The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory will be hosting the first meeting of its Stakeholder Advisory Council.
The Council is an advisory body of stakeholders in the wider family justice system in England and Wales. Its purpose is to ensure that the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory is rooted in the experience and expertise of professionals who work in the wider family justice system and children and families who experience it first-hand.
Members of the Stakeholder Advisory Council
Jenny Coles, ADCS
Marian Parry Hughes, All Wales Heads of Children’s Services (AWHOCS)
Sarah Coldrick, Association for Fostering and Adoption AFA Cymru
Siobhan Kelly, Association of Lawyers for Children
Katharine Sacks-Jones, Become
Matthew Pinnell, Cafcass Cymru
Jonathan Scourfield, Cascade, Cardiff University
John Simmonds, Coram-Baaf
HHJ Laura Harris, Council of Circuit Judges
Nav Mirza, Dads Unlimited
Michael Lewkowicz, Families Need Fathers
Jennifer Gibbon-Lynch, Family Justice Young People’s Board
Cathy Ashley, Family Rights Group
Lucy Peake, Grandparents PLUS
Chris Simmonds, Judicial College
Ms Justice Alison Russell, Judicial College
Jo Easton, Magistrates Association
Suzanne Griffiths, National Adoption Service for Wales
Corienne Strange, National Adoption Service for Wales
Anna Edmundson, NSPCC
Rachel Thomas, Office of the Children’s Commissioner, Wales
Michelle Lefevre, Sussex Quality Circle
Rachel Rogers, Resolution
Olive Craig, Rights of Women
Sue Evans, Social Care Wales
Dr Julie Doughty, Transparency Project
Alistair Davey, Welsh Govt/Chair of Family Justice Network
Albert Heaney, Welsh Govt/Chair of Family Justice Network
