Ann Brooker With a multiple family heritage embracing Malta, England, Jamaica and Sierra Leone, Ann is mother and home educator of a young multi-cultural son, as well as a passionate and conscientious researcher with a rich experience in the active support of diverse communities such as the BME Toddlers Groups, Home Education Growth & Development Education (HEDGE), ‘mover and shaker’ for GEMS – a local bartering system, and recently, project manager and administrative fund-raiser at CCDN. Other valuable administrative and research experience includes setting up a co-operative in Brighton; mother’s help for multi-cultural children; and taking on the essential role of motivator in creating a developmental framework in support of ESCC – a fostering team specifically for children and young people from various ethnicities and faiths, within which more efficient mapping and lack of dedicated resources could be identified. “I am always happy to combine my passion for equality and ecological issues within my work, and I am keen to expand my existing skills and capabilities within CCDN: not only as a home-educator and experienced carer of multi-cultural children and adolescents, but primarily exploring new and efficient possibilities for fund-raising and administration to further strengthen and keep the Network moving forward.” Back