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
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…
Senior 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
Alanah Gardner
Alanah is passionate about providing care and support for children and their families. She is a qualified Early Years Practitioner and has worked in nursery and primary school settings for the last 11 years.
Project Worker
Diletta Clarichetti
Diletta has worked with children, young people, and families with additional and complex needs since 2015. She has delivered one-to-one and group support from early childhood through young adulthood, across home, community, and educational settings, using a person-centred and strengths-based approach…
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. She specialises on developing communication and daily living skills.
Senior Project Worker
Laura Connor
Laura has worked with autistic children and adults, as well as those with 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…
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
Kirstie Glen
Kirstie is originally from the Isle of Man but currently lives in Liverpool with her husband and Children, contributing to our remote offer of Target Specific services. Kirstie completed her…
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
Claudie Layden
Claudie joined the ND:Well team as a Project Worker in 2025. She has been supporting children and young people, both individually and in group settings, since 2003. Working in several capacities including youth development worker, storyteller, Montessori teacher, drama facilitator, primary and secondary pupil support and teacher.
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
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 & Business Support Officer
Clare Hutchinson
Clare joined Tailor Ed in 2025. Despite graduating many moons ago with a degree in Sociology & Criminology, she accidentally fell into the world of IT, where she has spent most of her working life. Roles have varied from scheduling training courses to project management to running her own business…
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 autistic children on home intervention programmes.
Matthew Day
Having worked with autistic adults 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.