About Us
We are overseen by a Board of Trustees who are experienced in the areas of business, education and health. They have all been CRB checked.
They are:
- Alison Maffey - Chair
Alison is closely linked with a number of organisations within the charity sector and worked as a Project Manager for the NCT. She was a managing director in the IT industry for fifteen years, specialising in equipment for those with special needs.
- Sandra Dunham - Vice Chair
Sandra has worked with children for the past seventeen years, as a childminder for Social Services caring for special needs children, in a primary school supporting a child with special needs and at Woodfield School for Severe Learning Difficulties. She currently works in a mainstream secondary school in their special needs department. She also has a 17 year-old son who has cerebral palsy.
- Nina Parish - Secretary
Nina is a lecturer in French Studies at the University of Bath, where she teaches Cultural Studies and translation. She previously taught at the University of London, in Paris, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille.
- Dennis J. Layzell F.C.A. - Treasurer
Dennis is a retired Chartered Accountant whose career was mostly involved in shipping and now enjoys family, holidays, sport and gardening.
- Chris Raby - Child Protection
Chris is a registered nurse: she qualified as a RGN in 1978 and as a RSCN in 1994. She has spent most of her professional career working with sick children in the NHS where she held two senior nursing positions. She managed a range of children’s services for a local Mencap society from January 2002 until July 2007.
Playskill's team leader is:
- Andrea Clarke M.C.S.P. B.Phys (Hons)
Andrea began work as a qualified physiotherapist for the NHS in 1994 and specialised in paediatrics in 1996. She worked up to a senior level in the NHS and in 2001 became a private practitioner and worked as a consultant for the national charity, Whizz-Kidz. In 2004 she also became the lead physiotherapist for the PACE centre in Aylesbury (a charity for children with physical disabilities). Andrea established the Playskill pilot project in 2006. She continues to work as a consultant physiotherapist for the PACE centre, as a private practitioner, and for Whizz-Kidz on a consultancy basis.
Our documents and policies are available for all to access.
If you are interested in becoming a member please contact us.
