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Daycare Trust trainers

All Daycare Trust trainers are experienced trainers and experts in their field of knowledge, gained through practical experience of working in the childcare sector and through consultancy and project work on a national and local level with policy makers and service providers and commissioners. 

Our regular trainers are:

Diane Dixon

Diane Dixon has worked in and with the public and third sectors for over 25 years and has focussed on assisting public authorities with the implementation of key policy initiatives and legislation, especially those affecting children, young people and their families, whilst continuing to work on a range of subject matters across the public, voluntary and private sectors. Equalities and diversity are a central element in her portfolio and she is regarded as a national leader in the implementation of Aiming High for Disabled Children. She acted as strategic adviser and project manager to one of the 10 Disabled Children’s Access to Childcare (DCATCH) national pilots and undertook evaluations of two of the others. She has extensive experience of qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis, is trained in Social Return on Investment assessment and specialises in measuring outcomes and impact of services.  She is also an information and advice professional and holds an MA in Politics and a Diploma in Community Education (Youth and Community). 

Roz Hampson

Roz Hampson has over 10 years experience of advice and information work, including the management of three national advice services for parents and carers, the development and delivery of training courses for professionals and service users and managing time-limited funded projects. She has extensive knowledge of social security and employment rights for families, with specialist knowledge of maternity rights.

Her project management experience includes setting up and delivering a national maternity rights advice line; the production of information resources including factsheets for a variety of audiences, resource packs and online toolkit for professionals, translated audio guides for parents, website content and training materials; the Childcare Advance research project into the impact of up-front childcare costs parents face when they start work and she is currently co-ordinating a network of work peer support projects across England. 

Julie Revels

Julie has designed and delivered training and supported Continuing Professional Development for over 22 years in education and childcare. She has worked with many well known national children’s organisations to offer training for those working with disabled children and their parents. She currently works as a tutor for a Foundation degree module course ‘Including children with special needs and disabilities in the Early years’ as well as the Nationally accredited Masters modules for Special Educational Needs Coordinators in schools. Her role as a consultant in the field of childcare has enabled her to explore closely the areas of knowledge and confidence required to provide high quality services for disabled children, young people and their families.

Donna Sheldon - DMS Consulting

Over the past 17 years Donna has trained and shared good practice with a range of childcare practitioners, professionals, consultants and organisations nationally.  She has extensive experience of writing and delivering training materials, specifically for the childcare sector.  Working nationally with all types of childcare providers, she has developed an in-depth understanding of the common issues faced by childcare providers and the solutions that have supported sustainable provision.  She has supported childcare providers individually to evaluate sustainability issues and develop realistic business plans to secure sustainable provision.  Through working with a number of local authorities, PCT’s and childcare organisations she has developed a thorough knowledge of the sector including, government policy, legislation, occupational and quality standards and frameworks.

Ann Munday

Ann is a professional project manager and trainer with over 15 years experience of project management in Local Authorities, Education and the NHS Strategic Health Authority. She is the author and co author of several impact analyses and strategic reports, with recommendations for forward planning.  

She has an extensive background in childcare and is a national speaker at conferences, seminars and workshops. Her work as a former Chair of the National Association of Family Information Services makes her ideally suited to training on childcare issues.

David Dallimore

David Dallimore has been working strategically in the early years education and childcare field for the past 12 years supporting government and local authorities across England and Wales in developing and sustaining quality services.

Recent projects have included:

• Early Years & Childcare Workforce Research for the Care Council for Wales as part of the Council’s Sector Skills Agreement
• Development of Children’s Centre Area Profiling for Trafford Children & Young People’s Service
• Research examining the barriers to childcare use for disabled children and their families for National Childminding Association
• Childcare Sufficiency Assessments in Cheshire West, Bridgend, Trafford, Salford, Blackpool and Sefton.

David is also currently working on a research PhD at Bangor University examining social policy issues relating to parents’ choices of childcare in Wales.

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