Perfil de Christine Lester
1985 - Administration in the NHS & care sector (7 years)
1989 - Teaching business management in UK Business College - vocational education - (5 years) 1994 - Established people Development Centre (Minster Development Centre Ltd) (to date)
1994 - Investors in People adviser & assessor.(to date)
1999 - Associate of The Centre for Tomorrows Company, London (5 years)
1999 - founded West Midlands Tomorrow as a "not for profit" limited company concentrating on social inclusion & organisation development - (to date)
1994- Managed a culture change programme at the 4th largest Diocese in the Church of England; and an old-style Cathedral, (5 years)
2001 developed an annual Leadership Consultative Event at Windsor Castle, working with the Archbishop of Canterbury's Appointment Secretary on profiling leadership in the Church of England and consultations with leaders of police forces, banking, shipping industries, and corporate leaders on leadership.
Projects: have included: Social Leadership, social relationships; health training & education for ethnic minority groups, Joined-up thinking for Emergency Services; Feasibility Studies for a textile project, a cultural centre, a Sikh nursery & a long-term project social enterprises for the physically challenged.
Past EU projects: Qualifying on the Spot - accreditation processes across Europe Women Innovating Networks - networking for women in rural & urban areas engaged in tourism Exercises to Stimulate Volunteering 1950s Coming Back – Active Citizenship Empowering the Community for Active Aging Tourist Guiding for the Intellectually Challenged
Submissions: Co-operatives for Women in rural areas Culture & Heritage, Youth in Action, Volunteering, Entrepreneurship Family Learning. Domestic Violence Gender Discrimination Active Citizens (Tourism)
