The PLACE Programme, and before PLACE our earlier home-education groups over a time-span of some 29 years (The PLACE Project, FSES-HE, BUSHE, BHE, Bedford Education Otherwise and Bedfordshire Education Otherwise), have all relied on the efforts and goodwill of parents in our group in order to operate smoothly and to give all of our PLACE children the best possible educational opportunities and experiences we can muster. Mutual support, cooperative organisation of outings and activities and sharing of tasks, resources and ideas have always been fundamental to our PLACE home-education programmes, past and present.

Please see the  PLACE Committee Leaflet for a more detailed look at the work of the committee.

PLACE Committee Nomination Form 2018

June McDonald

Chair

Home-education organiser in Bedfordshire since 1987; Bedfordshire Co-ordinator Education Otherwise for over fourteen years; Education Otherwise member since 1987; of HEAS since its inception; founder/Chairman Bedford Home Educators; PLACE Programme co-ordinator since the link with PLACE’s partner school/LA was first established. Home educated three of her children, two of whom were able to register with PLACE for GCSE support.

Marian Vaughn

Treasurer

Marian Vaughan has consistently been elected by PLACE families as Committee Treasurer since Bedford Home Educators was first established in 1999.

Julie Woolerson

Secretary

Shazia Jawaid

Committee Member and Safeguarding Monitor

Wendy Hurll

Committee Member

Bola Aganna

Committee Member and Safeguarding Monitor

Jackie Davies

Committee Member

Sarah Davidson

Committee Member

Wini Thomas

Committee Member

Lucy Grogan

Committee Member

Jakki Davies

In attendance – minute taker

Jakki joined the Committee as Secretary in 2014 and has been a PLACE parent for nine years.

Wini Thomas 2017 Safeguarding Officer