CPPS was established in 2004 in Hebden Bridge in Pennine West Yorkshire as an independent body organising seminars with Government and other public bodies. It succeeded QMW Public Policy Seminars, which had been founded in 1993 also in Hebden Bridge.

CPPS staff and directors are :

Sydney Roper Managing Director	Sydney founded both QMW and then CPPS. Previously, he directed seminar programmes for the Universities of Birmingham and London, was a national department head and then regional director of a Government quango and deputy director of planning for a Welsh city. He has chaired a housing association and a school governors. He is a graduate of LSE and has a post graduate diploma from UCL.
Dr Anna Osborne Associate Director	Anna has worked for CPPS since 2005 and been responsible for running many of its programmes. She has a PhD from Durham University and a MA from Edinburgh. She has had a range of other jobs and also has a garden design business. Anna now leads for CPPS on marketing.
Cheryl Shackleton Associate Director	Cheryl joined CPPS in 2008. She has previously been a researcher and lecturer in criminal justice and social policy at Bradford University. She has been a research consultant in local government and the community sector and still teaches part time at Bradford, from which university she graduated and has an MA. She is CPPS’s lead person for commissioned and sponsored work
Louise Rushworth Business Manager	Louise, like Sydney, has been with QMW and CPPS since 1993. She now heads the CPPS business team, responsible for distribution, registration, finance, seminar preparation and office management
Neil Peden Non-Executive Director	Neil has been non-executive director of CPPS since 2004. He is director and company secretary of Greystone Financial Services.
Dr Kit Evans Company Secretary	Kit has been company secretary since 2004. She is a consultant psychiatrist, medico-legal consultant and specialist adviser to the General Medical Council.  She qualified in medicine at the University of Manchester.
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL The work of the Centre is steered by an eminent Advisory Council chaired by Lord Toby Harris, with Vice Chairs Pam Warhurst and Prof Gus John. Members are leading figures in central and local government, other public services, NGOs and business. Its members are :
Chair Lord Toby Harris	Government Peer, Chair, All Party Group on Policing; Former Chair, Association of London Government and Metropolitan Police Authority; Director, Toby Harris Associates; Vice President, Local Government Association
Deputy Chair Pam Warhurst	Social Entrepreneur; Former Leader, Calderdale Council and Deputy Chair, Countryside Agency; Board Member, Natural England
Deputy Chair Prof Gus John	Professor of Education, University of Strathclyde; Chief Executive, Gus John Partnership

Members

Our Address:   6 Hollins Place, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. HX7 8EU   tel. 01422 845 004  fax. 01422 845 032