Meet the ACT Team

Director

Neil is a director of ACT Education. He has over 20 years of experience in health, social care and security management.

He specialises in risk management, the management of violence and aggression and physical interventions.

Director/Safeguarding Team Member

Amy is a director at ACT Education. With 20 years of experience in specialist education, she has a passion for providing excellence in training delivery to all learners and employers.

She is the driving force behind our amazing team of tutors and ensures that the same passion is embedded throughout the ACT Education team.

Along with her job role she is also readily available as a safeguard team member, She oversees the implementation of policies and procedures to prevent abuse and neglect, and provides support to those who have experienced harm.

Managing Director

Blake has worked in the education sector for over 20 years starting as a trainer in the engineering sector to working his way through to management and then senior management in some of the largest training and education providers in the North East. He is passionate about improving the learner journey and forging strong relationships with employers to ensure the continual development of staff and businesses.

Quality Director

Alan is a highly experienced EQA, IQA and Assessor working with numerous awarding bodies. Alan works as quality lead supporting and promoting the active training interventions developed by the group and assist the learners progression.

Head of Operations/Safeguarding Team Member

Donna has worked in administration her whole career and has held a number of secretarial and personal assistant positions in her career, supporting legal teams and executives in different sectors.

Donna is a member of the domestic violence champions network supported by Northumbria police. She attends twice annual meetings and regularly attends training courses to keep her knowledge current.

Tutor/Trainer/Safeguarding Team Member

With over 30 years of experience in the care industry, Leanne has gradually worked her way up through various roles in the care sector. She meets all training needs and betters all our learners skills.

She is a member of the local authority sab and regularly attends the meetings bringing back this vital information to the team.

Content Creator Tutor

Amy is a member of the Creative Content Apprenticeship Team and has trained students of all backgrounds in the digital sector for over 6 years. Passionate about storytelling in digital spaces, her goal is to help her learners better understand their creative abilities and translate these through content produced for a modern digital marketing strategy.

Content Creator Tutor

Anthony is a member of the Creative Content Apprenticeship Team, bringing his knowledge of graphic design, web design, marketing and digital art with him. Currently,

Anthony also has the skills to assist ACT in developing their website and assist with all design inquiries. He has been a graphic designer for the past few years, working in advertising, website construction, digital art and content creation.

Content Creator/Administration Assistant

Ben ensures all of ACT’s content is updated and frequent. As our main content creator, Ben is in charge of capturing content and making it readily available to our followers. Ben also handles administration responsibilities such as supporting training days, producing training certificates and hosting other important admin duties.

Tutor/Trainer

Paul is an assessor, facilitating and assessing diplomas in health and social care up to level 5. Paul has in-depth knowledge of challenging behaviours, learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders.

Care Tutor

Paula is a knowledgeable care professional offering practical communicative and administration skills.

Paula is a reliable and collaborative team member; Paula is devoted and skilled at building strong client relationships through attentive and compassionate tutoring.

Care Tutor

Graham started with us as a learner, his experience in the care sector displays his own personal development.

With this regard he is now focusing on training needs using his own development as an example to his leaner group.