Our volunteers
Current Volunteers and Mentors
Amal Soliman
Anna Strange
Anne Brooks
Augustin Venero
Ben Warren
Bhavika Depala
Boshra Ben Hamama
Carmela Wong
Christine Kiely
Claire Wass
Dorothy Gonsalves
Faith Saunders
Frances Kemball
Gil Gonsalves
Helen Godfrey
Isobel Coker
James Sawer
Jean Newbold
Jenny Webley
John McLaughlin
Jonathan Chambers
Julie Maher
Laura van der Hoeven
Lucy Inglis
Madge Rondo
Malcolm Twigger-Ross
Margaret Wears
Maria Kaladeen
Mary Ellen O'Sullivan
Matthew Grech-Sollars
Paula Giles
Pauline Williams
Peter Robson
Peter Stockham
Philomena Walton
Rachel Tomlinson
Radika Brown
Riikka Harala
Roger Baker
Rory Power
Samuel Kalu
Sara Bham
Sarah Jacobs
Sophia Taylor
Ted Neville
Terry Philpot
Voy Leedale
Mary-Ellen O'Sullivan
As a voluntary ESOL teacher, Mary-Ellen considers it her job to love, teach and stimulate her students and is rewarded with the chance to see them blossom and become independent under her tutelage. Her continuing inspiration comes from the students themselves; in her opinion, the teaching, important as it is, is secondary to building the students’ self-worth.
Ted Neville
Ted manages the day-to-day running of the charity shop with extreme conscientiousness, even selling to a textile recycling company clothing unsuitable for the shop. Chatting and joking with his customers, not the least of whom was the late Cardinal Hume, a daily visitor, is what has kept Ted an enthusiastic volunteer for the last 12 years.
Christine Kiely
Christine has been volunteering locally for 52 years and working at the Cardinal Hume charity shop on Horseferry Road since it opened in 1987. In that time she has seen the shop massively increase its contribution to CHC income; asked the secret to the shop's success and longevity, she said, 'If you're nice to people, they come back.'