Wendy Jeeves
Wendy has worked with Islington adventure playgrounds since 1994, before joining Islington Play Association as a Treehouse Project Worker in 2009. As part of the ‘Treehouses for Islington’ project she...
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Staff
Meet some of our amazing team at Islington Play Association! If you would like to find out more about working here, check out our Jobs page.
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Biniam Ghebreyesus
Biniam has been working at Islington Play Association since August 2012.
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Brunilda Ibraj
Bruna first joined Islington Play Association as a volunteer. She was appointed to the role of Finance Officer in August 2009. She then was promoted to Finance Manager in 2018.
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Lloyd Sherwood
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Yumi Yokoyama
Yumi is all about making work feel good. After nearly two decades in a leadership role at an international corporate, she made a purposeful shift in 2024 – joining IPA...
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Hannah St Jean
Hannah joined IPA in early 2025, bringing creativity, drive, and a talent for making things happen. She leads on fundraising and partnerships with a fresh, people-focused approach, whether she’s writing...
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Adventure Playground Staff
Kerry O’Connor
Kerry is currently Playground Coordinator of Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground.
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Lauren Bennet
Lauren Bennet started at IPA in 2020. She is a creative person with a love of the great outdoors.
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Gilmar Cruz Silva
Gilmar is Deputy Playworker at Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground, having worked at Crumbles Castle Adventure Playground since 2010.
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Mark Challis
Mark is currently a Deputy Playworker at Timbuktu Adventure Playground.
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Paradise Park Childrens Centre Staff
Joy Abegunde
I choose to stay as a nursery manager in this organisation because I feel valued in my role. Working with children is a true passion of mine, and I find...
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Cinzia Tassinari
Cinzia has being working at Paradise Park Children’s Centre since 2012. She feels that her role as is a rewarding and challenging one, having to relate to young children on...
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Emily Hollis
Meet Emily, one of our Early Years Key Workers in the Big Room at Paradise Park Nursery.
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Tasnia Ahmed
Tasnia has been working at Paradise Park Nursery since 2018. She is now an Early Years Worker in the big room.
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Alicia Adams-Clarke
Alicia started working at Paradise Park in November 2019 and is currently studying for her Level 3 Childcare with us.
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Fataha Khanom
Fataha joined IPA in 2012 working as bank staff across Paradise Park Children’s Centre’s nursery and creche. As well as continuing this work, Fataha has worked at the cafe at...
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Nazifa Yasmin
Nazfia has worked for Islington Play Association since Jan 2020 doing an Early Years Apprenticeship!
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Tracey Hollis
Tracey has worked at Islington Play Association since September 2009. Before working for IPA she spent several years working at other nurseries and working as a registered childminder.
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Board
Vlad Manyukhin
Vlad joined the board in 2023. He is in the Business Integrity function of a major manufacturer, implementing the tools and trainings to empower employees to make ethical decisions.
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