Who’s Who?
Welcome to the CWU Education & Training Who's Who listing.
The CWU Education and Training Department is responsible for developing and providing our CWU activist training and education programme and for promoting lifelong learning opportunities for our members.
We work according to the policies set by the CWU membership each year at our Annual Conference and under the direction of the National Executive Committee.
The Education and Training Department is led by Trish Lavelle, who is the Head of Education and Training. Trish works with a team of 29 staff who all fulfil different roles, and who are all committed to making sure that you can have access to a really good experience of learning with your union.
Our staff work in the CWU Headquarters in Wimbledon, London, at the CWU Education and Training Centre at Alvescot Lodge in Oxfordshire, and in each of the 10 CWU regions.
For a guide to our Education and Training Centre at Alvescot Lodge, please click here.
To find out what we do and where we can be contacted, please click on the list as appropriate.
| Name | Job Title | Location |
| Trish Lavelle | Head of Education & Training | Headquarters/Alvescot |
| Lee Wakeman | Policy Assistant to the
Head of Education and Training |
Headquarters/Alvescot |
| Michelle Simpson | Senior Secretary | Headquarters |
| Maxine Todd | Course Administrator | Alvescot |
| Mary Wheeler | Reception / Admin Assistant | Alvescot |
| Rob Crew | IT and Facilities Technician | Alvescot |
| Tracey Wheeler | Catering Supervisor | Alvescot |
| Paul Dovey | Learning Project Manager (England) | Headquarters |
| Simon Massen | Learning Project Worker | Headquarters |
| Craig Anderson | Learning Project Worker | Scotland |
| Ray Atkinson | Learning Project Worker | Headquarters |
| Neil Coleby | Learning Project Worker | Headquarters |
| Kim Johnson | Learning Project Worker | Wales |
| Gerry Robinson | Learning Project Worker | Northern Ireland |
| Phil Sutton | Learning Project Worker | Headquarters |






