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Our Staff

Shirley Metherell Shirley Metherell - CEO and Founder.

Shirley is the founder of The Elizabeth Foundation and pioneer of the family centred services that have made what The Elizabeth Foundation what it is today. Mother of Elizabeth, Shirley has dedicated more than two decades to spearheading the provision of early intervention for all deaf children.
  
Sally Moger - Resources and Business Development

Sally has overall responsibility for financial and resource management, including our relationships with public bodies. She works with colleagues on the senior management team to develop and deliver The Elizabeth Foundation's strategy and plans, and to ensure that appropriate resources are available for these. Sally also oversees the various legal/good practice compliance frameworks that are relevant to the Foundation's work, including governance and trusteeship matters, and manages many of the day to day issues arising in IT, maintenance, telecoms and other infrastructure matters.
  
Barb Hay Barb Hay - Teacher of the Deaf

Barb leads the Hampshire-based team of teachers and nursery assistants on a day to day basis, and is a member of the senior management team. With assistance from other teachers on the team, Barb ensures that children's progress is monitored and that curricula respond to the needs of children. Barb works with children and families on a one-to-one basis, delivering expert support and education that complements The Elizabeth Foundation's group sessions and other educational activities.
  
Margaret Southern Margaret Southern - Senior Teacher Yorkshire

Margaret leads The Elizabeth Foundation's team of teachers and nursery assistants at our Yorkshire centre, and deals with operational issues there on a day to day basis. Margaret ensures that children's progress is monitored and that curricula respond to the needs of children. She also works with children and families on a one-to-one basis, delivering expert support and education that complements The Elizabeth Foundation's group sessions and other educational activities.
  
Mary Blow Mary Blow - Teacher of the Deaf
  
Jayne Silvester Jayne Silvester - Teacher of the Deaf
  
Joanne Smith Joanne Smith - Teacher of the Deaf

  
Our Teachers of the Deaf deliver many of The Elizabeth Foundation's core services for deaf children and their families, including the group sessions for Babies, Toddlers and Pre School Children. They work with families to produce Individual Education Plans for each child, and deliver these through group and one-to-one sessions. They direct a team of nursery leaders and assistants.
  
Jane McIntyre Jane McIntyre - Nursery Leader
  
Amanda Storton Amanda Storton - Nursery Leader
  
Joanne Smith Safina Khaliq - Nursery Leader
  
Alison Robinson Alison Robinson - Fundraising and Finance

Alison organises the fundraising events that The Elizabeth Foundation runs annually, and also provides support to friends of The Elizabeth Foundation who run their own events on our behalf (eg: people running marathons, collecting sponsorships, arranging coffee mornings). She carries out the day to day finance recording and processing like bank reconciliations, purchase ledger and payroll.
  
awaiting image Pat Davey - Teacher of the Deaf (Home Learning Programme)

Pat uses her extensive experience and skills as a Teacher of the Deaf, to provide information, support and encouragement to families who have enrolled on our Home Learning Programme. Getting to know each family and their deaf child, she brings The Elizabeth Foundation to families who cannot reach one of our family centres on a regular basis.
  
Angela Walter Angela Walter - Desktop Publishing

Angela produces lots of our printed material including Home Learning Programme resources, adverts, newsletters, mailing inserts, and classroom resources.
  
  Julie Goddard - Administration and Clinics

Julie is one of our team of three Receptionists and Clinic Administrators at our Hampshire centre, working closely with our partners Portsmouth Hospital Trust in the delivery of paediatric audiology clinics and newborn hearing screening. She also assists with day to day finance recording tasks, helps to maintain our donor/supporter records, and carries out a range of secretarial duties.
  
Sue Westbury Sue Westbury - Administration and Clinics

Sue is a member of our Reception and Clinic Administration team (like Julie), and also co-ordinates our charitable collecting tins located at local stores and businesses.
  
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Jill Payne - Administration and Clinics

Jill is a member of our Reception and Clinic Administration team (like Julie and Sue), and also carries out secretarial duties to assist the teaching team.

  
awaiting image Karen Vaughan - Trust Fundraising

Karen prepares and co-ordinates applications to a wide range of grant-making trusts and organizations, to help fund The Elizabeth Foundation's charitable work and projects.
  
Our Volunteers

We are indebted to our band of volunteers, who use their special skills and commitment to help The Elizabeth Foundation give deaf children the chance to learn to talk. We are grateful to all our staff for their adaptability and varied talents, and for significant practical support throughout the year at our fundraising and promotional events which often take place during weekends and evenings.

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