Fundamentals; Dr Amanda Gummer

Dr. Amanda Gummer PhD, BA (Hons), PCHE

Having gained a PhD in psychology and a post graduate certificate in Higher Education, Amanda established Fundamentals in June 2004.

Amanda’s work in the field of childhood development and family dynamics began while studying for her PhD. She volunteered as a childcare worker in a woman’s refuge where she raised the standard of facilities for children and enhanced their educational opportunities by introducing a non-threatening home-school programme for those children unable to attend schools locally.

With her work as Project Manager for Family Friends, a London-based charity which helps vulnerable parents, she successfully carried out and implemented a strategic review of the organisation whilst expanding the services that the organisation provides to families within the community.

Amanda was an associate lecturer in Child Development with the Open University until the end of 2006. She contributed to the Conservative Party’s Childhood Enquiry (2008),  is currently an advisory member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Scientific Research in Learning and Education and an active member of both the National Toy Council and is the Play Research network, presenting a paper at the 2008 ITRA World Congress.

Amanda lives in Hertfordshire with her two daughters.