Tailor Ed Foundation is made up of a group of trained professionals from a variety of backgrounds – including education, psychology and health – who want to improve the day to day living of neurodivergent children and enhance their family’s quality of life.
CEO
Jonathan Revell
Jonathan joined Tailor Ed as the CEO in September 2023, and prior to taking up the role he worked in Education. He brings nearly 30 years experience of working with children and families in a variety of roles including 15 years as a Head Teacher in 6 different schools in Aberdeenshire and East Lothian.
Early Years Service
Service Manager
Kate Langer
Kate has worked with autistic children and their families since 2001. During this time she has worked predominantly on a one-to-one basis with children with autism both in their homes and in schools. The main focus of this work has been to develop communication and daily living skills. She has worked with children from age 3 to 13 and has experience of working with many individuals with a diverse…
Senior Project Worker
Eva Kriechbaum
Eva has worked with autistic children and those with other disabilities since 2011. She has supported children from 0-25 in different settings all with a person centred approach. Eva has supported children both one-to-one…
Project Worker
Javier Roman Lopez
Javier, originally from the warm land of Seville, is passionate about education and autism. He started working in leisure activities with autistic people while studying a degree in Psychology at the University of Seville.
Project Worker
Megan Tibbo
Megan has worked with children with complex support needs since 2014. She has supported young people from 4 – 18 in various settings including nursery, school, community, and home, in both one-to-one and group settings.
Target Specific Service
Service Manager
Kirstin Brady
Kirstin loves music and she focused her undergraduate degree on music therapy which ignited her passion to work with autistic children and their families. Kirstin has worked in home-based education programmes as a behaviour therapist and supervisor since 2013 with children and adults. Specialising on developing communication and daily living skills.
Project Worker
Kirstie Glen
Kirstie is originally from the Isle of Man but currently lives in Belgium with her husband and daughter. Kirstie is part of our Target Specific team, contributing to our remote offer of services. Kirstie completed her…
Project Worker
Alina Danilowa
Alina has worked with children and young people with complex needs since 2017. She has supported young people ages 5-25 across leisure, educational and residential settings to learn communication, emotional regulation…
Project Worker
Flora Anderson
Flora has experience working with neurodivergent young people across the health care, education and third sectors. She studied an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Music at the University of Glasgow and a Masters degree in…
Project Worker
Laura Connor
Laura has worked with children and adults with autism, additional support needs and adverse childhood experiences since 2011. During this time, she has supported individuals with daily living skills, social skills, emotional literacy, communication…
Wellbeing
Service Manager
Michelle Appleby
Michelle joined Tailor Ed in September 2023 as ND:Well Service Manager and now manages the whole Tailor Ed service for wellbeing, including EDAN Hub. Michelle has worked with children and young people since 1999 in a variety of settings, including home based, education, social care, community services and the third (voluntary) sector, in both individual and group work.
ND:well
Senior Project Worker
Martha Homberg
Martha has worked with neurodivergent children and young people since 2014, having focused on working with the autistic community from 2015 onwards. She has since had the opportunity to work with groups…
Project Worker
Tara Beazley
Tara has been working with children and young people since 2013, in various third sector organizations and NHS/CAMHS specialist services within England. This has been with children (0-18) who have experiences of complex trauma and a focus on increasing wellbeing, helping to advocate for children and their families and supporting them through criminal justice processes.
EDAN Hub
Family Project Worker
Jane Crewe
Jane joined Tailor Ed as a Project Worker in 2024 with the EDAN Hub. Jane has worked with children since 1988 (yes, that long!), beginning in primary and early years education and moving into 5-18 special education.
CYP Project Worker
Camilla Brooks
Camilla has been working with neurodivergent children and young people both individually and in group settings since 2015 as an additional support needs teacher, education coordinator and primary teacher.
CYP Project Worker
Ria Phi
East Lothian Schools Project
Service Manager
Pete McNaughton
Pete has worked with autistic children and young people since 2008. He has supported children both on a one to one basis and with group work in a variety of settings including family homes, schools, holiday play schemes, social clubs and in the…
Office Personnel
Fundraising Manager
Stuart McCallum
Stuart joined the team on April Fools day 2019! He has worked in youth and community work for nearly 30 years. In the past decade he has focused on fundraising, helping charities to secure essential funding from trusts, National Lottery, donors and community events.
Finance and Admin Officer
Annabel Davies
Annabel joined Tailor Ed in 2021 to help with general administration and office management tasks, before also taking on the Finance officer role in 2023. Having graduated from the University of Edinburgh, she worked for many years in Property Management and Lettings, both in London and Edinburgh…
The Board
Our Board is a comprehensive mix of people, providing a range of skills, expertise and perspectives that guide Tailor Ed.
Susie Harding
(Chairperson)
Susie is a clinical psychologist and has worked in applied psychology for several years with children, young people and families. She has previously worked as a researcher for a children’s charity and as a behavioural therapist with children with autism on home intervention programmes.
Matthew Day
Having worked with adults on the autistic spectrum since 1991, Matthew is currently the service coordinator for Number 6, Autism Initiatives. He has previously served as treasurer on the board of Changes Community Project (an East Lothian mental health charity). Matthew has had extensive training in autism, mental health and managing challenging services, and has a diploma in employment law.
Chris Brown
(Treasurer)
Chris is a Finance Analyst who has previously worked in the voluntary sector for a large Edinburgh based childcare organisation.
Dr Andrew Stanfield
Andy is an NHS consultant psychiatrist and co-director of the Patrick Wild Centre at the University of Edinburgh – a research initiative which focuses on autism and intellectual disability.
Liz Murphy
Liz was Tailor Ed’s first administrative assistant and worked with the organisation for two years. She went on to do a masters in social work and is now working as a social worker.