Improving Services for Learners with Mental Health Difficulties

East of England

Catina Barrett,
Email: catina.barrett@niace.org.uk 
Tel: 07920 493620

Catina Barrett is the Regional Programme Officer – Mental Health for the East of England region. She has a background in community development and health and she has worked in community and adult learning and higher education.

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East Midlands

Carol Taylor
Email: Carolanne.taylor@niace.org.uk
Tel: 07775 598048

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London

Victoria Sturdy, (Working half-time usually Monday to Wednesday) Learning and Skills Council, Canius House, 1, Scarbrook Road, Croydon, CR0 1SQ
Tel: 07920 788906
Email: victoria.sturdy@lsc.gov.uk ; victoria.sturdy@niace.org.uk

Victoria Sturdy is the Regional Programme Officer for London and South East. She has most recently been co-ordinating and delivering learning opportunities for people with mental health needs in a College of Further Education, as well as providing cross college support and staff development sessions. She has also worked with adults with learning disabilities and difficulties, developing work placements in the public, business and voluntary sectors

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North East

Ann Creed
Email: ann.creed@niace.org.uk
Tel: 07920 493615

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North West

Clare Worrall
LSC North West Office, Arndale House, Arndale Centre, Manchester, M4 3AQ
Email: clare.worrall@niace.org.uk
Tel: 07920 493618,  0161 261 0501.

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South East

Jenny is the Regional Programme Officer for the South East. She has a background in developing Skills for Life and Learning Support work through partnerships and community provision in both London and the South East.

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South West

Lin Westmoreland
Email: lin.westmoreland@niace.org.uk
Tel: 07917 507487

The project officer for the South West is Inge Axt-Simmonds. Inge’s background is in mental health social work. She has worked both in urban and rural communities as an approved social worker as well as a Mental Health Act Commissioner. In the last few years Inge’s main work has been in a jointly funded post between a Local Authority and an acute Mental Health Care Trust. She was involved in staff development and joint training initiatives across the two organisations. Inge is particularly keen on engaging learners into the network as well as colleagues from Health.

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West Midlands

Lesley Talbot-Strettle, LSC, Oak Tree Court, Binley Business Park, Harry Weston Road, Coventry, CV3 2UN
Tel: 024 76446012/07920 493617
Email: lesley.talbotstrettle@lsc.gov.uk
lesley.talbot-strettle@niace.org.uk

Lesley Talbot-Strettle is the NIACE Regional Programme Officer - Mental Health for the West Midlands. She has worked in a variety of educational settings, focusing on literacy, language, numeracy and learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. She has worked on a variety of projects including staff training and innovative programme delivery. She is a specialist teacher of the Blind.

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Tricia Clark, LSC West Yorkshire, Mercury House, 4 Manchester Road, Bradford, W Yorks, BD5 0QL
Tel: 01274 444214; Mobile: 07825 382 272
Email: tricia.clark@niace.org.uk  , tricia.clark@lsc.gov.uk

Tricia Clark is the new NIACE Regional Programme Officer for Yorkshire & Humberside. Prior to taking up post in April 2007, Tricia worked for 13 years in a large FE/HE college as a Learning Support Tutor with responsibility for the development of policy and practice to address the additional learning needs of students with mental health difficulties on the full range of the college’s HE, FE and Adult Education programmes in addition to directly supporting the learners themselves on a daily basis. She has also devised and delivered training for a variety of organisations and colleges throughout the region. Tricia is a UK consultant/ delegate for the European Gruntvig 2 mental health project ‘It’s all in the mind’ involving six EU countries. Tricia’s work, some of the protocols she developed and interviews with her learners feature in the training pack, ‘Learning and Mental Health’, commissioned and distributed by West Yorkshire Learning and Skills Council.

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