NNECL is delighted to welcome seven new members to our Board of Trustees, bringing a wealth of experience, fresh perspectives and a shared commitment to improving educational opportunities for care-experienced and estranged young people.
Our new trustees are Katherine Birch, Nathaniel Andrews, Nicola Collins, Emma Hall, Dawn Morgan, Fay Blyth and John Wallace.
Between them, they bring experience from further and higher education, children's social care, the NHS, financial services, research, public affairs and communications. Their knowledge spans frontline support for young people, institutional leadership, national policy, governance and organisational development.
Importantly, the new appointments also strengthen the representation of people with personal experience of care and estrangement within NNECL's governance. As NNECL continues to grow, our trustees will play an important role in helping us build on the progress made across our national network, strengthen partnerships and ensure that more care-experienced and estranged learners can access, enjoy and succeed in education.
The appointments come at an exciting time for NNECL, as we continue to develop our Quality Mark, strengthen our regional networks and work with education providers, policy makers and partners to address the barriers young people face throughout their educational journeys.
We are enormously grateful to our trustees for volunteering their time, knowledge and experience. We look forward to working together to make a lasting difference.
Please join us in giving Katherine, Nathaniel, Nicola, Emma, Dawn, Fay and John a very warm welcome to NNECL.