Staff
Our staff are involved in a range of activities across the UK ensuring that we deliver our projects professionally and passionately. Our varied areas of expertise include management, training, events, group facilitation, social outreach and research.
Here’s a guide to exactly who’s who at The Reader Organisation:
- Jane Davis
Founder and Director
operations
- Amanda Brown
North West Regional Coordinator - Lizzie Cain
Communications Intern (Events) - Katie Clark
Older People Project Manager - Chris Catterall
National Development Manager - Casi Dylan
Training Manager - Niall Gibney
Community Development Assistant - Zoe Gilling
Business Manager - George Hawkins
Communications Intern (PR and Publicity) - Christine Johnson
Volunteer Manager - Lee Keating
IT and Office Administrator - Maura Kennedy
Events and Publications Manager - Anthony McCall
Finance Assistant - Sophie Povey
Assistant Development Manager - Jessica Reeves
PR and Marketing Administrator - Sam Shipman
Young Person’s Project Manager - Jennifer Tomkins
Communications Manager - Helen Vaughan
Arts Administration Intern - Mary Weston
Mental Health Project Manager - Clare Williams
Research Coordinator
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- Anna Fleming
Project Worker, Young People - Emma Gibbons
Project Worker - Christine Harland
Project Worker - Beverley LaRoc
Project Worker, Liverpool - Eleanor McCann
Reader-in-Residence, Mersey Care - Eleanor Stanton
Project Manager
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- Megg Hewlett
Project Worker, Kensington and Chelsea
- Valerie Nobbs
Project Worker, Idea Store (Tower Hamlets) - Paul Higgins
Project Worker, North London - Penny Markell
Project Manager - Lois Walters
Project Worker, Lambeth
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- Caroline Adams
Project Worker - Sarah Hopkins
Project Manager - Emily Lezzeri
Project Worker - Liz McGaw
Project Worker - Sally Sweeney
Project Worker
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- Rachel Coleman
Project Worker - Val Hannan
Project Manager - Andrea Jones
Project Worker
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- Amanda Boston
Project Worker, Young People - Victoria Clarke
Project Worker - Hazel Davies
Project Worker, Young People - Lynn Elsdon
Project Worker, Young People - Kate McDonnell
Manager, National Model Project - Alexis McNay
Project Worker - Rachel Salmon
Project Worker - Helen Wilson
Project Worker
special projects
- Patricia Canning
Project Worker, Criminal Justice (Belfast) - David Cookson
Reader-in-Residence, Liverpool Hope University - Grace Farrington
Project Researcher (Collaborative Doctoral Award) - Patrick Fisher
Project Worker, Young People (Glasgow) - Charles Darby-Villis
Project Worker, Criminal Justice (Durham) - Gill Stanyard
Project Worker, Older People and Dementia Pilot Project, Scotland - Damian Taylor
Project Worker, Mental Health (Greater Manchester West) - Charlotte Weber
Reader-in-Residence, Liverpool Hope University


