Meet the team
Alex Baxter
START WELL SEND MANAGER
Alex Baxter is a Start Well Manager with responsibility for supporting providers to improve outcomes for children with SEND.
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Ann Monckton
CHILDCARE PARTNERSHIP OFFICER
Ann Monckton is Childcare Partnership Officer for the Bolton Start Well Service.
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Anna Ephgrave
EXTERNAL CONSULTANT AND TRAINER
Anna Ephgrave has been teaching for over 27 years and works with Bolton Start Well on a number of courses.
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Caroline Stowell
TEAM LEADER (SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST)
Caroline has been a Speech and Language Therapist for 10 years and has worked as a Team Leader within Bolton since 2016.
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Dawn France
START WELL EARLY YEARS AND CHILDCARE ADVISER
Dawn France is an Early Years and Childcare Adviser with a particular focus on early intervention, inclusion and SEND in the early years.
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Georgina Tunn-Rutter
START WELL SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPIST
Georgina is a Speech and Language Therapist and joined the Bolton Start Well team in 2018.
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Gill Scowcroft
OUTREACH TEACHER
Gillian Scowcroft is an Outreach Teacher at Ladywood Special School and trainer for the Bolton Start Well Service.
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Helen Shearer
START WELL PROFESSIONAL LEAD (EARLY YEARS EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE)
Helen Shearer is the Start Well Professional Lead (Early Years Education & Childcare) and an Early Years and Childcare Adviser.
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Jane Howarth
START WELL EARLY YEARS CONSULTANT
Jane Howarth is a Start Well Early Years Consultant delivering the Quality and Outcomes offer to EYFS funded providers.
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Janet Birchall
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Janet Birchall is a Workforce Development Manager at Bolton Council and trainer for the Bolton Start Well Service.
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Jo Brown
EARLY YEARS SEND HUB COORDINATOR
Jo Brown is an Early Years SEND Hub Coordinator at Bolton Council and trainer for the Bolton Start Well Service.
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Karen Presto
INTEGRATED WORKING TEAM MANAGER
Karen Presto is an Integrated Working Team Manager at Bolton Council and trainer for the Bolton Start Well Service.
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Kathryn Catterall
START WELL SENIOR COMMS & LANGUAGE CONSULTANT
Kathryn Catterall is a Senior Communication and Language Consultant for the Start Well Service.
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Laura Wright
START WELL EARLY YEARS & CHILDCARE ADVISER
Laura Wright is a Start Well Early Years and Childcare Adviser for Bolton Start Well Service.
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Lorna Llewellyn
START WELL SENIOR SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPIST
Lorna Llewellyn is a Senior Speech and Language Therapist, who has worked in Bolton for over 20 years.
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Lyndsey Longworth
START WELL EARLY YEARS CONSULTANT
Lyndsey Longworth is a Start Well Early Years Consultant delivering the Quality and Outcomes offer to EYFS funded providers.
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Pamela Graveson
START WELL COMMUNICATIONS AND LANGUAGE CONSULTANT
Pamela Graveson is a Communications & Language Consultant in the Bolton Start Well Service.
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Sheron Kantor
START WELL QUALITY & OUTCOMES SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sheron's role focuses on our EYFS offer for schools and providers and delivering professional development activities across the sector.
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Susan Holden
START WELL QUALITY AND OUTCOMES SENIOR CONSULTANT
Susan Holden is a Start Well Quality and Outcomes Senior Consultant
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Tricia Wellings
TRAINER WITH MBK CONSULTANTS AND EARLY YEARS PROVIDER
Tricia has worked in early years for over 19 years.. She currently owns three day nurseries and four Out of School Clubs. Tricia opened the training and consultancy company four years ago, in order to support the development of the teams.
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