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Penny joined MSDP in January 2026.  Her Senior Management role covers all the organisation’s Services and Projects.  Although Penny has worked in all business Sectors, she has predominantly worked in the 3^rd Sector, and it’s where her drive to tackle societal inequalities lies.  Penny has an Honours Degree in Social Sciences & Politics and a Masters in Business Administration, (MBA).  She is delighted to be learning BSL.  Penny is hard of hearing and wears 2 hearing aids.   Outside of work Penny loves gardening, long walks in the great outdoors, and catching-up with family and friends. 

Sarah joined MSDP in 2001 and over the last 20 years has worked in every area of the charity. Today Sarah ensures our charity’s finance and governance functions run smoothly. Sarah is hearing, she holds CIPD and AAT qualifications and is also qualified in BSL. Outside of work, Sarah enjoys travelling.

Janice has managed all aspects of MSDP’s community engagement and development since 2016. Prior to this Janice led Department of Health funded programmes Deaf Health Champions and Tablets 4 Health in Merseyside. As well as working strategically with our statutory and voluntary sector partners Janice also focuses on capacity building our local community groups and increasing our user engagement. Janice is a well-known member of the Deaf Community and has appeared in BSL films such as ‘Found at the Deaf Club’ which you can see here: Found at the Deaf Club :: BSL Zone. Outside of work Janice supports Liverpool Deaf Club working behind the community bar and organising events. She is also a keen photographer.

A graduate of the ground-breaking deaf-led BSL Tutor Training Course (known as Durham University BSL Teacher Training Course [DUBSLTTC) Ian has been a highly regarded Tutor at MSDP since 2001. We calculate he has trained more than 10,000 MSDP students in the past two decades! As Training Project Lead, Ian is responsible for our training materials and leading on the development of our in-person and digital course offers.

Ian is a member of the Deaf Community and his first language is BSL. Outside of work Ian enjoys walks in the countryside and taking part in various local running and cycling events including Park Run, Liverpool half marathon and Liverpool to Chester cycling event. He also loves spending time with his family and attends various social events within the Deaf Community.

Mark has rejoined MSDP in October 2018 after nearly 20 years, he comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience to contribute to the Deaf community. Mark is a Qualified Teacher and has previously worked with the Institute of British Sign Language as a Qualification Officer for 6 years after working for Wirral Metropolitan College for 14 years as the Manager of the Deaf Awareness and British Sign Language studies team.

Mark is a member of the Deaf Community so understands firsthand the problems and barriers that the Deaf community face on a daily basis and is passionate about breaking down these barriers to allow full access to the local community and services. As well as being a native BSL user, Mark is also able to communicate using International Sign Language. Outside of work, Mark enjoys playing golf, watching football and spending time with his family.

All our staff and volunteers have a valid DBS, which has been carried out by CareCheck.