Meet the team
Bolton Start Well Service - Helen Shearer
HEAD OF START WELL: STRATEGIC LEAD FOR EARLY YEARS
Helen is the Head of Start Well: Strategic Lead for Early Years in Bolton.
View profileBolton Start Well Service - Laura Wright
START WELL EARLY YEARS AND CHILDCARE ADVISER
Laura is the Start Well Early Years and Childcare Adviser for Bolton Start Well Service.
View profileEYCLDS - Alice Sheikh
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY ASSISTANT
Alice is a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant for the Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS).
View profileEYCLDS - Angela Maher
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY ASSISTANT
Angela is a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant for the Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS).
View profileEYCLDS - Caroline Stowell
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST AND TEAM LEADER
Caroline has been a Speech and Language Therapist for 10 years and has worked as a Team Leader within Bolton since 2016.
View profileEYCLDS - Halimah Omarjee
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST
Halimah is a Speech and Language Therapist working in the Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS).
View profileEYCLDS - Jaime Burkhill
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY ASSISTANT
Jaime is a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant for the Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS).
View profileEYCLDS - Jennifer Dickinson
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY ASSISTANT
Jennifer is a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant for the Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS).
View profileEYCLDS - Kathryn Barter
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST
Kathryn is a Speech and Language Therapist who has worked for the Bolton Start Well Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS) since May 2019.
View profileEYCLDS - Maariyah Arshad
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST
Maariyah is a Speech and Language Therapist who has worked for Bolton Start Well Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS) since 2019.
View profileEYCLDS - Sarah McCole
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY ASSISTANT
Sarah is a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant for the Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS).
View profileEYCLDS - Widad Kablan
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST
Widad Kablan is a Speech and Language Therapist for the Bolton Start Well Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS).
View profileQuality and Outcomes - Debbie Magee
START WELL EARLY YEARS CONSULTANT
Debbie is a Start Well Early Years Consultant delivering the Quality and Outcomes offer to EYFS funded providers.
View profileQuality and Outcomes - Jane Howarth
START WELL EARLY YEARS CONSULTANT
Jane is a Start Well Early Years Consultant delivering the Quality and Outcomes offer to EYFS funded providers.
View profileQuality and Outcomes - Lyndsey Longworth
START WELL EARLY YEARS COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE SENIOR CONSULTANT
Lyndsey is a Start Well Early Years Communication and Language Senior Consultant for the Early Years Communication and Language Development Team (EYCLDS).
View profileQuality and Outcomes - Pamela Graveson
START WELL EARLY YEARS CONSULTANT
Pamela is a Start Well Early Years Consultant delivering the Quality and Outcomes offer to EYFS funded providers.
View profileQuality and Outcomes - Sheron Kantor
START WELL QUALITY AND OUTCOMES SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sheron Kantor's role focuses on our EYFS offer for schools and providers and delivering professional development activities across the sector.
View profileSEND - Alex Baxter
START WELL SEND MANAGER
Alex is a Start Well Manager with responsibility for supporting providers to improve outcomes for children with SEND.
View profileSEND - Jo Brown
EARLY YEARS SEND HUB COORDINATOR
Jo is an Early Years SEND Hub Coordinator at Bolton Council and trainer for the Bolton Start Well Service.
View profileSEND - Suzanne Pendleton
START WELL LEAD FOR SEND AND INCLUSION
Suzanne is the Start Well Lead for SEND and Inclusion with responsibility for developing inclusive practice across the early years sector, including the implementation of the SEND Code of Practice.
View profileSpeaking at our conference in March 2024: Alison Matthews
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST AND SENIOR DIRECTOR OF TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES CIC
During our conference in March 2024, Alison will provide an introduction to multisensory storytelling - theory and practice supporting communication; with support from colleague Rhiannon Matthews.
View profileSpeaking at our conference in March 2024: Neil Griffiths
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, AUTHOR AND CREATOR OF STORYSACKS
During our conference in March 2024, participants will hear from Neil about the power of reading. The session will provide opportunity to explore: the role of adults in helping children become life-long readers; read aloud techniques and how to help children make reading choices.
View profileSpeaking at our conference in March 2024: Rhiannon Matthews
REGISTERED PLAY THERAPIST AND FOREST SCHOOL PRACTITIONER
During our conference in March 2024, Rhiannon will provide an introduction to multisensory storytelling - theory and practice supporting communication; with support from colleague Alison Matthews.
View profileSpeaking at our conference in March 2024: Sally Tonge
STORYTELLER, MUSICIAN AND COMMUNITY ARTIST
During our conference in March 2024, storyteller Sally Tonge, creator of Story Sticks will share ideas and technique around improvising and harvesting ideas to make meaning. Participants will explore what is possible with Story Sticks and will take part in: a warming up exercises; sharing nursery rhymes; using sticks to beat time and play actions; story creation, and how to finish a Storytime session. Join this workshop to find out how Story Sticks capture visual and signed, playful and kinaesthetic language in children.
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