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

• Michelle Barrett
  People and Support Administrator
• Amanda Brown
  Criminal Justice Projects Manager
• Lizzie Cain
  Communications Assistant
• Andrius Cepokas
  Information Management Intern
• Katie Clark
  Older People’s Project Manager (Maternity Leave)
• Chris Catterall
  Deputy Director/Development Director
• Casi Dylan
  Literary Learning Manager
• Emma Gibbons
  Older People’s Project Manager
• Niall Gibney
  Community Development Assistant
• Zoe Gilling
  People and Support Manager
• Inan Gul
  Arts Administration Intern
• Christof Haberle
  People and Support Assistant (PQASSO)
• George Hawkins
  Research Assistant
• Roisin Hyland
  Literary Learning Coordinator
• Christine Johnson
  Volunteer Manager
• Sophie Johnson
  Conference Administrator
• Lee Keating
  IT and Office Administrator
• Maura Kennedy
  RISE (Reading in Secure Environments) Coordinator (Maternity Leave)
• Anthony McCall
  Accountant
• Anna McCracken
  Volunteer Manager
• Kate McDonnell
  Quality Practice Manager
• Marian Murray
  Apprentice Receptionist
• Ellen Perry
  Development Assistant
• Sophie Povey
  Business Development Manager
• Lisa Spurgin
  Online Communications Assistant
• Danny Start
  Volunteer Assistant
• Jennifer Tomkins
  Communications Director
• Stefani Tuttle
  Communications Intern
• Bridget Waters
  Communications Manager
• Mary Weston
  Manager Liverpool and Mental Health North West

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

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
• Rosie Trustram
  Project Worker

get into reading south west

• Caroline Adams
  Project Worker
• Annie Brierley
  Project Worker
• Sarah Hopkins
  Project Manager
• Emily Lezzeri
  Project Worker
• Maggie McCarney
  Project Worker
• Liz McGaw
  Project Worker
• Sally Sweeney
  Project Worker

get into reading wigan

• Rachel Coleman
  Project Worker
• Val Hannan
  Project Manager

get into reading wirral

• Chantel Baldry
  Project Worker
• Eamee Boden
  Get Into Reading Apprentice
• Amanda Boston
  Project Worker, Young People
• David Cookson
  Project Worker
• Victoria Clarke
  Project Worker
• Lindsey Dyer
  Wirral and North Wales Project Manager
• Lynn Elsdon
  Project Worker, Young People
• Zoe Jermy
  Wirral Apprentice
• Alexis McNay
  Project Worker
• Rachel Salmon
  Project Worker (Maternity Leave)
• Ian Walker
  Project Worker
• Helen Wilson
  Project Worker

special projects

• Nicola Bennison
  Reader-in-Residence, HMP Gartree, Leicestershire
• Steffi Camm
  Mental Health Project Worker, North West
• Patricia Canning
  Project Worker, Criminal Justice (Belfast)
• Sue Colbourn
  Project Worker, HMP Reading
• Charles Darby-Villis
  Project Worker, Criminal Justice (Durham)/RISE  (Reading in Secure Environments) Coordinator
• Alison Desovska
  Mental Health Project Worker, North West
• Grace Farrington
  Project Researcher (Collaborative Doctoral Award)
• Patrick Fisher
  Project Worker, Young People (Glasgow)
• Kim Haygarth
  Project Worker, Greater Manchester Probation Trust
• Cheryl Hunter
  Project Worker, HMP Hull
• Michael McGrath
  Mental Health Project Worker, North West
• Selina McNay
  Mental Health Project Worker, North West
• Damian Taylor
  Project Worker, Mental Health (Greater Manchester West)
• Charlotte Weber
  Reader-in-Residence, Liverpool Hope University
• Claire Yates
  Mental Health Project Worker, North West