Early Support training providers 

Last updated 10 November 2008

The training providers listed below have been approved to provide some or all of the courses now available. You can also contact them for information about introductory courses for those with little knowledge or experience of Early Support.

Please note that training providers will arrange courses across the country – you do not necessarily need to contact the provider nearest to you.

Course 1 - Working in Partnership through Early Support - Accredited programme
Course 2 - Working in Partnership through Early Support - Non- accredited training
Course 3 - Using the service audit tool
Course 4 - Using the monitoring protocol for deaf babies and children
Course 5 - Using the developmental journal for babies and young children with Down syndrome
Course 6 - Using the developmental journal for babies and young children with visual impairment 
P - Parents'  workshops

Click here for trainers providing the Supporting children with additional needs and with disabilities course.

Name and organisation	Contact details	1	2	3	4	5	6	P
National
Sue Lewis Consortium of ES Trainers	broughton@btinternet.com Click here for more information	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kim Bevan Bevan Associates	kim@bevanassociates.co.uk	*	*	*				*
Julian Hallett Down's Syndrome Association	julian.hallett@downs-syndrome.org.uk		*	*		*
Sue Buckley Down Syndrome Educational Trust	sue.buckley@downsed.org					*
Trisha Cope Ewing Foundation	trishac@ewing-foundation.org.uk		*	*	*
Alison Salt and Naomi Dale Great Ormond Street Hospital	a.salt@ich.ucl.ac.uk dalen@gosh.nhs.uk						*
Kate Sparling Hempsall Consultancies Ltd Leicester	info@hempsallconsultancies.com www.hempsallconsultancies.com	*	*	*
Mary Kean Newborn Hearing Screening Programme	mary.kean@manchester.ac.uk	*	*	*	*
Nicola Gibson Pre-school Learning Alliance	Nicola.Gibson@pre-school.org.uk For more information click here	*	*	*	*	*	*
Julie Jennings RNIB	julie.jennings@rnib.org.uk						*
Suzanne Jones Scope	suzanne.jones@scope.org.uk	*	*	*				*
Claire Edwards SNIP	Claire.Edwards@luht.scot.nhs.uk snip@btinternet.com Read more about SNIP here	*	*	*
London and South East
Name and organisation	Contact details	1	2	3	4	5	6	P
Ruth Watson Barnados Hamara Project, Walthamstow	Ruth.watson@barnardos.org.uk	*	*	*
Cherry Hall Bracknell and Wokingham College Berkshire	cherry.hall@bracknell-forest.gov.uk		*	*
David Goosey The Change Agency	d.goosey@tca.uk.com		*	*
Sally Harrison Early Support Bromley	Espp.general@phoenixsch.org.uk	*	*	*	*	*	*
Julie Morehead East Sussex	julie.morehead@eastsussex.gov.uk	*	*	*				*
Jane Holford Early Support Essex	jane.holford@essexcc.gov.uk	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ashley Southwick and Miriam McDonagh Enfield	Ashley.southwick@enfield.gov.uk miriam.mcdonagh@enfield.gov.uk	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Linda Fisher Hertfordshire (formerly Early Support Essex)	linda.fisher@hertscc.gov.uk	*	*	*	*
Elaine Killerby Merton	Elaine.Killerby@merton.gov.uk	*	*	*				*
Frances Boto and Mary Walters Sutton	fran.boto@sutton.gov.uk mary.walters@sutton.gov.uk	*	*	*
Zoe Hale and Rosemary Jiggins Waltham Forest Early Years, Walthamstow	Zoe.Hale@WF-PCT.nhs.uk Rosemary.Jiggins@walthamforest.gov.uk	*	*	*		*	*
Jacqui Bremner White Lodge, Surrey	jbremner@whitelodgecentre.co.uk		*
South West
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Viv Streeter BIBIC, Somerset	Vivienne.streeter@bibic.org.uk		*	*
Lindsey Howell Dorset, Poole and Bournemouth	l.m.howell@dorsetcc.gov.uk	*	*	*
Sharon Powis Training Consultant	Sharon.powis@btinternet.com		*	*				*
Julia Quartley Wiltshire County Council	juliaquartley@wiltshire.gov.uk	*	*	*				*
Midlands and East Anglia
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Mary Campbell Early Support Leicester City	Mary.Campbell@leicester.gov.uk	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Karen Wooddisee and Anna Gill Training Consultants, Norfolk	Karen@bness-solutions.co.uk Click here for more information	*	*	*		*	*	*
Sara Clark Norfolk	sara.clark@norfolk.gov.uk	*	*	*	*	*	*
Liz Donoghue North East Lincolnshire	Liz.donoghue@barnardos.org.uk	*	*	*				*
Mo O’Neill- Fawcett North Lincolnshire	Maureen.O'neill-Fawcett@northlincs.gov.uk	*	*	*
Karen Unwin Nottinghamshire County Council	karen1.unwin@nottscc.gov.uk	*	*	*
Annette English or Fiona Holmes West Midlands Early Support Training Consortium	aenglish@discover.co.uk fholmes@solihull.gov.uk See more details here	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Wendy Messenger University of Worcester	w.messenger@worc.ac.uk	*	*	*
North
Name and organisation	Contact details	1	2	3	4	5	6	P
Julia Dunlop Blackpool	julia.dunlop@blackpool.gov.uk	*	*					*
Karen Sullivan Bradford	karen.sullivan@bradford.gov.uk	*	*	*
Mike Coyle CENTRA, Lancashire	mikec@centra.org.uk	*	*	*	*			*
Lindsey Winterton Early Support Cumbria	earlysupport@cumbriacc.gov.uk		*		*	*	*
Helen Gordon FINE Regional Partnership North East	helen.gordon. regionaltrainingbrokerage@ntlworld.com	*	*
Kath Ingleby and Richard Whitehead Gateshead	kath.ingleby@ghpct.nhs.uk richardwhitehead@gateshead.gov.uk	*	*	*				*
Colette Gollcher Gollcher Associates North West	Colette@gollcherassociates.co.uk	*	*	*				*
Julie Hutchinson Hartlepool	Julie.Hutchinson@hartlepool.gov.uk	*	*	*				*
Sue Cawkwell KIDS Yorks and Humberside	suec@kids-yorkshire.org.uk			*				*
Joy Bottomley Kirklees	joy.bottomley@kirklees.gov.uk	*	*	*
Tricia Smith Middlesbrough	Tricia_Smith@middlesbrough.gov.uk	*	*	*
June Allen Early Support North Tyneside	june.allen@northtyneside.gov.uk	*	*	*	*	*		*
Tina Smith North Yorkshire	tina.smith@northyorks.gov.uk		*	*		*	*
Alison Lewis Redcar and Cleveland	alison_lewis@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk	*	*	*				*
Jackie Parkin Rotherham	jackie.parkin@rotherham.gov.uk	*	*					*
Sara Bishop Stockton-on-Tees	sara.bishop@stockton.gov.uk	*	*	*				*
Liz Clarke Sunderland	liz.clarke@sunderland.gov.uk	*	*	*				*
Tracy Murphy-Jones Wigan Council	T.Murphy-Jones@wiganmbc.gov.uk	*	*	*
Christine Clarke and Jess Haslam City of York Council	christine.clarke@york.gov.uk jessica.haslam@york.gov.uk	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
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