All People

Adam is our Senior Instructor for the Sports Centre at Woodrow and joined us ...

Albert has been a youth worker for almost 30 years and a trainer for over 20 years. ...

Alex grew up in the area around Hindleap and has always loved the outdoors.

Andrea joined us as our Sales and Administration Coordinator at ...

Andy joins Hindleap from Cornwall where he has been teaching young people to be professionals in the outdoor industry

Becky enjoys working with and helping non-swimmers.

His adventures have taken him all across the world.

Beverley has supported thousands of students over her 20 year career with London Youth.

Brian has successfully led our finance team and kept the office updated with the latest sports commentary for over 14 years.

Carl is the life and soul of our Youth Action team, helping to facilitate a variety of projects and always with a smile!

Chris is one of the latest additions to our team at Hindleap.

Daisy is a new addition to Hindleap, having joined us in March

Oz is one of the latest get-up-and-go additions to our team at Hindleap.

Dan is one of our Instructors at Woodrow and joined the team in November 2011. More ...

Darren enjoys eating and has a real passion for cheese.

Before joining the team at Hindleap, Dave worked for three years for an American summer camp as a watersports instructor.

Highly respected within the field of outdoor learning and an International Mountain Guide.

Davide Rodrigues chairs our Trustee Board. Davide is a former Managing Director of ...

Derek Willis works with families in the City and Tower Hamlets. Previously he has been ...

Di organises the residential weeks and sorts out all the guests and volunteers who will be involved.

Dylan has been instructing for almost 20 years

Emily joined our Instructor team at Woodrow in February ...

Emma enjoys helping non-swimmers and weak simmers overcome difficulties.

Emma Kosmin joined London Youth through our new Talent Programme.

Emma swam competitively to South of England level.

Esther Sherato has been involved with London Youth for the past four years, sitting as ...

Esther leads a dynamic team, delivering a contemporary range of youth work qualifications and short courses.

Francisco Augusto became a part of our Board through his role as a member of the ...

Gareth looks after sales, marketing and fundraising at our two residential centres.

Passionate about supporting our members to reach the highest standards of youth work, Gary is our pioneer of the London Youth Quality Mark.

Gemma joined our Instructor team at Woodrow in February 2012. More info on ...

A local man, Graham visited Hindleap with his youth club before working at the Centre.

Grant joined our Instructor team at Woodrow High House in November 2011. ...

Harriet helps people to learn to swim at Woodrow.

Ian joined our Facilities team at Woodrow in March 2012. He works ...

Ilaria Gregotti is Director of People and Change at KPMG. Ilaria has an MBA from the ...

Jackie is one of the team working to keep Woodrow spick and span.

James Jordan joined the London Youth staff team as a Woodrow Apprentice Instructor ...

Before becoming an instructor, Jane was a secondary school Maths teacher.

With a mix of grassroots youth work experience and a degree in Sports Science, Jas is bringing our Olympic legacy aim to life.

Jennifer Izekor started her career in the Colchester Probation Service and has ...

A keen sportsman himself, and of course a committed Bluebirds supporter, John supports thousands of young Londoners to get into community sport each year.

John Norman sits on our Board and Chairs the Safeguarding and Safety Committee. He spent ...

John started his career as a computer engineer but has now been working in the outdoor sector for six years.

Jon ran the London Marathon in 2007 and also cycles to work to keep fit.

Jude previously worked as a nursery nurse and has an NVQ in Childcare.

Julian Beare has had a long association with London Youth through Hindleap Warren, ...

Kae is our Senior Instructor for Activities at Woodrow and joined us in September ...

Keeley Williams has been involved with London Youth for three years now and became a ...

Kunle is our Finance Assistant and and works closely with our Head of Finance to ...

Laura has grown up around Hindleap Warren and not only has her son visited the Centre on numerous occasions, her Mum also works in the Housekeeping Department.

Lenny has been working in the outdoor sector for 12 years.

Leo is often found being stroked by the Activenture guests and taken for long muddy walks at Hindleap.

Les is the prime contact for all potential volunteers and organises all the training.

She has three grown up children, four grandchildren and one great grandson!

Marianne keeps everything spick and span at Woodrow.

As her job title suggests, Marie makes sure the sums add up at Woodrow.

Mark Clay is one of our dynamic team of youth work trainers, delivering a contemporary ...

Mark has a first class degree in Adventure Education and has worked in the outdoor sector for five years.

Marlon once made an overland trip from Denmark to India in a converted Volvo coach with fellow students.

Martin joined us as our Head of Centre at Woodrow in February 2012. He has a ...

Mary helps us to keep Woodrow spick and span.

Matt is responsible for creating quality volunteering opportunities and supporting young people into volunteering.

Matt is a youth worker, social entrepreneur, trainer and presenter.

Maurice is married with two sons and enjoys reading in his spare time.

Mel is a London Youth Trainer who has a 12 year background in youth and community work. ...

Naomi helps us to teach young people to swim at Woodrow.

Natasha is responsible for the delivery of Youth Action programmes such as Athan 31 as well as supporting the Young Londoners Participation Network.

Nick is currently enjoying learning all there is to know about chainsaws and their operation.

Nicola leads on all Youth Action programmes having started with us as a Millenium Volunteer in 2005.

Nicola is a sports coach with 12 years experience of delivering and running community ...

Oli has been in the Industry for over 5 years

Paul Ridgwell joined Hindleap Warren as an instructor in April 2012

Paul is one of our Instructors at Woodrow and joined the team in November ...

Peter has an honours and a teaching degree, and is an International Mountain Leader!

Richard started work as a Swimming Instructor at Woodrow High House in ...

Roger Merton is our Deputy Chair and has been involved in Youth Work for over ...

Ros is a key member of our fundraising team at the Centres.

Rosa joined us through our new and exciting Talent Programme.

Prior to working at Hindleap Rosie worked at an inner London watersports Centre .

Rosie went to the French Alps last summer and led an all girl team to the top of their first summit - the Aigulle du Tour (3540m).

Rosie has been part of our senior team since February 2009.

Sam Cox joined the London Youth staff team as a Woodrow Instructor in May ...

Sam joined us in May having worked previously with an Environmental Consultancy in Finance and Human Resources.

Sandra joined us through our new Talent Programme.

Sandra is one of the team working to keep Woodrow spick and span.

Sarah runs the Career-ability programme for London Youth which focusses on engaging, ...

Shivangee started working here in January after completing her BSc in Social Policy and Criminology.

More info on Steve coming soon...

As well as working at Hindleap part time, Sue has been a Teaching Assistant for 18 years.

Sue's been on the Hindleap team for 11 years now.

Suzanne looks after the books at Hindleap and checks that we pay people on time.

Tekla Balfour has been involved with London Youth for quite a few years now, ...

Tess looks after the bookings at Woodrow High House.

Tim Davis is a Senior Instructor at Hindleap Warren and has worked at the Centre for four and a half years

Tom's a qualified climbing and mining instructor and does enjoy a spot of climbing in his spare time.

Tony runs Hindleap Warren. He's party to a bit of caving in his spare time.

Having worked in Nigeria and the Middle East, Vanessa returned to her London roots and provides an extensive range of IT and business knowledge.

Veronica is the Activenture administrator and llama expert

Will helps us to teach young people to swim at Woodrow.

William looks after the bookings at Hindleap Warren. For all enquiries contact him now

Winston is our Positive Change Manager based in Lambeth.

Yiggs is one of our Instructors at Woodrow and joined us in November ...

Zoe leads our Getting Ready for the Games and Beyond sports team, working towards creating a genuine Olympic legacy for young people.