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“To gain equity within education, health and care for children and young people with special educational needs – and their families – through accessible education, support and advocacy for parents, carers and professionals”.
We believe our core values all lead to empowerment. They exist at the forefront of everything we do.
Her journey, littered with injustice, was filled with a catalogue of errors and the family received very limited help from services they thought they could trust, creating irreparable damage for the entire family.
It took 2 SEND tribunals, a high court case and one final SEND tribunal for Chrissa to gain the educational placement her daughter needed. It shouldn’t be this hard.
Chrissa could not allow this to continue to happen, and so formed Sunshine Support to help other families navigate their way through the process of Special Educational Needs to ensure they received the RIGHT advice and guidance from trustworthy experts.
Her story has inspired thousands of families to seek justice and exercise their right to the law.
We offer a range of free, low cost and premium services to ensure information and empowerment is available for all.
Incredibly focused and extraordinarily passionate about justice, mum of 4 Chrissa (who originates from South Wales) has extensive experience in business management and has a special interest in psychology, which has led to her winning awards for her commitment to the SEND community. Chrissa is a seasoned SEND parent (over 20 years!) and proudly neurodivergent, she is an ambassador for the Inflammatory Bowel Disease community, having lived with Crohn’s Colitis since the age of 9. Here’s a little more you may not know about Chrissa.
1) Nice smells – perfume, candles, mist diffusers, toiletries, cleaning products – it’s an ongoing joke here at Sunshine “when Chrissa comes to the office, get the oil diffuser on!”
2) Connection with trusted people – my family and friends are everything
3) Good food – everyone who knows me knows I’m a foodie, I am committed to travelling for good restaurants!
4) Singing and music
5) Working – I won’t admit how many hours I put in each week, you wouldn’t believe it!
Head of Consultancy
1) Anything “hygge”: candles/low lighting, baths and bath products, my weighted blanket, lavender smells and cosiness
2) A daily walk outside
3) A meal in my favourite restaurant
4) Seeing things live: music, comedy, theatre
5) Writing something satisfying: I love words!
Pre-Litigation & Legal Manager
1. My family
2. Baking
3. A Harry Potter Marathon
4. A nice, tidy and organised home (which with two children is becoming a rare thing)
5. Chocolate
Pop
I can name all twenty Formula 1 Drivers
ALN & Social Care Manager
I advise and support clients in Mediation, Annual Reviews, Initial PCP meetings, and complete draft checks of EHCP/IDPs. I also represent and support clients in Education tribunals with a specialism in PIP and DLA. I run advice clinics throughout Wales and assist people to navigate complex systems ensuring they feel empowered and knowledgeable of their rights particularly in the Social Care system, attending meetings and giving advice and support in formal meetings known as Care and Support (CASP), Child In Need (CIN) Child Protection (CP) and Public Law outline (PLO). I also manage the ALN and Social Care team here at Sunshine Support.
Developing a flagship service locally and managing a fantastic advocacy team to help and support families across Wales. It was the first service of its kind across Wales and I am proud to have led on it.
1. My gorgeous daughter and partner
2. The hottest bubble bath/hot tub
3. Swimming followed by a steam room or sauna
4. The beach with some good tunes in the sun
5. A good challenge!
Has to be 80s, nothing better than a bit of Wham, haha!
I dated a relatively famous radio DJ here in Wales
SEND Consultancy Manager
All things EHCP/Tribunal related, mediation, attendance and EBSA. Particular interest in Speech, Language and Communication, DLD, PANS/PANDAS and any attendance related difficulties. I lead a tremendous team of SEND consultancy experts, too.
Running an outstanding Language Provision for 15 yrs and securing support for families who have been threatened with attendance warnings.
I have written a children’s novel and I’ve got an agent! I once electrocuted Prince Philip. My school attendance in secondary was 64% by the time I left 😖🤯
I’m a bit of speed demon but shhh, don’t tell anyone!
SEND Consultant
1. Baking – all things chocolate
2. Taking my sausage dog (Bobby) out on a hike
3. A good book (“Pollyanna” – play the glad game)
4. Stationery; who doesn’t love a good notebook & pen!
5. Seaside
I attended my first ever spin class and ended up in hospital with a life threatening condition (Rhabdomyolysis). Safe to say I do not go anywhere near bikes now!
SEND Consultant
1) Any time spent with my nephews and niece
2) Going on wildlife adventures
3) Musicals (but I am selective!)
4) Boat rides
5) Deep-dive research on various topics
I broke my leg at a kid’s birthday trampoline party jumping off a 4-metre-high platform as a dare from another parent! Won’t be doing that again!
At Sunshine Support I help families and professionals to secure positive outcomes for children and young people with SEND. Empowerment, encouragement and empathy are three of the greatest tools we can offer to others.
Watching students succeed. There is no greater feeling than helping a child/young person to grow, thrive and flourish despite any difficulties or barriers they may have faced. For a child or young person with SEND who may never believe that they can achieve and succeed, watching that happen is the greatest reward of all.
1. Pottering around Stratford Upon Avon and my general love of William Shakespeare. I even have a Shakespeare quote tattoo on my left wrist: ‘This above all; to thine own self be true’.
2. Theatre trips (I don’t think there is much I have not seen).
3. Labyrinth – my favourite film. I have a healthy collection of memorabilia and merchandise (guilty pleasure).
4. Visiting the most beautiful place on earth – St Ives in Cornwall – the place I feel most at peace, a place that fills my heart with so much joy and so many happy family memories.
5. My wonderful family (and my best friends whom I class as family). Particular recognition needs to go to my amazing cousins Amy, Honey and Blake who have taught me what true love is. Being an only child I always worried about not being an Auntie to my own nieces and nephews BUT being able to watch these three grow into the most incredible human beings is the greatest feeling ever and better than anything I could have ever hoped for! I love them to the moon and back again 3 times over 🙂
Anything and everything! Music is my life! I have a vast and varied music collection from 80’s – 00’s chart toppers.
I have always been fascinated by my birthday – seemingly since 2000 I can never forget my age. For example: I am born on 07/07. In 2007 I turned 21 years of age. 07 + 07 + 07 = 21. The same for each year thereafter. This year I turn 39 and my birthday is on 07/07/25 (07 + 07 + 25 = 39). I am certainly one of a kind 🙂
As a SEND Consultant, I work closely with young people and their families to improve support for those with SEND ensuring inclusive, personalised, and effective educational experiences.
I was honoured to serve as the sole representative of our 20-member team during a successful Ofsted Inspection. I have experience managing complex cases, and a particularly significant recent example involved chairing a multi-agency meeting where I successfully secured the continuation of a placement, including the necessary transport arrangements.
1. My four beautiful children and cherished family
2. Church – singing
3. Spending quality time with incredible friends and inspiring people
4. Dancing – I am a dance choreographer (self-taught)
5. Staying active at the gym and with outdoor activities
I have a love for Worship and Classical music, and sing as soprano in the choir.
In my teens, I entered the Farnborough Fashion Show (Farnborough Town in Surrey) and won the title of ‘Miss Beauty’. I was offered a modelling contract as a result, but I turned it down—apparently, I was too shy at the time.
Meet the team that make it all possible
Accounts & Finance Manager
I bungee jumped into a pub car park for charity!
Executive Assistant to Managing Director & HR Manager
RnB, dancehall, Hiphop
I will always choose chocolate and I’m always hungry!
Support Co-ordinator
I get hiccups just about every day at 11 o’clock!
Events Co-ordinator
I love professional wrestling and wrestle under the name Cherry Skye.
I used to be a radio newsreader!
I grew up on a Farm and once made a whole field of cows part like the red sea and I was only wearing a nappy.
I used to go to band camp, yes I was a music nerd and no nothing ever happened there like the Americans suggest, more’s the pity!
“Support from sunshine is amazing! From paid advocacy The Sunshine Acadamy, live webinars, and Cuppa and Chats; The validation and support helps so much.”
Parent/Carer | 2024
“There were so many light bulb moments attending my first Sunshine Support training workshop. Excellent trainer, and the option to have the advice clinic is just what parents need. Thank you!”
Parent | Midlands | 2018
“I was about to fork out for private assessments, not really knowing if they would be accepted or make a difference. Then I spoke to Marguerite, she gave me focus and saved me a fortune. My son is thriving now!”
Parent | London | 2020
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