Congratulations to Dr. Judy Hutchings who recently won the 'Western Mail' Welsh Woman Educator of the Year Award at Cardiff's' International Arena.

The Award for Welsh Woman as Educator is sponsored by the Welsh Assembly and was presented to Judy by Jane Davidson, Minister of Education who has visited Judy's work in schools in North Wales.

Judy was short-listed as a finalist in the 2003 awards in the category Woman as Entrepreneur for establishing the Incredible Years Centre. She was awarded the title 'Welsh Woman as Educator of the Year " in the 2004 competition both for her remarkable work with children with behavioural problems and their families and for setting up the Incredible Years Centre to promote evidence based work with families through training, research and consultation. Judy said that the award was recognition of the achievements of many of her colleagues both in the Incredible Years Centre and in the many voluntary and statutory agencies with whom she has worked to improve the lives of children and families.

" The key thing about education is that people don't learn by being told, they learn by doing, by identifying their own goals and by recognising their own skills and strengths"