Dame Philippa Margaret Russell (born 4 February 1938) is a British worker and writer in the field of learning disability. She was chair of the UK government Standing Commission on Carers 2007–15.

Career

Philippa Margaret Russell was educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Girls and

St Hilda's College, Oxford St Hilda's College (full name = Principal and Council of St. Hilda's College, Oxford) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. The college is named after the Anglo-Saxon saint Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a ...

. She worked for the Council for Children's Welfare 1968–76 before being director of the Council for Disabled Children 1976–2003. She was disability adviser to the

National Children's Bureau The National Children’s Bureau works collaboratively across the issues affecting children to influence policy and get services working together to deliver a better childhood. Established in 1963, they have been at the forefront of campaigning fo ...

2003–07 and to the Department for Education and Skills 2003–05. She was a commissioner of the Disability Rights Commission from 2002 until its abolition in 2007. In 2007 she was appointed chair of the Standing Commission on Carers, "an independent advisory body providing expert advice to Ministers and the Carers Strategy Cross-Government Programme Board on progress in delivering the strategic vision of the national Carers Strategy."

Honours

Philippa Russell was appointed OBE in 1998, advanced to CBE in 2001 and made a Dame as a DBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2009 "for services to Disabled Children, Young People and Family Carers." She has honorary degrees from the

University of Lincoln The University of Lincoln is a public university, public research university in Lincoln, England, Lincoln, England, with origins dating back to 1861. It gained university status in 1992 and its present name in 2001. The main campus is in the hea ...

, the

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and King Alfred's College, Winchester. She is an honorary fellow of the University of Central Lancashire.Honorary Fellows - University of Central Lancashire
Philippa Russell is also an honorary fellow of John Moores University in Liverpool, awarded on 15 July 2015

Publications

* ''The education act 1981 : the role of the named person'', National Children's Bureau, London, 1983 * ''The wheelchair child'', Souvenir Press, London, 1989. * ''Positive choices : services for children with disabilities living away from home'', National Children's Bureau, London, 1995. * ''Having a say! : disabled children and effective partnership in decision making'', Council for Disabled Children, London, 1998

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Philippa Margaret 1938 births Living people People educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Girls Alumni of St Hilda's College, Oxford British disability rights activists Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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