Nelson – Julie Young
I work at the University of East Anglia, where I have been based for nearly 20 years a researcher in the Centre for Research on Children and Families and lecturer in Psychology and Social Work. I have played a key role in a number of important research projects relating to vulnerable families, adopted children and care-experienced young people. I am also an experienced trainer and consultant and have facilitated numerous workshops and events with legal and social work professionals and adoptive parents across the UK.
Prior to moving to UEA, I worked for nine years as a teacher, head of department and pastoral tutor in two secondary schools and a college of further education. In a voluntary capacity I have worked as a therapeutic counsellor and have been a parent governor at three different schools in Norfolk. I have also been longstanding, active member of the ‘Woodcraft Folk’, an educational movement for young people promoting sustainability, care for the environment, peace, and international friendship.
I am a keen cyclist and enjoy reading, camping and long distance walks in the countryside. I am a parent to three (now adult) children.
I am passionate about defending the human right to peaceful protest, to cycle everywhere peacefully and safely, to live in affordable, secure and well-insulated housing, to travel by affordable and efficient public transport and have easy, free and protected access to the countryside.
