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
Former Labour MP for Sheffield Hillsborough
