Save Evesham College Provision

In 2016 on merger of WCG and Evesham and Malvern Hills College, WCG CEO Angela Joyce said: “Through this merger we can expand provision in the south of Worcestershire for your people and employers.” (Evesham Observer, 17 July 2016).

Fast forward to 2021 and WCG are closing and selling off Malvern Hills College, as well as the majority of Evesham site, forcing a reduction to adult and further education provision in Evesham and elimination of provision in Malvern.

Warwickshire College Group announced in November 2020 that substantial parts of Evesham College site will be sold and the remainder “repurposed”. No further information or consultation has been forthcoming. No equality impact assessments on the effects on students, staff, or the community and local businesses have been released.

In recent press announcements, WCG management claim they are ‘investing’ in their Worcestershire campuses, while closing sites and packing provision off to Pershore! These proposals come at a time when the Government has announced £375 million investment in skills post-Covid-19. Local people who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic will need retraining and will not be able to afford to travel distances to access it! Wychavon features high on the National Deprivation Index and ranks 322 out of 324 on an index of social mobility alone – the third worst in England. This is clearly a place that needs a local education provider – not to lose one!

From Autumn 2021:

  • Hair and Beauty, Engineering, Construction Motor Vehicle and Digital Courses will run from a greatly reduced Evesham campus
  • Malvern Hills College will close
  • Access to HE and Supported Learning be transferred to the Pershore site (7 miles away)
  • Early Years courses will no longer be offered in Worcestershire campuses.

WCG management are closing campuses and shutting down local provision, while claiming they are investing in Worcestershire!

In the last decade, the access to local education in rural communities and small towns – built up over generations – has been limited and reduced thanks to FE mergers and subsequent site closures. Evesham and Malvern need local further education expanded, not reduced.

Please sign this petition: we must stop the local cull of provision and the relentless reduction of the further education sector estate.

STOP THE STEAL! STOP THE SELL OFF! SAVE THE EVESHAM AND MALVERN CAMPUS AND COURSES!

Keep FE and adult ed provision in Worcestershire!

For more information regarding the closure and out campaign, please contact us at SaveEveshamProvision@ucu.org.uk.

Save Evesham College provision

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Evesham College 
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college north east london 
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Liz Reece Careers 
1,085
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Dave Jameison
New College Swindon 
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Clive Jackson
Sedgeberrow  
1,082
Nic G
 
1,081
O Hamlyn
 
1,080
Daniel Morris
How college  
1,079
Laura Povoledo
UWE Bristol 
1,078
Louise Carson
Evesham resident 
1,077
Jason Rawlings
1,076
Steve Peace
 
1,075
Katie Mckay
 
1,074
Clair Sharpe
University of Liverpool 
1,073
David Brown
Retired, Evesham 
1,072
Julian Richardson
Oldham College 
1,071
Helen Davenport
RSC 
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Gill Green
Worcestershire 
1,069
Julia Collier
Retired, University of Bradford 
1,068
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Loughborough University 
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Katherine Baxter
Northumbria University 
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Lancaster University 
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Worcestershire 
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Durham University 
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University of Cambridge 
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Petroc 
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University of Birmingham 
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East Sussex 
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Warwickshire College 
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Croydon Adult Education 
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University of Leeds 
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University of Sussex 
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Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford 
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Worcestershire 
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Leicester  
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Uni of Gloucestershire 
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UCU 
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Cardiff Uni 
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Open University 
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Bristol 
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Formerly Newark FE College 
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Graham Mustin
 
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Malvern  
1,022
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University of Birmingham 
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Malvern  
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S Yorks 
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Gateshead College 
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UCU President  
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Retired 
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Previously at De Montfort University  
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Retired of York College 
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University of Sheffield 
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EMRMB 
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Formerly of City University London 
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Newman University  
999
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Bristol 
998
Charis Flavell
Retired, now in Norfolk 
997
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University of Oxford 
996
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Glasgow Caledonian University  
995
Jonathan Brockbank
 
994
Raphael Hoermann
UCLan 
993
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Bradford College  
992
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Warwickshire 
991
Peter Bradley
University of Bath 
990
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University of Birmingham 
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New City College, Tower Hamlets, London. 
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County (optional) 
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Worcester College of Technology (retired) 
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Lambeth College 
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BIrkbeck College, London 
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Activate learning 
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London metropolitan University  
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Oxford 
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London College of Fashion 
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University of Oxford 
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University of Winchester 
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Worcestershire 
968
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967
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966
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Worcestershire 
965
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Lighting Designer 
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963
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Retired 
962
Steve Tamplin
Telford 
961
Tom Norton
England 
960
Mark Haughtey
 
959
Peter Daw
 
958
James Richards
Heriot-Watt 
957
Josh Ford
East Sussex 
956
TINA ILIA
 
955
Peter Hill
Northumbria University 
954
Lee Knight
6 malin mews  
953
Pete Rogers
Worcestershire 
952
julie Huxley
Warwickshire 
951
GWYNETH Cruickshank
N Warwickshire & S Leicestershire College 
950
David Gent
 
949
Zarria Phillips
NES 
948
Harriet Guest
Retired 
947
Patrick McCarthy
WEA 
946
Stephen Page
UNITED KINGDOM 
945
John Gough
Shropshire, Retired 
944
Robert PHILLIPS
Worcestershire 
943
Nigel Barnacle
Retired 
942
David McLoughlin
Newman University 
941
Ruth Stacey
Worcestershire 
940
Tania Manyuira
Sandwell College 
939
DT Roach
Worcester 
938
Dan Eastough
Worcestershire 
937
Paul Golz
University of Worcester  
936
Jim Clements
Halesowen 
935
Olivia Joyce
Warwick University  
934
Maggie Turner
West Midlands 
933
Michelle Bavington
Coventry College 
932
Jodie Blundred
Worcestershire 
931
Stephanie Brewster
University of Wolverhampton 
930
Warren Mills
WCG 
929
Jamie Beeson
Evesham  
928
ollie dishart
house 
927
hannah gilmour
evesham 
926
Ruth WERBISKI Dutton
Retired 
925
Sylwia Nowak
Worcestershire 
924
Paul Campion
Worcestershire 
923
Elaine Chant
Evesham  
922
Nichaela Summerton
Evesham  
921
Amber B
Evesham  
920
Emma Harrington
University of Gloucestershire 
919
Chris Bates
Civil Service 
918
Helen Woodburn
 
917
Jackie Sainsbury
Worcestershire 
916
Sarah Houlston
Worcestershire 
915
Simon Claxton
 
914
Eddie Little
Manchester (Retired)  
913
Stuart Houlston
Malvern 
912
Marilyn Fisher
 
911
Colin Taylor
Worcestershire 
910
Sian Orchard
Evesham College 
909
Matt Ripley
 
908
Andrew Faizey
 
907
Chris George
retired 
906
Saul Bolton
 
905
Andrew Davies
Worcestershire 
904
Neil Bevan
Malvern 
903
Matthew James
Evesham 
902
Robert Fisher
Evesham  
901
Mike Bennett
Evesham  
900
Steven Ranford
Worcestershire 
899
Robert Banner
WCG 
898
Andy Shaw
Wcg 
897
Christine Sherry
Evesham 
896
Russell Parker
Warwickshire 
895
Jill Haycock
Evesham 
894
Glenn Buckley
 
893
Christine Moon
Warwickshire 
892
Rebecca Jeynes
Worcestershire Country Council Adult Learning 
891
Claire Hodgetts
Self employed  
890
susan adams
Worcestershire 
889
Mrs Kelly Keen
Birmingham  
888
Gordon Eames
 
887
Nicki Cother
Worcestershire 
886
Alan Hodge
EVESHAM  
885
Robert Collcott
NHS Worcester - Evesham College IT Graduate 2014 
884
Nr Lee Fisher
 
883
Rebecca Wicks
Garage/Evesham  
882
Arja Scarsbrook
Evesham 
881
Virginia Ditchfield
Broadway  
880
Christopher Bates
Chartered Safety Practitioner 
879
Vikki Higgins
Worcestershire 
878
Lindsay Tether
Retired WCC teacher (Home Tutor) 
877
Charlotte Selleck
UWE 
876
Sarah Mills
Evesham  
875
Beverley Montague-Daubney-Reeves
WR12 7HY 
874
Katie Hughes
 
873
Sarah Mccarthy
England 
872
Julie Hamilton
 
871
Melanie Waldron
Worcestershire 
870
Susan Crouch
Evesham 
869
Alison Parry
Evesham College 
868
Amanda Peters
 
867
Cynthia Brawn
Evesham 
866
John O'brian
Evesham Resident WR11 
865
Daniel Palmer
Evesham 
864
David Hughes
Killybrack, WR12 7LW 
863
Patricia Moody
Broadway  
862
Laura Howie
Broadway, WR12  
861
Sally Clarke
Gloscol 
860
Marilyn Burgess
N/A 
859
Amy Hall-Cook
Evesham 
858
Heather Canavan
Broadway  
857
Neil Townshend
Drs Townshend & Partners Broadway  
856
Sarah Clarke
Birmingham  
855
Deborah Couliou
School 
854
Catherine O'Brian
 
853
Fiona Legge
 
852
Helen Peacop
Worcestershire 
851
Andrei-Ionut Bila-Nicola
Evesham 
850
Ann Lambsdown
West Yorkshire 0 
849
Gill Carr
 
848
Donna Marriott
Evesham  
847
June Anstey
Broadway 
846
Judith Ciotti
Evesham resident 
845
Nicola Heritage
Broadway 
844
GEORGE GOULD
worcestershire 
843
Sebastian Garner
Broadway  
842
Dean Rickett
Stourport on severn 
841
Mark Payne
Worcestershire 
840
Sue Oxley
Inkberrow  
839
Anne Heyworth
Open University 
838
Dawn Green
Worcestershire 
837
Pamela Peters
 
836
Tim McCormick
freelance 
835
Shawn Ballard
 
834
Lynda Whitcombe
BSC hons. Hort 
833
Emma Church
Evesham 
832
Simon Bowes
Tutor, HMp long lartin 
831
Julie Jones-Ford
 
830
Helen Nightingale
Nusery 
829
Lynne Robinson
Care, Chipping Campden,  
828
Craig Holgate
Aston University  
827
Rob Thompson
Cavotec 
826
Deanna Burdett
Evesham Nursery School  
825
Marie Pearse
Evesham Nursery School 
824
Chris Bradshaw
Coventry 
823
Becky Cook
Worcestershire 
822
David Smith
Warwickshire 
821
Kerry Smith
Warwickshire 
820
Rebecca Harker
 
819
Matthew Barker
Broadway 
818
Kelly barker
Broadway 
817
Carolyn Miles
Worcester 
816
Nikita Louise
 
815
Chad Morrison
Broadway 
814
Eddie Little
Retired 
813
Sarah Watkins
Worcestershire 
812
Joanna Smith
Nhs 
811
Carlin Anderson
Glos 
810
Joanna Aizpuru
Glos 
809
Christine Jones
Parent of main stream and sen need children. 
808
Sam Williams
 
807
Isabelle Goldie
Moreton-in-Marsh 
806
Jonathan Mason
University of Brighton 
805
Amie Wiberley
Warwickshire 
804
Darren Moon
London School of Economics and Political Science 
803
Louise Stuart
Evesham  
802
Jess Barrand
Worcestershire 
801
Fabienne Benoist
London South Bank University 
800
Judith Baxter
 
799
karen woodall
Community midwife  
798
Gillian Bradley
Evesham 
797
Yunus Ebden
Evesham 
796
Alastaire forsyth
WCG 
795
Natalie Harris
Evesham leisure centre  
794
Amelia Johns
Nursery nurse  
793
Jasmin Minto
S Lukes CE First School 
792
Ashleigh Fiander
 
791
Caroline Cleaver
WCG 
790
Boguslawa Kucharska-Hodgkins
Worcestershire 
789
Pauline Holder
Evesham 
788
Rachel Tompkins
WCG 
787
Ian Graham
University of Warwick & resident of Evesham 
786
Rachel Watson
West Midlands 
785
Elizabeth Matthews
Nottinghamshire 
784
Linda Hewines
Retired 
783
Wendy Burrell
Scarborough  
782
Rebecca Jackson
England 
781
Sue Jackson
Scarborough  
780
Colin Morris
Evesham 
779
Dr C.H. Bryant
UCU NW HE Sector secretary. 
778
George Ball
Bretforton  
777
Sally Ball
Bretforton  
776
Trish Hacklett
Evesham area 
775
Ann-Marie White
Evesham 
774
Anita Hobday
University of Worcester  
773
Tamsin Woodford
Falmouth Adult Education, Cornwall  
772
Christine Lingard
Retired grandmother  
771
Nigel Taylor
 
770
Ali O'Connor
 
769
Helen Haynes
 
768
Owain Roberts
 
767
Vera Judge
Evesham 
766
paul kennedy
Westminster Kingsway College, London 
765
Emma Stanley
Worcestershire 
764
Patrycja Wawrocka
 
763
Jenni North
Evesham  
762
Claire Withers
 
761
Elizabeth Adams
Bristol 
760
George Adams
Warwickshire 
759
Ed Adams
Taswell 
758
Anna Kryska
WCG collage in Evesham ,domestic asystenc 
757
Kate Zuill
UK 
756
Dawn Adams
Dawn Lodge Associates Chartered Surveyors  
755
Christine Robinson
Worcestershire 
754
Alex Shute
Evesham  
753
Laura Bayliss
Worcester 
752
Penny Welch
Wolverhampton 
751
Julie Allen
Evesham 
750
Charlotte Beyer
Gloucestershire 
749
Tamora James
Sheffield 
748
Christina Holder
 
747
Tricia Smith
Evesham 
746
Anthea Smith
 
745
Roxanne Grinnell
Evesham 
744
Martyn Dormer
 
743
Dr David Kewley
Retired Engineering Director 
742
Gabriella Chantry
Evesham 
741
Anne Smythe
Malvern 
740
Jen Gardiner
Self-employed 
739
Jacqueline Banks
Evesham 
738
Anne O'Hagan
Evesham, retired 
737
Kitty Kavanagh
 
736
Elizabeth Allsop
 
735
Robin Lacey
 
734
Lynette Mantle
Past FE instructor 
733
Hannah Burke
Teacher at Vale of Evesham School 
732
Elizabeth Coomber
Evesham 
731
Claire WITHEFORD
Evesham 
730
Kate gibbons
Sedgeberrow school  
729
Sarah Cullen
 
728
Katie Brooks
Evesham 
727
Sarah Adamson
School at Ettington  
726
Lucy Radbourne
Evesham 
725
Andrea Arrandale
Evesham 
724
Rachel Smith
Stratford upon Avon 
723
Tabitha Ellis
Offenham primary school  
722
Abi Attwood
Stratford upon Avon scholl 
721
Jane Johnson
Worcestershire 
720
Vicky Stanton
Evesham 
719
Tony Neath
Retired 
718
Tessa Jenkins
 
717
Karen Aris
 
716
Sue Tully
 
715
Alison Godber
 
714
Lesley Kewley
Trustee AcquiredBrain Injury Trust 
713
Rachael Duggan
Evesham, Worcestershire 
712
Jan Gruihn
Retired  
711
Reuben Andrews
 
710
Erica Johnson
Evesham  
709
Paul Brockbank
Self employed  
708
Kathleen Barry
England - Worcestershire 
707
Mick Beard
Retired 
706
Tracy Clements
hmp 
705
Michelle Wilson
Evesham 
704
Andra Proctor
Herefordshire 
703
Oprea Andreea
 
702
Rose Cullimore
Wr11 
701
Rebecca Pritchard
WORCESTERSHIRE 
700
Michael Beard
Honeybourne  
699
Martin McCormqc
Evesham College 
698
Lee Merrett
Evesham  
697
Claire Merrett
Patoss  
696
Teresa New
 
695
Val Mckechnie
Evesham 
694
Julie Wood
Worcestershire 
693
Jean McVeigh
Retired 
692
Kate Pettemerides
 
691
Rachel Thompson
Worcestershire 
690
Norman Stanley Evans
Retired 
689
Duncan Day
 
688
Bethany Roberts
Cats protection  
687
Ida Patrone
Worcestershire 
686
Melissa Palfrey
Pershore 
685
J Pritchard
Armed forces 
684
Stacey Clarke
Worcestershire 
683
Jeanette Davis
Jeanette_morris@hotmail co.uk 
682
Caroline Kerr
Self employed  
681
Les Plumb
Worcestershire 
680
Ann Currie
Malvern 
679
Anna Tice
disabled 
678
Lydia Green
Retired 
677
Beryl Morgans
Herefordshire 
676
Phillippa Rushton
The works  
675
Hilary Knox
 
674
Philip Roberts
Pershore  
673
Claire Breward
Evesham 
672
Amanda Sanders
Worcestershire  
671
Claire Hughes
NEC Group 
670
Caryl Mills
AL 
669
Gillian Mountjoy
Evesham collage  
668
Josh Chambers
Pershore  
667
Fiona Wilkins
Harvington 
666
Carol Green
Home 
665
Carol Riley
 
664
Stewart Warner
Worcestershire 
663
Katharine Hart
Worcestershire 
662
Sharon Bowler
Evesham 
661
Caroline Ballard
 
660
Karen Brock
Powick 
659
Claire Dingley
Worcestershire 
658
Wendy Camden
Worcestershire county council 
657
Sharon Scott
Worcestershire 
656
Paul Brockman
Retired  
655
Kevin Hartwell
Evesham 
654
Julie Hartwell
Evesham 
653
Aline Cornish
Evesham 
652
Sue Amor
Retired  
651
Trudy Jarvis
Evesham 
650
Emma Middleton
 
649
Ruth Honeywell
Eveshan 
648
Samantha Williams
Gloucestershire 
647
Debra Westwood
 
646
Tracey Hodgkins
Malvern Hills College 
645
Danielle Salter
Evesham  
644
Jessica Heaney
Evesham 
643
Maria Pedro
Kanes Food 
642
Mel Walker
Blockley school 
641
Robert Tilley
Malvern 
640
Wizzy Shawyer
Artist self employed  
639
Rosie Bull
Evesham  
638
Sue Scrivens
 
637
Kate Smith
Worcestershire 
636
Steve Drayton
Home 
635
Richard Morgan
Evesham 
634
Paula Morgan
Evesham  
633
Jaime Johnson
 
632
Emma Gordon
Evesham  
631
Pete Gordon
 
630
Grace Agg
Nanny, Cotswolds  
629
Julie Haines
 
628
Sasha Jelfs
 
627
Emily Corfield
Pinvin Community Preschool 
626
Susan Haslam
Worcestershire 
625
Lauren White
St Barnabas First and Middle School in Drakes Broughton 
624
Bethany Radbourne
Private nanny  
623
Judy Cox
Evesham 
622
Kate Taylor
WCG 
621
Claire Warner
Evesham 
620
Samantha Dallard
 
619
Kirsty Kilgallen
Former college student  
618
Pat Gough
Worcs 
617
Pat Jones
 
616
Nina Shields
Herefordshire 
615
Kerry Staley
NHS Evesham  
614
Lisa James
Evesham 
613
Matt Snape
 
612
Lorraine Mellor
 
611
Jack Peterson
Evesham 
610
ann dingley
Worcestershire 
609
Ros Gray
Worcestershire 
608
Victoria Hildyard
Evesham  
607
Michelle Maunders
Worcester 
606
Alison Jeanes
Pershore 
605
Christine Wade
Evesham  
604
Lorraine Pearson
Tesco 
603
Dianne Pilkington
Worcestershire 
602
JOHN SMYTHE
Malvern 
601
Stuart Bryant
 
600
Verity Lloyd
Riversides school, Worcester  
599
Vicky Ashfield
Evesham  
598
Courtney Smith
Teaching Assistant 
597
Jo Dennick
Evesham  
596
Karen Baikey
 
595
Deborah Harrison
Hft supported living 
594
Jane Dunn
Retired 
593
Jill Moulder
Worcestershire 
592
Gill Thompson
 
591
Angela Ballard
Ex Evesham College Employee 
590
Donna Hill