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Welcome to Action Speaks where you can read more from the people who work with Dyslexia Action.
Shirley Cramer CBE CEO
Shirley joined Dyslexia Action as CEO in 2000. Under her leadership the organisation has become the leading provider of dyslexia services in Europe.
Shirley works widely in the education sector in the UK. She was on the National Council of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), which is the public body that looks after all post 16 education in England (except universities). She was the chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the LSC and of their Voluntary Sector Strategy Group from 2002 until 2008. She is an advisory board member of the National Literacy Trust , an advisory board member of the ‘No One Knows’ project at the Prison Reform Trust and a member of the Third Sector Taskforce at the Department of Work and Pensions. ( 2008-09)
Shirley was awarded a CBE for her contribution to education in the 2009 New Year’s Honours List.
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