Dame Gillian Pugh
Dame Gillian Pugh retired in 2005 as Chief Executive of Coram Family, the
leading children's charity which aims to develop and promote best practice in
the care and support of very vulnerable children and their families. She worked
previously at the National Children's Bureau where she was responsible for a
broad range of work in the children's field, especially services for young
children and support for parents. Over the past 30 years Gillian has advised
governments in the UK and overseas on the development of policy for children and
families and has published widely. Her most recent book is London's
Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital. She is
currently working with the Local Government Association to support the
implementation of the new children's agenda through the Narrowing the Gap
project.
Gillian is an advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee for children, schools and families and to the Department for Children, Schools and Families. She is a member of the Children's Workforce Development Council, and is on the Board of the Training and Development Agency for Schools. She is chair of the National Children's Bureau, visiting Professor at the Institute of Education and chairs the advisory committee for the two year national review of primary education. Gillian was a founder member and chair of the Parenting Education & Support Forum (now Parenting UK ) and a trustee of the National Family & Parenting Institute until 2006. She was awarded the DBE in 2005 for services to children and families.
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