Meet the team
We are rated Outstanding in
all areas by Ofsted
Meet the team
Catherine Cook
Chief Executive
Catherine is mum to Peter Pan graduate Eddie, who has Down’s syndrome. When Eddie moved on to school, Catherine didn’t want to leave the centre behind and was delighted to return as Fundraising and Communications Manager in 2019.
Now our Chief Executive, Catherine is honoured and proud to be able to bring her own experience to help families like her own at the very start of their special needs journey.
Sadie Clarke
Centre Manager
Sadie has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Childhood Studies. Working within the Early Years Sector for 14 years, in mainstream private nurseries and at the Peter Pan Centre since 2014, Sadie has a breath of knowledge in children’s development and supporting children with SEND.
Claire Addis
Fundraising Manager
Claire has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Geography and Economics, but discovered her love of charities when she spent a year volunteering across the globe. She has been fundraising for charities ever since, working in the sector for 20 years now. Together with Catherine, Claire will be working hard to ensure that we can continue to give some of our most vulnerable local children the best start in life.
Alice Holford
Deputy Centre Manager
Alice has a NCFE CACHE Level 4 certificate for the Early Years Advanced Practitioner. Alice initially completed her student placement with us and then began employment at the Centre in 2015. Alice has a keen interest in supporting children with a wide range of SEND and is our pro at teaching our team new songs using Makaton signing.
Kirsty Perry
Family Support Manager
Kirsty has a Bachelor of Arts with honours first class, in the study of early childhood. Kirsty’s passion for supporting our families has grown over her time at the Centre and she offers invaluable support and advice in her Family support role.
Michelle Hollins
Senior Specialist Practitioner
Michelle has a NVQ Level 3 in children’s care, learning and development. Michelle has worked at the Peter Pan Centre for over 10 years, and though she left us for childcare commitments for a short time when we were based at the Orme Centre, she missed us so much she was soon back! Michelle has in-depth knowledge about how to best support children with a wide range of SEND.
Demi Cooke
Family Support Practitioner
Demi has almost completed her BA Hons Childhood and Youth Professional studies with the University of Chester and has over 5 years of experience working within Early years.
Demi has a passion for supporting children with SEND because she has a little brother who has a diagnosis of additional needs.
Katie Bew
Specialist Practitioner
Katie has a Bachelor of Arts with second class honours in Early Childhood Studies and has worked within the SEND sector throughout her career, bringing a wide range of experience of supporting children of all ages and SEND to our team.
Laura Haslam
Specialist Practitioner
Laura has an EDI Level 3 NVQ in Children’s Care, Learning and Development. Laura has a wide range of experience of supporting children with SEND in mainstream settings before coming to work at Peter Pan in 2020.
Jason Bird
Specialist Practitioner
Jason has a Foundation degree in Arts & Education Teaching Assistant. Jason volunteered with us at the Centre before coming to work with us in 2019. Jason has a very calming nature working with the children.
Jackie Barker
Administrator
Jackie is a familiar face to our parents and visitors as has worked at Peter Pan for many years and is most people’s first point of contact with us as she manages our reception. Previously she worked at a school and she has a wealth of administration experience which she uses to support both the early years and fundraising teams here at the Centre.
Volunteers
Claire
Stay and Play Volunteer
“Peter Pan has always had a special place in my heart from when they supported me and my family when my son attended at the age of one. It gave me the opportunity to meet other families who were in similar situations, and the support that we received from the team was so positive and nothing was ever too much trouble, it made such a big difference to our journey.
My son left to go to school when he was 4 and now, I have the amazing opportunity to volunteer with the team, to help to give other families the support that made such a difference to us.”
Andrea
Charity Admin Volunteer
Andrea has been volunteering at the Peter Pan Centre since 2023 and helps with fundraising and charity administration. Andrea says, “I wanted to volunteer for a charity and as Peter Pan is a charity very close to my heart, I am really pleased to be able to use my spare time to help others.”
Julie
Early Years Volunteer
Julie has been a volunteer at the Peter Pan Centre for 11 years and enjoys it immensely. Julie says “The staff are super friendly, kind and helpful and I get a lot of satisfaction from my time spent there”.
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