Introducing Cornwall’s PINS Locality Support Officers
Becca Hulbert
Becca is an actor, inclusion activist, community facilitator and parent. She is experienced in group facilitation, working for 7 years with parents and carers through her work with Wild Young Parents Project. She is skilled at running workshops with a creative solution focused approach. She is the creator and Artistic Director of the inclusive children’s theatre company ‘Arthur’s Club’, creator of the award-winning campaign, ‘Language Creates Reality’, is a Makaton Tutor and has lived experience of the SEND system with her son, who attends a local mainstream primary school in Cornwall.
Georgie Watson
Georgie is a neurodivergent parent of 2 neurodivergent children, who are both currently attending a mainstream primary school here in Cornwall. Alongside her lived experience, she has professional experience in project management for a local parent-focused CIC, chairing a local service-user committee in partnership with local NHS Kernow, patient & public voice expert roles with NHS England, best practice in community engagement & co-production facilitation, and family support during pregnancy, birth & early parenthood. She also has past voluntary experience in primary school governing and community & hospital infant feeding peer support.
Lauren Ladd
Lauren is an autism consultant, teacher and parent. She has spent most of her professional life working with and supporting neurodivergent families and individuals in Cornwall. She has worked in post-16 environments, mainstream schools and specialist provisions where she was head of inclusion, DDSL and family liaison. Lauren has also trained school staff teams on autism, autism and girls, and PDA – these training sessions have also taken her to speak as keynote at conferences on inclusion and social communication difficulties. Lauren is also a mum to 3 boys (twins and a singleton) and a very hairy dog!