Special Needs Holiday Club
MEET THE TEAM
Our friendly, fun and skilled staff is our greatest asset at LS29 Time. They bring a wealth of training and experience to holiday club from their other roles in special education, preschools, playwork, social care, healthcare and more.
Many of them also have hobbies and interests that they share with the young people in sessions - from drumming to gymnastics! To get to know them better, please scroll through the staff profiles below.
We welcome job applications and volunteer and work experience enquiries from people with disabilities. We are a Level 1 Disability Confident employer. This means we automatically offer interviews to qualified disabled applicants, have an inclusive recruitment process and will make reasonable adjustments to accommodate additional needs.
We are a Living Wage employer.
We are always on the lookout for new talent. To enquire about joining the team, please email ls29timehr@gmail.com.
Jane Connop
Project Manager/ Sessional Manager
Jane does the background planning and HR for LS29 Time and runs many of the sessions. In term time she is also the Communication Manager at a local special school, helping children find their voices through speech, signing, symbols and more. Her favourite thing about LS29 Time is seeing all the young people arriving at the start of each holiday with big smiley happy faces, excited to reunite with the staff and ready to have a fun day.
Nicola Doherty
Sessional Manager
Alongside Jane C, Nicola runs the LS29 Time sessions. When she's not working at the club, she is the lead teacher for a primary school Resourced Provision for Autism. Her favourite memories of holiday club are water fights with families during our lockdown sessions at Curly Hill, and the trip to Jam on Top recording studio, when the young people signed along to the song Roar.
Tanya Young
Finance Officer
Tanya holds the purse strings at LS29 Time and has a professional background in book keeping and accounting. She is a trustee of LS29, one of the parents who launched holiday club, and the mum of a young man with additional needs. The best experience she's had at holiday club was helping out at the club's Wharfestock summer festival. It was such a fun day!
Jane Elliott
Fundraising and Marketing
With a background in copywriting, Jane looks after marketing and fundraising for LS29 Time. She is a trustee of LS29 and was involved in the launch of holiday club. She is mum to ten-year-old twins with additional needs. Her favourite memory from holiday club is visiting the fire station with the primary group and everyone sitting in the fire engine.
Faye Courtney
Keyworker
When she's not at LS29 Time, Faye is a higher level teaching assistant working across specialist resourced provisions in Bradford. She loved meeting all the families during our lockdown sessions at Curly Hill, and also really enjoys the music times at our regular sessions.
Sophie Kelly
Keyworker
Outside of LS29 Time Sophie is a student at Leeds Trinity University studying Working with Children, Young People and Families. She also enjoys volunteering with Girlguiding as a Rainbow Leader! Her favourite thing about LS29 Time is that it’s a really fun place to work, everyone is so supportive and lovely and there is never a dull moment! Seeing the young people enjoying themselves is by far the most rewarding part of the job.
Tricia Darlow
Supervisor
In term time, Tricia manages a busy little local Preschool. She loves meeting and learning about all the children and young people who come to LS29 Time and helping them have fun. Her favourite trip was to Jam on Top recording studio, when everyone got to listen to a live band, have a disco and play some musical instruments!
Hannah Hoare
Keyworker
Hannah works as an admin assistant at the University of Leeds when she's not at holiday club. Her favourite memory of working at LS29 Time was engaging with an autistic boy for the first time by joining in his game of racing toy cars: it was great to see him coming out of his shell and interacting with the world around him.
Hannah Lyons
Keyworker
In term time, Hannah is a practitioner at a local preschool. Her favourite memory of holiday club is looking around the room watching all the children engaged in their own way, (by swaying, waving arms, nodding, smiles and laughter) to a staff member telling the Stick Man story with accompanied signing . All the children, and staff too, were mesmerised and participating!
Saffy Iqbal
Supervisor
When she's not working with the young people with medical needs at LS29 Time, Saffy works at the Emergency Department at Airedale hospital. One of her favourite holiday club trips was to Hesketh Farm. The children got so much out of it and she really got to know the young person she was with. Such an amazing day!
Didem Gawtry
Keyworker/administrator
When she's not working for LS29 Time Dee is a senior office administrator for a primary school. She also helps out with the admin for LS29 Time, so you might hear from her when you make a booking! Her favourite trip with the club was to Stockeld Park. Massive grounds to walk around and explore and many activities and engaging scenery for children.
Ikraa Iqbal
Keyworker
Ikraa enjoys working with children and young people and has a background in working in primary schools. Her favourite thing about the club is how passionate both the managers are. She says they are considerate and cater for everyone’s needs, and put a lot of effort into planning activities to make it enjoyable for everyone.
Fiona Slater
Keyworker
Fiona works part-time for Bradford Children's Social Care as a community resource worker in a children and families team. Her favourite LS29 Time trip was to Jam on Top recording studio in Keighley. It was great to see how the young people joined in with the different activities and to see their confidence grow. The staff there were amazing and everyone enjoyed recording a jingle, announcing the local news and weather and participating in a fun quiz plus much more.