Local Hubs Project
Local Hubs: Expert Panel
Local Hubs Expert Panel
We are bringing together a group of people to represent the dyslexia community and guide BDA's Local Hubs pilot project.
As well as inviting input from people in our Local Hub areas, we are co-producing the project with a voluntary panel of Experts by Experience. The panel will meet regularly throughout the pilot to provide guidance, raise questions, answer questions and help us to aim high with this work. We will post updates on the panel's activities as the project progresses.
Yvonne Griffiths
I am an Associate Professor in Childhood Studies and Education, the University of Leeds, with expertise in child development and learning, SEND and inclusion, and more recently, supporting learners with health and well-being additional needs, often in challenging and complex contexts (e.g., poverty, multilingualism).
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Sue Jenkins
I started my working life the environmental sector and moved into education when I became a parent. I have been a teacher for eighteen years, working with young learners aged from four to eleven in mainstream education, residential care and through voluntary work. Read more
Rodger Holden
Dyslexia runs in our family so I have a personal interest in the work of the BDA. After working in the Private Sector, I moved into Charity work at Shelter, Sue Ryder and between 2012-2023, at Crimestoppers, as Director of Business Development and Fundraising liaising closely with government, business, law enforcement, and the public sector. Read more
Lindsay Hildreth
Lindsay has over 20 years’ experience working with voluntary and community organisations in the North East of England. This includes direct service delivery and managing staff and volunteers to plan, facilitate and evaluate projects with children and young people who have experienced difficulties. Read more
Frances Roberts
Frances has a background in primary education, with a special interest in language and SEN. She is the parent of a dyslexic child and as a result of this was motivated to train as a specialist teacher and assessor. Read more
Karen Sitch
I am the Secondary SEN Consultant for a large multi-academy trust. I have been working within the field of SEN for over 25 years, as a Dyslexia Specialist Teacher, SENCO, Head of a Learning Support Unit and Assistant Principal for an alternative provision. Read more
Tina Needs
I qualified as a teacher in 1981. I thought I would become a primary teacher but realised I was better suited to teaching secondary students. I’ve had experience in a wide range of settings including infant/primary, secondary, and special school and helping to set up a dyslexia provision attached to a secondary school in 1994. I gained my RSA diploma in teaching students with SPLD in 1996. Read more