Paul Earl has joined the team and is working as research project administrator on a training programme for parents and carers of children with FASD, called SPECIFIC. With over 30 years’ experience initially in IT customer service, project management and support roles before progressing into more senior leadership posts both at University of Salford and then several leading social housing organisations. More recently Paul has run a highly successful award winning franchise business and worked for a number of charitable organisations in Greater Manchester including AgeUK, Six Degrees and Empowered Conversations. In these roles he helped and support vulnerable adults get connected during the Covid pandemic and worked on communication projects supporting family carers of people living with dementia.