Sharon Pitchford

Sharon Pitchford joined the civil service in 1982 and has worked primarily for the Department for Education. She helped develop the Connexions Service in the 1990’s before joining the Youth Service Unit, managing the national voluntary youth organisation grant scheme. In 2004 she joined the Children and Families Directorate managing the Safer School Partnerships, then implementing a statutory duty for local authorities to identify children missing from education.

She returned to the Youth Service area of work in 2008 and is currently responsible for the operational delivery of the Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital Funds.