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Members of the National Executive Committee
 Chair: Ruth Saxton, Primary School Teacher, Leeds. e: ruths@natd.eu |
 Vice Chair: Pavla Beier, Actor-Teacher, Leeds. e: pavlab@natd.eu |
 Secretary: Gemma Grubb, Secondary School Drama Teacher, Crawley. e: gemmag@natd.eu |
 Treasurer: Liam Harris, Student, Central School of Speech and Drama, London. e: liamh@natd.eu |
 Publicity Officer: Paul Bateson, Secondary School Drama Teacher, Barnsley. e: paulb@natd.eu |
 International Officer: Adrian Bailey, Secondary School Drama Teacher, Crawley. e: adrianb@natd.eu |
 Membership Officer: Hywel Roberts, Freelance Educational Consultant, Barnsley. e: hywelr@natd.eu |
 Member: Matthew Readman, Secondary School Drama Teacher, Birmingham. e: matthewr@natd.eu |
 Member: Ryan Nolan, Drama Student, Newport, Wales. e: ryann@natd.eu |
 Member: Laura Acton, Student, Central School of Speech and Drama, London. e: lauraa@natd.eu |
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Membership and Structure
NATD is a non-profit making, voluntary organisation with Charitable Status. It is a democratic organisation with meetings at which the membership may come together to review the Association and determine its policy. It is run by a National Executive Committee (NEC) of people drawn from the membership who are elected annually at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). All full members of the Association are eligible to stand for election to the NEC. Each full member of the Association has one vote. The Association operates according to the principles set down in its constitution.
To see the constitution, click here.
To view the Policy Document click here.
The Association derives its income from:
- membership fees
- sales of journals
- conferences and workshops
The Association’s income is used for:
- organising conferences and workshops and all the attendant expenses (e.g. contributors’ fees/expenses; publicity etc)
- the production and mail-out of the twice yearly Journal for Drama in Education
- National Executive Committee expenses