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:

operations

  • Michelle Barrett
    Receptionist
  • Amanda Brown
    North West Regional Coordinator
  • Lizzie Cain
    Communications Assistant
  • Katie Clark
    Older People’s Project Manager (Maternity Leave)
  • Chris Catterall
    Deputy Director
  • Sara Day
    Community Administrator Apprentice
  • Casi Dylan
    Training Manager
  • Aaron Eastwood
    Communications Intern (PR and Publicity)
  • Emma Gibbons
    Older People’s Project Manager
  • Niall Gibney
    Community Development Assistant
  • Zoe Gilling
    Business Manager
  • Roisin Hyland
    Training Coordinator
  • Christine Johnson
    Volunteer Manager
  • Lee Keating
    IT and Office Administrator
  • Maura Kennedy
    Events and Publications Manager
  • Anthony McCall
    Accountant
  • Michael McGrath
    Communications Intern (Events and Publications)
  • Marian Murray
    Apprentice Administrator
  • Ellen Perry
    Arts Administration Intern
  • Sophie Povey
    Assistant Development Manager
  • Susan Rutherford
    Business Capacity Manager
  • Sam Shipman
    Young Person’s Project Manager
  • Danny Start
    Volunteer Assistant
  • Jennifer Tomkins
    Communications Manager
  • Helen Vaughan
    Conference Administrator
  • Mary Weston
    Mental Health Project Manager

get into reading liverpool

  • Clare Ellis
    Everton Family Project Worker
  • Anna Fleming
    Project Worker, Young People
  • Christine Harland
    Project Worker
  • Beverley LaRoc
    Project Worker, Liverpool
  • Eleanor McCann
    Reader-in-Residence, Mersey Care
  • Eleanor Stanton
    Project Manager

get into reading london

  • 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

get into reading south west

  • Caroline Adams
    Project Worker
  • Sarah Hopkins
    Project Manager
  • Emily Lezzeri
    Project Worker
  • Liz McGaw
    Project Worker
  • Sally Sweeney
    Project Worker

get into reading wigan

  • Rachel Coleman
    Project Worker
  • Val Hannan
    Project Manager
  • Andrea Jones
    Project Worker

get into reading wirral

  • 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