Key personnel working in SFL within the region who you may want to contact direct via email.

Derbyshire - Annette Lowe - annette.lowe@derbyshire.gov.uk.
Annette is the SfL Professional Development Coordinator employed by the Derbyshire LSC and working on behald of the CPD network in Derbyshire.

Leicestershire - Ray Flude - rflude@llclp.org.uk.
Ray is the manager of the the Leicestershire and Leicester City Learning Partnership. The LLCLP is the organisation that coordinates CPD activity in Leicestershire.

Lincolnshire and Rutland - Sandie Stratford - sstratford@lincolncollege.ac.uk.
Sandie has almost 30 years of experience as a practitioner. She was CPD Co-ordinator for Lincolnshire and Rutland for 3 years and is now in the teacher training department at Lincoln College.

Northamptonshire - Michelle Evans - mevans@northamptonshirelp.org.
Michelle is Skills for Life Capacity Building Project Manager for the Northamptonshire Learning Partnership.

Nottinghamshire - Colette Byrne - colette@ns4lp.org.uk.
Colette co-ordinates the work of the Nottinghamshire Skills for Life Partnership.


FE issues contact Chris Donkin - chris@donkinitex.co.uk.
Chris has experience of management of SfL in a senior position within the FE environment. Chris is current ly working as a consultant on a major SfL peer referencing project for 3 FE Colleges in the East Midlands

Issues relating to other post 16 education contact Jo Small - josmall@btinternet.com.
Jo has a varied background supporting SfL developments in many different post 16 environments.

Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) – Skills for Life Improvement Programme - contact Elaine Scott(elaine.scott@edu-co.co.uk) or Jenny Hunt(jenny@schemeta.com).
Elaine and Jenny are the Regional Managers for the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) - Skills for Life Improvement Programme in the East Midlands.

ESOL issues - contact Delwen Wilkinson - snowdrop.2000@ntlworld.com
Delwen is a freelance trainer co-ordinating and co-teaching ESOL in Lincolnshire and Leicester. She is also a member of NATECLA.

LSC East Midlands – Lisa Walsh – lisa.walsh@lsc.gov.uk
Lisa is the Skills Development Manager – Skills for Life, for the East Midlands.

Issues around dyslexia and literacy contact Doreen Chappell – dchappell@rutland.gov.uk
Doreen has over 24 years of experience working with adults with dyslexia and has an MA in Dyslexia Studies.