{"id":2133,"date":"2015-10-01T00:17:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T00:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dnsmatrix-adder.co.uk\/~gstwqctl\/?page_id=2133"},"modified":"2020-06-10T23:28:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T23:28:13","slug":"speakerjo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/breakingdownbarriers.org.uk\/index.php\/speakerjo\/","title":{"rendered":"SpeakerJo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1437077367708{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1434401196779{margin-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1434401638838{margin-top: -25px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h5>Click on an image<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Meet each speaker<\/span><\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1436998375419{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;team-bio&#8221; el_class=&#8221;biography&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;speaker-info&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1454018538784{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jo<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jo\u00a0returned to England in 2009 having migrated to South Australia in 1970 as a child of a single parent, sponsored under the Fairbridge Scheme. 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