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Meet the staff at Home-Start Wandsworth


Kelly Samuel, Senior Coordinator

Kelly joined Home-Start Wandsworth when it was still run from Sue Winter’s (our founder) kitchen table in 2010. She has a wealth of experience supporting families across Wandsworth, and also leads delivery of our volunteer training course. She previously worked in special education needs in schools. Kelly has lived and worked in Wandsworth borough her entire life.

Contact Kelly: 07500 805912, kelly@homestartwandsworth.org.uk

 

Carey Davies, Family Hubs Coordinator

Carey has been working with Home-Start Wandsworth since 2013 as our administrator. She is now our coordinator of Family Hubs, developing new programmes for our families providing classes ranging from yoga, baby massage, and budgeting to name a few. She also runs regular cookery sessions and family outings over the holidays. Carey’s background is in fashion; she ran a fashion designer’s busy office for 8 years and before that had her own fashion shop in Fulham for 8 years.

Contact Carey: 07825 917619, carey@homestartwandsworth.org.uk

 

Sarah Maher, Bump to Baby Coordinator

Sarah’s background is in general nursing, midwifery and health visiting. She was a Home-Start home-visiting volunteer for over 4 years and is qualified to teach mental health first aid to new volunteers. Sarah became a trustee in 2016, bringing her health visiting and mental health expertise to the board. She has now taken on the role of coordinating the Bump to Baby programme.

Contact Sarah: 07825 917344, sarah@homestartwandsworth.org.uk

 

Jenny Price, Coordinator

Jenny trained as a Home-Start Wandsworth volunteer before joining the office team. Her previous experience is in digital media and cultural heritage, having worked in London galleries and museums. After 3 years working as the Home-Start Administrator, Jenny now works directly with families in her role as Coordinator. Jenny has a young family and is an active member of the community, volunteering at school and in local organisations.

Contact Jenny: 07762 743158, jenny@homestartwandsworth.org.uk

 

Charline ThompsonCharline Thompson, Coordinator

Charline is a parenting and child development specialist who has been volunteering and working across the Wandsworth borough for over 10 years. Formerly an outreach worker in a local children’s centre, she has a vast amount of experience working with families and a wealth of information on parenting programmes, group work and engaging with families with a wide range of issues. She recently completed her MSc in Child Psychology. She is a parent to 5 children and a keen football supporter.

Contact Charline: 07909 726474, charline@homestartwandsworth.co.uk

 

Laura Ferreira, Scheme Manager

Laura first joined the Home-Start Wandsworth team as our Project Manager in 2017 and then took on the role of Scheme Manager in 2018. Laura has more than 15 years experience working in the charity sector, with a background in public health, community development, and sustainability. In addition to running the scheme Laura is focusing on building capacity to demonstrate the lasting impact of our work. She is also a local mum with a young family.

Contact Laura: laura@homestartwandsworth.org.uk

 

Melissa Pike, Communications and Fundraising Officer

Melissa has over fifteen years experience working in communication agencies and is passionate about supporting and empowering parents in the local community. She is a local mum and an active committee member on her son’s school’s PTA, organising events and raising money for the school.  In her spare-time she runs baby massage courses and has spent the last three years studying parent education with NCT college.

Contact Melissa: melissa@homestartwandsworth.org.uk

 

Cora Robertson, Volunteer Development Officer

Cora started her career as a housing support volunteer 15 years ago and strongly believes in the power of volunteering to change lives. She went on to train as a social worker, where she helped keep children safe from abuse and violence before returning to the charity sector where she’s worked with Home-Start Haringey, Barnardo’s, Morley College and a number of smaller organisations. Cora’s from north London but has recently moved South of the River.

Contact Cora: cora@homestartwandsworth.org.uk

 

Debbie Ramdeo, Administrator

Debbie joined Home-Start Wandsworth as the Administrator in October 2020.She has a background in Database Marketing and CRM across different sectors over the last 20 years. She is very passionate about supporting families and in her spare time volunteers to support women and families in their fertility journey to become parents especially woman wanting to become solo mums by choice. Debbie has a young family and loves cooking and watching Tennis and Formula 1.

Contact Debbie: 07704482632, deborah@homestartwandsworth.org.uk 

 

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Home-Start Wandsworth is a member of the Home-Start London consortium, which is made up of 13 Home-Start schemes reaching as far as Barnet in the north to Sutton in the south and Redbridge in the east to Hillingdon in the west. Together the consortium members create a larger footprint than they would individually to have a greater impact across London.
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