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Regional Operations

Laura Culverhouse

Laura Culverhouse is our Regional Operations Manager for the East Midlands and the North. Laura previously worked as a Primary School Teacher and joined us in 2012 as Centre Leader at our Nottingham East centre.

Rosy Smith

Rosy Smith is our Regional Cluster Manager (London and South of England). Rosy joined us in August 2012 and was previously our Centre Leader at East Ham, BlackRock Partnership Manager and East London and Clacton Cluster Manager.

Eilis O'Donnell

Eilis O'Donnell is our Regional Cluster Manager for the South West and our Head of Learning Recovery. Eilis has a degree in Psychology with Philosophy, a PGCE in Secondary Education and an MA from the Institute of Education. She previously worked as a teacher.

Laura Barton

Laura Barton is our Head of Volunteering and joined as an Education Worker in August 2012. Laura was previously a Centre Leader and the Cluster Manager for South London. Contact: 07718 492116

Kirsty Wadsley

Kirsty Wadsley joined us in January 2020 as Head of Operations (Scotland). Kirsty was previously the Head of Widening Participation at the London School of Economics and Political Science and has a Masters in Social Justice and Education from the Institute of Education (UCL).

Cluster Managers

Claire Stancliffe

Claire Stancliffe is our North and West London Cluster Manager and is currently on maternity leave. Claire has a degree in History and Politics from the University of Edinburgh, and a PGCE with Spanish from UCL.

Rosie Kenwood

Rosie Kenwood is our Cluster Manager for the North West and Yorkshire and is currently on maternity leave. Rosie joined us in August 2014. She studied International Development with International Relations at the University of Leeds and previously worked as a Student Support Officer at a Secondary school.

Sophie Houghton

Sophie Houghton is our Nottingham Cluster Manager and is currently on maternity leave. Sophie has a degree in European Social and Political Studies with French from UCL and a PGCE from Sheffield Hallam. She has recently completed her Masters of Education at the University of Manchester.

Dave Horner

Dave Horner is our South London and South Coast Cluster Manager. Dave has a degree in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He previously worked as an Associate Teacher and a Youth Support Tutor.
Contact: 07784 235 831

Sharon Gyimah

Sharon Gyimah is our Cluster Manager for East London and Clacton. Sharon joined us in January 2017 as an Education Worker in Bow and was then the Centre Leader at East Ham. Sharon has a degree in Politics and Sociology from Aston University.

Laura Duncalfe

Laura Duncalfe is our West Midlands and Oxford Cluster Manager and Birmingham North Centre Leader. Laura has a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge and a PGCE in Secondary Education. She previously worked as a teacher.

Louise Lane

Louise Lane is our South West Cluster Manager. Louise has a degree in History from the University of Kent, a Masters in History and a Primary PGCE. She previously worked as a teacher.

Becky Kendall

Becky Kendall is our North and West London Cluster Manager (maternity cover) and Head of Student Enrichment and is based between our North Islington centre and Head Office. Becky joined us as an Education Worker in January 2014 and was Centre Leader at IntoUniversity Hackney South.

Charlotte Matless

Charlotte Matless is our Cluster Manager, North-West and Yorkshire (maternity cover). She has a degree in English and German from the University of Nottingham and a Masters in Psychology.

Ellen Daunt

Ellen Daunt is our Nottingham Cluster Manager (maternity cover). Ellen has a degree in English from the University of Nottingham, and a Masters in Viking and Anglo-Saxon Studies. She previously worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Name Studies.

London Cross Centre staff

Josie Allison

Josie Allison is our Boarding School Bursary Manager and is based in our North Islington centre. Josie has a degree in Anthropology from Goldsmiths University. She previously volunteered for IntoUniversity at our East Ham centre and also worked for Safer London.

Caitlin Dalgleish

Caitlin Dalgleish is our Associate Network Manager. She is based between our North Islington centre and Head Office.

Olivia Rawnsley

Olivia Rawnsley is our Volunteering and Training Manager and is based between our Kennnington centre and our Head Office. Olivia has a degree in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Leeds. She previously had a number of tutoring and mentoring roles, including at our Leeds East centre.

Kelly Wainhouse

Kelly Wainhouse joined us in January 2020 as Safeguarding Manager. She previously was the Senior Programme Manager at the National Citizen Service, The Challenge and aBuddy Scheme Project Manager at Richmond AID.

Sam Potts

Sam Potts joined us in January 2018 and is based between our centres in Brixton and Lambeth. Sam has a degree in English from Goldsmiths. He previously worked as a Learning Support Assistant, supporting students with disabilities to participate in mainstream education.

Alexandra Bowes

Alexandra Bowes joined us in January 2019 and is based between our centres in Hammersmith and Brent. Alexandra has a Masters in Chemistry from the University of York. She has recently completed a year in industry working as an Analytical Chemist.

Miayah Wright

Miayah Wright joined us in August 2019 and is based between our Haringey North and North Islington centres. Miayah has a degree in Politics with Human Rights from the University of Essex. She previously volunteered as a Bystander Intervention Trainer at the University of Essex.

Daniel Sadler

Daniel Sadler joined us in August 2019 and is based between our Bow and East Ham centres. Daniel has a degree in History from Queen Mary University of London. He previously worked as a Residential Programmes Coordinator at The Challenge.

Jack Hall

Jack Hall joined us in August 2018 and is our Student Enrichment Manager based between our Walworth and North Islington centres. Jack has a degree in History from King's College London and was a student mentor at IntoUniversity Lambeth. He has previously worked as a Tutor.

Laura Butler

Laura Butler joined us in August 2020 and is based between our Hackney Downs and Hackney South centres. Laura has a Mathematics degree from the University of Leeds and a Masters in Mathematics from Imperial College London. Previously, she was a tutor and an intern at IntoUniversity Brixton.

Regional Cross Centre staff

Katie Logan

Katie Logan joined us in January 2013 and is a Cross-Centre Leader based in our Nottingham East centre. Katie has a degree in History from the University of Birmingham and has a PGCE in Primary Education. She previously worked as a Primary School Teacher.

Tizzy Gill

Tizzy Gill joined us in January 2020. Tizzy has a Geography degree from the University of Leeds and a masters degree in Citizenship, Identity and Human Rights from University of Nottingham. Previously, Tizzy has worked as an email counsellor for Childline and as a Nursery Assistant.

Mary French

Mary French joined us in January 2020 and is based between our Bristol centres. Mary has a degree in Biomedical Science (Neuroscience) from the University of Cardiff alongside a PGCE in Secondary Initial Teacher Education in Biology with Science from UWE.

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