Professional Advisory Council

The MOVE Professional Advisory Council brings together a network of eminent individuals with relevant backgrounds and expertise in Health, Education, Social Services, and related disciplines and bodies associated with the commissioning and delivery of services to those children and young adults who would benefit from the MOVE Programme.

This group help to support our Governing Body, facilitate communication, provide expertise, address professional development and research issues, and monitor the integrity, status, cultural adaptations and activities of the MOVE Programme across Europe.

Chair

Dame Philippa Russell DBE (Chair of MOVE)

Deputy Chair

Professor Paul Dieppe BSc, MD, FRCP
Ex-Professor of Rheumatology at Bristol University. Currently carrying out medical research at Peninsular Medical School, Honorary Professor of Musculoskeletal Sciences

Members

Peter Holland – Chief Executive, MOVE Europe
Christine Shaw – Director of Professional Development, MOVE
Dr Patricia Jackson – Consultant Community Paediatrician, Edinburgh
Daniel Lewis – Head Teacher, St. Nicholas School, Canterbury
Dr Penny Lacey – Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Birmingham
Karen Alkhina – Parent Ambassador
Professor Barry Carpenter OBE, PhD – Previously Chief Executive, Sunfield. Now Associate Director (Special Educational needs) with the Specialist schools & Academies Trust. He is an honorary professor at the University of Worcester and a Fellow at the University of Oxford
Sharon Godden – Parent representative
Frances James – Assistant Chief Education Officer SEN & Inclusion Derbyshire County Council

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