musician, retired teacher and school governor
Lynne grew up in Manchester and has a wide range of experience teaching and working with community groups. She worked for more than 30 years as a teacher and trainer in Community Education and has a particular interest in engaging young people as volunteers within community – especially intergenerational – projects.
She undertook a Masters in Social Science at Bradford – Dissertation title ‘Women and Citizenship’. She has always been interested in the Voluntary sector and worked as a regional Project Manager for Community Service Volunteers managing Barclays New Futures Schools Citizenship projects all over the North West. This scheme very often reached schools in great need and involved working with groups to share their particular vision to build a strong sense of identity and ownership through volunteering.
Amongst other things Lynne is an informal mentor for young musicians. A lifelong Member of the Musicians Union she also held the voluntary post of Music Officer (folk section) of the Union for over 20 years.
Lynne volunteers as a school Governor, enjoys walking and is a member of two Choirs. She is a keen musician and plays Irish Traditional Music on a regular basis.