Profile
Mary van den Heuvel
Wales Committee member at Equality and Human Rights Commission
About
Mary is the senior policy officer for the National Education Union Cymru, and leads on policy, press and public affairs for the union in Wales. Mary has worked in various policy and public affairs roles in Wales for more than 15 years, including for a number of charities working with disabled people.
As a disabled person, Mary is passionate about social justice, representation and equality, and is a member of the Access to Elected Office Fund Wales panel, which helps disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election. Mary was on the Board of Careers Wales and was on the Wales Neurological Alliance Steering-Group which helped establish the Llais Niwro/Neuro Voices Project.
Mary has an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 7 Award in Leadership and Management, a postgraduate diploma in public affairs, and mentors students at her former university.