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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Learning disability & autism
Nick Thorne: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Nick Thorne
executive director of Orchestras for All
Sept 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
1
Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 9 Sept 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Nick Thorne: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- executive director of Orchestras for All
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 9 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Nick Thorne sits on learning disability & autism
Quoted
Quoted in the press on learning disability & autism.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Jon SparkesSector leaderChief Executive, Royal Mencap SocietyLeading
Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)Leading
Sir Simon WesselyAcademicRegius Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College LondonLeading- Dr Sharon SmithClinicianPhD researcher in inclusion
- Rob HollandSector leaderDirector of the National Autistic Society Scotland
- Nick ThorneSector leaderexecutive director of Orchestras for All
- Gail WilsonClinicianSenior nurse for nursing, midwifery and social care, NHS England
- Richard KyleClinicianProfessor of allied health & nursing at Plymouth Marjon University
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05 On the record · press
What Nick Thorne has said
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- bbc.co.uk
- bbc.com
Where Nick Thorne has been quoted
- Orchestra helps man with autism feel he belongsbbc.com · 9 Sept 2026
- Orchestra helps man with autism feel he belongsbbc.co.uk · 9 Sept 2026
How we found the articles that name Nick Thorne: we searched news for these terms.
- learning disability
- autism
- autistic
- SEND
- EHCP
- special educational needs
- ADHD
- Down's syndrome
Also searched with “learning disability” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Learning disability & autism
Verbatim
“From a key member of the trumpet section to creating Cam's running, walking and rolling club - a group supporting everyone to be active each morning. He's supported many young people to following his own journey of development - and support them all to progress both musically and building key life skills.”
“From a key member of the trumpet section to creating Cam's running, walking and rolling club - a group supporting everyone to be active each morning. He's supported many young people to following his own journey of development - and support them all to progress both musically and building key life skills.”
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