Parenting Peace in London

Ann worked in the NHS for 22years she has a degree in nursing and is a qualified General Nurse(R.G.N), Sick Children’s Nurse (R.S.C.N) and Health Visitor (R.H.V). For 8 years she was in the acute sector her area of expertise was cardiothoracic medical and surgical care of babies and children in need of heart/lung transplants and corrective life saving surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

 In 1990 she retrained as a Health Visitor (HV) and moved into the community as she wanted to do more preventative work. She has been a HV for 15, years working primarily in South East London. Her main role was in health education and promotion, working with young families and the under 5’s.

In 2003 she moved from the health service into education and set up her own family business Happy Faces Montessori Ltd a preschool and Baby Unit in SE London. She sold both nurseries in 2008 to spend more time with her family.

Since then Ann has been self employed working as a lecturer, assessor, coach and mentor and inspector for various organisations.

These include Greenwich University where she lectured in Early Years in Leadership and Management and also acted as a mentor and assessor to the students on the various pathways during their studies to gain Early Years professional Status (EYPs). Ann herself has undergone this training and holds this status.     

Ann has been an assessor for the Montessori Evaluation and accreditation Board (MEAB) assessing preschools to see if they are adhering to the Montessori philosophy and teaching methods. She has also been a lead inspector for the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) ensuring that Schools are maintaining the welfare and safety of children along with delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS).

Since 2010 Ann has been running a personal development business Hope Dream Believe her niche areas are working with parents and other businesses. She loves helping others achieve their goals in life. Please visit www.hopedreambelieve.co.uk 

Ann also  has a degree in psychology and a masters degree in therapeutic counselling. Along with being a life coach and master practitioner of Neuro Linguistic programming (NLP). She believes in giving back to the community and has carried out a number of voluntary roles in her capacity as a counsellor, including working at Greenwich University (student counsellor), Bromley Y (a youth organisation), Queen Marys Hospital (counselling terminally ill cancer patients) and the P2b - place to be (school counsellor/play therapist).

Ann is currently working as a volunteer with the ‘Roots of Empathy’ teaching children about empathy through a ‘baby teacher’ as it is a proven method of reducing aggression and bullying in schools.  www.rootsofempathy.org

Ann is using all her knowledge skills and experience gained over the last 30 years in working with children and parents to launch her new business Parenting Peace as she believes you, the parent want to do the best for your children and she believes she can help you in that very important role. Please see www.parentingpeace.co.uk for more information or join Ann at www.facebook.com/parentingpeace

Ann is married to Chris and they have four children, Ben, Joe, Ollie and Sophie.