Local Authority Playwork Training Officers

Updated September 2008

Bracknell Forest Social Care and Learning, Early Years Childcare & Play
Contact: Marie McWade - Workforce Development Manager
Tel: 01344 354191
Email: marie.mcwade@bracknell-forest.gov.uk

Brighton and Hove Early Years & Childcare
Contact: Andrew Parfitt - Workforce Development Officer
Tel: 01273 294263
Email: andrew.parfitt@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Buckinghamshire Early Years & Childcare
Contact: Shetha Haider - Workforce Development Manager
Tel: 01296 382408
Email: shaider@buckscc.gov.uk

East Sussex EYDCP
Contact: Emily Saldanha
Tel: 01323 747497
Email: emily.saldanha@eastsussex.gov.uk

Hampshire Early Education & Childcare Unit
Contact: Kirsty Stickley/Debbie Simmonds
Tel: 01962 813864
Email: kirsty.stickley@hants.gov.uk and debbie.simmonds@hants.gov.uk

Isle of Wight EYDCP
Contact: Irene Parrish
Tel: 01983 533624
Email: irene.parrish@iow.gov.uk

Kent Advisory Service 
Contact: Sue Ogilvie - Training Officer
Tel: 07917 038193 
Email: susan.ogilvie@kent.gov.uk

Medway EYDCP
Contact: Lesley Kedge
Tel: 01634 306000
Email: lesley.kedge@medway.gov.uk

Milton Keynes Early Years & Childcare
Contact: Tammie Redman
Tel: 01908 253784
Email: tammi.redman@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Oxfordshire Early Learning & Childcare
Contact: Amanda Powell - Childcare Development Officer (OOS and Playwork)
Tel: 01865 815811
Email: amanda.powell@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Portsmouth City Early Years & Childcare Early Excellence
Contact: Liz Burchette
Tel: 02392 674579
Email: elizabeth.burchett@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Reading Quality Team, Early Years & Extended Schools Service
Contact: Linda Grover - Training & Workforce Development Manager
Tel: 0118 937 6884
Email: linda.grover@reading.gov.uk

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Early Years & Childcare Service
Contact: Jo Elsey - Training Officer
Tel: 01628 781430
Email: jo.elsey@rbwm.gov.uk

Slough Surestart Unit
Contact: Hazel Thorpe - Workforce Development Coordinator
Tel: 01753 476581
Email: hazel.thorpe@slough.gov.uk

Southampton Early Years Development & Childcare Team
Contact: Kay Watling
Tel: 02380 832148
Email: k.watling@southampton.gov.uk

Surrey Early Years & Childcare Service
Contact: Stacey Westbrook
Tel: 01372 833807 - Workforce Development Officer 
Email: staceywestbrook@surrey.gov.uk

West Berkshire Early Years & Childcare
Contact: Teresa Talmage
Tel: 01635 519067
Email: ttalmage@westberks.gov.uk

West Sussex Early Childhood Service
Contact: Lynn Grinsted - Workforce Development Officer
Tel: 01243 520803
Email: lynn.grinsted@westsussex.gov.uk

Wokingham Workforce Development
Contact: Bridget Robinson
Tel: 0118 974 6145
Email: bridget.robinson@wokingham.gov.uk