Our trustees

Our Management committee consists of 13 parents, who are also members of a variety of local parent support groups and thus provide vital links to the wider parent community. We have two co-chairs, Jayne Woodward and David Roe.

Pictured, from left:

Jayne Raynor is the secretary of Ray of Hope - a support group for children with additional needs and their families. She has 2 children, the eldest is 16 and has ASD with learning difficulties.

Sue Robinson (also Ray of Hope)

Deborah Woodhouse is executive director and co-founder of ACCT: Asperger's Children and Carers Together.  She is mum to 2 children, one of whom has Asperger's Syndrome, dyslexia, allergies and asthma.

Jayne Woodward is mum to two boys. The eldest, Sam, is 13 and goes to Bents Green School. Sam is autistic and has dyspraxia, ADD and oral dyspraxia. Jayne is the contact for the South Yorkshire Dyspraxia Support Group and has been a member of the Forum since its inception.

Julie Fry (Lowedges Carers Group)

Rachel Crowther (Epilepsy Action)

Sue Roe and David Roe (David is on the far right) are the contacts for the Carers Centre parents' group. They have four children: a girl 21 years old and three boys 19, 17 and 13 years old. Their two younger sons both have Cystic Fibrosis and are autistic.

Clare Peck has two daughters: a 12-year-old and a 9-year-old who has Down's syndrome. Claire has been the driving force behind our questionnaire about school support and specialist services. Her husband Rob is the current secretary for the Sheffield Down's Syndrome group.

Not pictured:

Joanne Ferguson (Rowan parents group)

Catriona Laing (Dobcroft parents group)

Helen Prescott (Mossbrook parents group)

Emma Taylor (Nether Green parents group)