Meet the team

Amy Griggs - Editor

After studying English at Leeds University, Amy worked as a writer at the Press Association. Following this, she spent three years teaching English as a second language to children and adults in both Japan and Australia. Amy has been editor of Child Care since November 2006, and launched the redesign of the magazine in May 2007.

Rebecca Linssen - Editorial Director

Rebecca graduated from Cambridge University with an honours degree in pharmacology in 1994. She has considerable experience in both education and healthcare publishing, having worked as an editor and a publisher for a number of years. Rebecca has been editorial director of Step Forward Publishing Limited since the company was purchased by MA Education Limited in October 2006.

Mark Allen - Publisher

The publisher of Child Care magazine is Mark Allen, a very experienced journalist and editor. He is the former editor of both Community Care and Nursing Mirror. He is also a previous winner of the Periodical Publishers' Association Editor of the Year award when Nursing Mirror also won the Magazine of the Year and Campaign of the Year accolades.