UKDPC Staff

Jaspal Dhani
Role: Chief Executive


Jaspal has worked in the disability field for 15 years, both at grass-roots and senior management levels. His experience includes organisational development, fundraising, policy development and working with strategic partners on issues such as independent living, inclusive education, employment, health policy and promoting diversity within services.


Jaspal has held a number of voluntary governance positions including with the Association of Wheelchair Children and Disability Network Hounslow. He is the current the Chairperson of Redbridge Disability Association and a Community Governor of Newbridge School. Alongside his commitment to promoting inclusion and the rights of disabled people, Jaspal manages and coaches a successful wheelchair basketball club in east London.


Stratford Advice Arcade, 107-109 The Grove, Stratford, London, E15 1HP
020 8522 7433
www.ukdpc.net
ceo@ukdpc.net




Corrie Pegg
Role: PA/Administrator


I have worked in the public and charitable sectors for over ten years, working in the field of diversity and inclusion. Prior to joining UKDPC, I have worked at the Greater London Authority and also with London 2012. Having had experience of working with disabled people and organisations mainly within the London area, I am looking forward to learning more about our community in the rest of the country.


Stratford Advice Arcade, 107-109 The Grove, Stratford, London, E15 1HP
020 8522 7433
www.ukdpc.net
corrie.pegg@ukdpc.net




Sara ElGaddari
Role: Information Coordinator

My current responsibilities include writing and producing UKDPC literature, website management and information provision. I'm passionate about taking forward our human rights agenda and I am excited at the challenges and activities ahead in our equal justice and capacity-building programmes.


PO Box 3693, Chester, CH1 9RJ
01244 346460
www.ukdpc.net
sara.elgaddari@ukdpc.net

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UKDPC Board of Trustees

Julie Newman
Role: UKDPC Acting Chair


Anne Novis
Role: UKDPC Trustee Director and Company Secretary

I represent an organisation called Educating for Equality and was elected onto the National Council several years ago now. I am committed to ensuring that UKDPC is a vibrant voice for disabled people and our own DPOs.


I lead in campaigning and advising public bodies on disability hate crime, domestic violence and abuse. My recent work involved co-producing the report ‘Getting Away with Murder, disabled people’s experiences of hate crime in the UK’. This report challenged government and justice services about the lack of justice experienced by disabled people.


I represent UKDPC on the following groups:

• Race for Justice, a national advisory group on hate crime to the Home Office.


• London Resilience Disability Advisory Group, advising on emergency planning.


• MPA Hate Crime Forum, ensuring best practice on hate crimes at national levels.

Rachel Hurst CBE.
Role: UKDPC Trustee

Rachel brings long experience of working with the organisation since chairing it from 1985-7 and her involvement with Disabled People's International and Disability Awareness in Action (DAA).








Tara Flood
Role: UKDPC Treasurer


Tara Flood is a disability and human rights activist and has been the Director at the Alliance for Inclusive Education since April 2006. Tara has been involved with the disability rights movement at a grassroots level, for the last ten years, and she is committed to creating social and political change, that will deliver equality for all disabled people at a local, regional, national and international level.


Tara was involved in the discussions at the United Nations in the development of the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and is now part of the campaign to get the Convention implemented.


Tara works with organisations led by disabled people, children’s rights organisations, statutory agencies and Government departments, both in a personal and professional capacity, and is committed to the voices and experiences of ALL disabled people being at the heart of discussions and decision making about our lives.


Tara is also a trustee of five NGOs, including her local organisation of disabled people in Hammersmith and Fulham and the Children’s Rights Alliance for England.


Tara is a disabled person and a ‘special’ school survivor.




Mark Harrison
Role: UKDPC International Committee Chair and Trustee


Mark is Chief Executive of Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People (NCODP). He is also Chair of the UKDPC International Committee, as well as acting as a UKDPC Trustee and Steering Group member.


Previously, Mark was the director of the international Disability Knowledge and Research (KaR) programme (2004 – 2006), funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).


Mark is also a founding member of the International Disability Equality Agency (IDEA) a DPO led training, research and consultancy agency.


Andrew Lee
Role: UKDPC Trustee


Claire Robinson
Role: UKDPC Trustee


Nicholas Russell
Role: UKDPC Trustee


Olcay Ucurel
Role: UKDPC Trustee

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