Sharon Carr-Brown

Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Bournemouth West

Personal details
Born 1970, Ringwood, Hants.
Married to Jonathon with three sons

Education
Bournemouth School for Girls, 1984 – 1989
University College, Durham 1990 – 1994, 2:1 Chinese & French
 
Work
BBC World Service 1994 - 1997
Chinese Section, Radio Production Assistant
English news output and Newshour, Radio Production Assistant

BBC Radio 4 1997 – 2001
World at One, PM, World This Weekend and Broadcasting House, Researcher and Producer

Papermen Productions 2007 – present
Director. Proof reader and copy writer

Unions
BECTU 1994 – 2001. Activist and union rep at the BBC
GMB 2009

Party
Joined 1995, active since 1997
Volunteer at Party HQ, Millbank in 1997, Media Monitoring Unit
Council elections, 2005, Queen’s Park ward, Bournemouth
Fabian Society member

Voluntary
First national Chair, the Foundation Trust Governors’ Association. 2007 - present
Publicly elected Governor, the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 2005 – present
Trustee, the Bourne Spring Trust, Springbourne. 2008 – present
Parent Governor, The Federation of St. Clement’s and St. John’s and Bethany Junior Schools, Boscombe. 2008 – present
Founder member of Queen’s Park Improvement and Protection Society, Bournemouth

Interests
Music, film and languages. I’m currently trying to learn Arabic at evening class.