Our team

We currently have 13 part-time paid staff that are employed and managed by a Voluntary Trustee Board that includes representatives from local agencies.

A paid manager is responsible for managing the scheme on a day-to-day basis.

Our staff

Karen Ritchie, Manager
Karen has worked for Home-Start for 11 years. 7 years as the Manager.

Sara McClean,
Senior Co-ordinator

Karen Minors,
Co-ordinator

Karen was a volunteer for Home-Start for several years before becoming a co-ordinator.

Joanne Glen,
Co-ordinator

Tabitha Sutcliffe,
Co-ordinator

Sadia Asghar, Coordinator

Ellie Thomas, Coordinator

Michelle Buckley, Coordinator

Ellen Summers, Administrator
Ellen oversees the monitoring, evaluation and publicity of the scheme.

Alison Vaughan, Administrator
Alison has worked for Home-Start for 5 years and oversees the day to day finance of the scheme. 

Julie Slingsby, Group Support Worker

Our trustees

Emily Morton - Chair

Barbara Walsh - Vice Chair

Liz Fisher - Company Secretary

Chris Howard  - Treasurer

Dr Dinesh Naik, Ruth Bernard, Janet Gahegan, Pam Webster, Liz Hawkins, Claire Molinari, Jo Rudd

Our Patrons

Meg Munn MP

Cllr Jackie Drayton, former Mayor of Sheffield

Angela Smith MP

Natalie is the only person who keeps me sane and makes me feel like a normal person.

Lizzie,
Home-Start family

Our volunteers

Last year we had 194 volunteers supporting our work.  We can't list them all here, but they are a valuable part of our team.  Our special thanks go to all of them.

They are the people who make our work possible.

Our President

Helen Jackson

Helen Jackson

Former Labour MP for Sheffield Hillsborough

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