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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Adventure Playground Staff
Finley North-McKeown
Fin has worked for IPA for a few years and in 2021 became a permanent member of staff. Fin is well versed when it comes to adventure play. His family...
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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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Kerry O’Connor
Kerry is currently Playground Coordinator of Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground.
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Annie Cook
Annie first worked with Islington Play Association managing a small playground at Priory heights whilst also working as a Playwork Assessor. She found herself spending a lot of time in...
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Mark Challis
Mark is currently a Deputy Playworker at Timbuktu Adventure Playground.
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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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Simmone Walker
Simmone joined Islington Play Association as Deputy Playworker at Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground in February 2016.
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Paradise Park Childrens Centre Staff
Nazifa Yasmin
Nazfia has worked for Islington Play Association since Jan 2020 doing an Early Years Apprenticeship!
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Joy Abegunde
Joy started at Islington Play Association in November 2021. Prior to working with us, she worked as a Nursery Manager for Bright Horizions. She has many years experience of managing...
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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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Lisa Bellenie
Lisa has been a chef for preschools for 16 years and a chef for over 20 years.
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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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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. She is...
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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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Emily Hollis
Meet Emily, one of our Early Years Key Workers in the Big Room at Paradise Park Nursery.
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Board
Annie Natarajan: Chair
Annie joined the board in 2021 and is now the Chair (October 2022).
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Helen Burchett
Helen joined IPA’s board in 2021.
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Amanda Castro
Amanda joined the board in 2019.
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Richard Stephens
Richard has been volunteering with children’s charities for the past 6 years, before joining the IPA board in September 2017. He works for an asset manager in London and received...
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