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  1. About us
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Team

Today Autism Bedfordshire employs 21 office staff and over 150 staff and volunteers to deliver our services to autistic children, young people and adults.

The day-to-day running of the charity is carried out by our office staff:

Chief Executive - Emma Reade


Children’s Services 

       

Manager - Liz McTernan

Projects & Development Officer - Amy Gavin-Birch

Projects & Development Officer - Sam Pollock

Assistant Development Officer/Data Officer - Kate Osborne

Assistant Development Officer - Peter Tysoe


Adults’ Services 

             

Manager - Chris Stelling

Autism Advisor - Sally Cripsey

Sharna Raine - Course Lead and Service Manager

Employment Support Officer - Lorraine Endersby

Support Officer - Ian Baguley


Funding 

             

Manager - Gill Christmas

Photo coming soon - Corporate & Community Fundraiser - Sarah Grimes

Photo coming soon - Grants Officer - Ali Draper

Fundraising Assistant - Cathi Grover


Finance

Manager - Sharon Sturge

Finance Assistant - Debbie Haddow


Other   

Operations Manager for Luton VCS Consortium - Len Simkins

Autism Trainer - Mandy Higgs

Office Administrator - Liz Walters

Data Entry Officer - Philip Whiting


Field Staff

For our Children’s Services, we have dedicated teams of Support Workers and Volunteers supporting the children.  These teams are led by a Senior Team Leader and up to 3 Team Leaders.  The Team Leaders should have at least NVQ Level 3 in Child Care, or equivalent education and social care qualifications.  The Support Workers have to have at least NVQ Level 2 plus appropriate experience.

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Updated: 4th February, 2019

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Location: Luton Mall, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 2HN

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End: 14th April, 2019 at 12:00pm

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Location: Bedford Park, Kimbolton Road, Bedford, MK40 2PF

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Autism Bedfordshire
1 Hammond Road
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK41 0UD

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Helpline  01234 350704
General Enquiries  01234 214871

Email: [email protected]

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