmes in North West, Yorkshire and Humber, South East and South West regions of England. She sat on the shadow and initial Board of CWDC as the Local Authority early years employer representative.
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Dorothy Jones joined the Board in 2001 and was appointed as Deputy Chair in 2010. She is also Chair of the Business Panel
Dorothy is a retired College Principal with 33 years experience working in five London colleges, Southwark College, The College of North East London, Kingsway-Princeton College, Hackney College and Westminster College. She also has experience as a trustee and governor on a variety of bodies related to further education including the Council of the Association of College Management (ACM), of which she was president, London South Bank University, The Women’s Leadership Network and
the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Dorothy has lived and worked in London all her life and is committed to the further education needs of young people and adults in the inner city, championing women’s equality, basic skills education and the needs of students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
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Michael Freeston joined the Board in 2003 and is Chair of CACHE’s Scrutiny Panel
Michael is Director of Quality Improvement for the Pre-school Learning Alliance. Michael’s background is in adult community education. He originally worked as a lecturer in the Further Education sector. He subsequently worked for The Workers’ Educational Association between 1995 and 2003, involved in national and local initiatives to develop community based provision in vocational, academic and personal development areas. This included international work within the European Union, accession countries and Africa.
Since joining the Alliance he has focused attention on realigning various aspects of Alliance service provision including vocational training quality improvement, curriculum development and inclusion. The vision is to ensure that all these aspects combine to improve the early years experiences of children and the provision offered to families. He holds a BA (Hons) in Law and Politics, a PGCE (FE) and Masters Degree in Education Policy.
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John Thomson was appointed as independent Financial Adviser to the Board in 2004
John is a Business Adviser who qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Scotland, then moved to London. His career involved senior financial positions in the City of London. He retired in 2005 as a result of a management buy-out and now gives financial advice to a portfolio of companies, mainly charities.
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Tim Bearcroft joined the Board in 2005
Tim was Training and Development Manager for the National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries.Tim has worked within primary education, up to and including Headship.
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Hilary Bills joined the Board in 2005
Hilary qualified as a teacher in 1970. She was a Deputy Head from 1990-1996, Head Teacher from 1996-2005 and National Officer of the NUT from 2004-2008, including being President in 2005/6. From 2008-2012 Hilary is elected as NUT Examiner of Accounts and currently works as a supply teacher in Sandwell.
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Peter Cullimore joined the Board in 1994
Peter set up Universal Care Limited with his late wife in 1986. Universal Care provides carers to enable the elderly, infirm and disabled to remain in their homes.
Between 1960 and 1986 Peter worked in various engineering and managerial positions in the electricity supply industry. He is a Chartered Engineer.
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Jon Danks joined the Board in 2009
Jon is Head of Marketing for The Times Educational Supplement (TES), the largest network of teachers in the world.
Jon has significant sales, marketing and communications experience in large corporate organisations, working with British Airways, Aviva and the RAC. He joined the 3rd Sector leading commercial change at the National Childminding Association where he worked as Director of Membership and Professional Development. This route was a natural progression to SkillsActive, the Government's Sector Skills Council for the Sport and Active Leisure sector where he was Head of Group Marketing and Communications, before joining the TES.
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Carys Davies joined the Board in 2003
Carys has been involved in Welsh Medium childcare qualifications and training within FE and Voluntary Sectors for the past 30 years.
From a career within the health sector, she began teaching health studies on the NNEB within FE College before becoming programme leader for CACHE courses and working with other Awarding Body.
Since 2002 Carys has worked as Director of Training at Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin, a Welsh medium early years organisation, working across Wales. Her work involves developing the Foundation Phase within the organisation as well as the development of units, qualifications and training for practitioners working in Welsh medium early years settings.
Carys is a member of the Care Council Wales Care Sector Liaison Group and has recently been involved in many of the CCW CCLD talk and finish groups.
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Dale Noyce joined the Board in 2003
Dale has worked as a Playgroup / Crèche Manager / Childminder / Special Needs Nanny and then moved into teaching the NNEB, CACHE Diplomas and Certificates. The focus of her work has been Special Needs and NEET's young people. Dale has worked in Special Education and in General Further Education with particular professional interests in supporting learning through technology and ICT systems.
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Ken Terry joined the Board in 2007
Ken qualified as a Social Worker in 1976 and worked for the London Borough of Lewisham between 1976 and 1990, from 1987-1990 as Assistant Director for Children & Young people). From 1991-2002 Ken worked part-time as the Independent Chairman and Quality Assurance Inspector for the London Borough of Bexley Health and from 2002-2006 he was Independent Chairman for Kent County Council. Currently an independent registered social worker and actively involved with the British Association of Social Workers (BASW).
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