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Our staff

Chief Executive Officer: Sally Smith

Sally leads the staff team, develops collaborative relationships with others working in our sector, and is responsible for the strategic direction and financial management of Peeple. She has been CEO since 2011 and has worked for the organisation since 2006. Sally has a background in research, including at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford. Her doctoral thesis was about the origins and uses of the ORIM framework (which underpins the Peep Learning Together Programme).
[email protected]    t 01865 395145  

Peep Training and Accreditation Team

National Training and Accreditation Manager: Liz Ersoy
Liz is responsible for the development, delivery, quality assurance and accreditation of Peep training and delivery support in the UK, Ireland and Australia. She worked within early learning, family support, staff training and management in Edinburgh for many years. Liz became Peeple's Training and Accreditation Manager in autumn 2021, after several years as a freelance Peep trainer, Peep Policy Officer then Family Learning Scotland manager. 
[email protected]   t 07483 119866  

Development Manager (England): Diane Campkin 
Diane is responsible for the development and delivery support of Peep Training in England. She has a long background in teaching in early years, as well as delivering training and support to other early years professionals. She joined Peeple as a freelance trainer before taking up her current role in June 2022.
[email protected]  t 07442 500693  

Development Manager (Scotland): Vivianne McWhinnie
Vivianne is responsible for the development and delivery support of Peep Training in Scotland.  Vivianne’s background is in Early Years, where she found her love for Peep. She has delivered a variety of groups for many years, as well as training and supporting other Early Years professionals. She began working for Peeple in April 2024.
[email protected]    t  07934587973        

Lead Trainer/ Implementation Support Manager: Debbie Rudman
Debbie is responsible for developing and delivering training and implementation support based on all Peep Programmes, contributing to new programme materials, developing and piloting new courses, and inducting and supporting Peeple trainers. Before this she spent many years as a Peep practitioner in groups and Stay and Plays.
[email protected]    t 07774 329292

Qualifications Manager: Debbie Holmes
Debbie leads on the Peep Progression Pathway qualification units for parents, and the Peep Learning Together Programme accreditation for practitioners. She became a passionate advocate for Peep after delivering the Peep programme and parent accreditation to families whilst working as an Early Years teacher in both inner-city schools and children's centres. 
[email protected]   t 07578 285002  

Trainers and Training Administrators
We have a network of trainers based around the UK and Ireland who work for Peeple on a sessional basis. They are experienced in working with families, and the use of Peep programmes. Several of our trainers also co-ordinate delivery of the Programme within their local authority area, and deliver the training locally within a Peep Training and Support Agreement.
Our training administrators are central to the smooth organisation of Peep training and of both parent and practitioner accreditation.
[email protected]  t 01865 397970

Communications and Development Teams

Communications Manager: Charlotte Holmes and Communications Officer: Keira Garrigan
Charlotte and Keira are responsible for communications which support the delivery of Peep programmes, including the Peeple website, newsletters and social media, and for marketing Peep training.
Charlotte has worked in various roles at Peeple over the past twenty years, and has a background in psychology, literacy and education.  
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Keira joined Peeple in 2022, bringing her experience of content creation, digital marketing, writing and sharing her passion for getting children outdoors connecting with nature. 
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[email protected]   t 01865 397976    

Project Manager - Exploring Together (STEM): Katy Baker
Katy leads on the development of our new Exploring Together (STEM) Programme (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and previously on several other Peep projects including Early Steps Together and the Peep Learning Together Programme.  She has a background in community learning and development, early years education, and adult and family learning.
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Funding and Operational Team

Finance Manager: Charlotte Oates
[email protected] or [email protected]  t 01865 397978

​HR Manager: Chloe Roberson
Chloe leads on HR across Peeple, helping to simplify policies and processes, tackle organisational challenges, and make sure staff feel valued and well supported in their roles. She is particularly interested in social mobility and equal opportunity, and volunteers as a children’s reader in her spare time.
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Policy and Fundraising Lead: Chloe Lidbetter
Chloe leads on building funding partnerships and analysing policy, so we can maximise our impact and ensure families' needs are met locally and nationally. Before working for Peeple, Chloe worked as a researcher into gendered inequality for Magdalen College Oxford, and supported undergraduate students across Oxford and Buckinghamshire for charity UCCF. 
[email protected]   t 01865 592567  

Peep Delivery and Early Education and Childcare in Oxfordshire

Local Delivery Manager: Camille Kalaja
Camille is responsible for our work with families in the Leys and Rose Hill areas of Oxford.
[email protected]   t 01865 397971  or m 07515 410278

Early Education and Childcare Manager (Oxfordshire): Lindsey Hart
Lindsey manages our Little Peeple Nursery in Littlemore, Oxford, and previously managed the Red Kite Children’s Centre in Thame on our behalf. She is an experienced NNEB and has set up and managed day nurseries at the local school and FE college, where she also lectured in Childcare and Education.  
[email protected]  t 01865 397972

Educational consultant: Helen Stroudley
Helen is the educational consultant on behalf of Peeple for CBeebies' The Baby Club and The Toddler Club, and Moonbug's Little Baby Bum. She previously delivered Peep programmes and training, and managed local Peep delivery, and has previous experience as a nursery nurse (NNEB). 
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Administrators and Practitioners
At the Peeple Centre, we have a team of experienced administrators and Peep practitioners who work with local families and settings in and around Oxford, including in our Little Peeple Nursery. 
[email protected]   t 01865 395145

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