Dawn Lewinson

Dawn joined Equality Works in 2005, bringing over fifteen years lecturing experience in further and higher education, working mainly as a lecturer in law, business studies and, more recently, in teacher training. Building on her legal background, Dawn has a thorough working knowledge of the legislative framework for equalities, including the requirements of the public duties and the Equality Framework for Local Government (EFLG). She is also interested in the challenges and opportunities of the Single Equality Bill.

Dawn has designed and delivered equality and diversity courses for managers and staff in a wide range of settings. She has particular experience in the criminal justice sector and has worked closely with a number of clients in the probation service. Dawn has also worked widely with local authorities and has supported a range of public bodies in meeting their general and specific duties under equalities legislation through Equality Impact Assessment training. In addition, she has conducted one-to-one coaching sessions and worked with clients to develop equality and diversity strategies.

Dawn has also led on consultation projects, including our recent review of the Regent’s Park Broad Walk Shared Use Route for Royal Parks. The trial is part of the Cycling on Greenways programme and forms part of Transport for London’s Cycling, Walking and Accessibility initiative. The final outcome of the consultation process will feed into the decision making around the success of the Broad Walk trial and help determine how shared use routes can be implemented in the future.

Within higher education, Dawn worked as an Access Coordinator in a Widening Participation Unit, liaising with partner colleges and university departments to enable access to education for students who had been excluded from or disadvantaged by the educational system.

She previously worked for the Open College Network, firstly as a Project Development Officer helping voluntary and community sector organisations to meet quality and equality standards in relation to delivering accredited training. Following that she worked as the Access Curriculum Development Officer and was responsible for ensuring that access programmes delivered by 28 London colleges met the QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher education) standards.