Team Spotlights

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Team Spotlights

An interview with Katharine Haynes, LatchOn Havering

This month, we have a special guest in Katharine Haynes, who runs I've an older brother, older sister, and a younger brother–bigger than most normal families now. We're all very close. We sadly lost our dad in 1990–we had to look after each other, my younger brother was only five. That was significant period in our life. We're always talking...

3 years ago

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Introducing Stephen Callender, Youth Development Worker and Parent Champion Coordinator

This month, we're speaking with Stephen, who joined LifeLine in 2020 and now works on a range of our programmes in the Havering area, offering support to both young people and parents. Where did you grow up? I came over for a visit in 2000. The first thing I fell in love with was the cold. Back home, its blazing...

3 years ago

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Introducing Amy Jones, Senior Youth Development Worker

LifeLine first encountered Amy through our SW!TCH mentoring programme whilst she was attending Dagenham Park School in 2013. At the time, Amy was dealing with multiple issues that had piled up and left her on the edge of being excluded from school. With mentoring, Amy thrived and regained her confidence. She excelled at the after-school activities she engaged with. Amy...

3 years ago

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Introducing Anne Smith, Author of Creative English

This month, we'd like to introduce Dr Anne Smith, Author and Lead Trainer of the Creative English programme and part of our FaithAction team. Anne has worked with LifeLine on various community projects since 2006, including developing the Young Stars and Creative English programme, which use drama to create a sense of belonging and to create further opportunities. Anne was...

4 years ago

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Introducing John Singleton MBE, LifeLine Founder and Chair

This month, we're extremely proud to profile John Singleton, Founder and Chair of LifeLine. John has just been awarded an MBE for his Charitable Services in the King's New Year Honours list. We hope you enjoy this chance to get to know more about the formation of LifeLine and the inspiration for the work we do. John Singleton grew up...

4 years ago

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Introducing Jayden, young person and SW!TCH Ambassador

This month we chat with Jayden, a young person involved with I wouldn't know how to react. I guess negative? I get nervous that they might be stopping me for no reason. If they listened to more young people, it would help.The LifeLine stop and search workshops I attended taught me about knife crime situations and about what was happening...

4 years ago

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Introducing Serea Reid, Youth Development Worker and Outreach Coordinator

This month, we'd like to introduce you to Serea, an outstanding youth worker who joined our SW!TCH team earlier this year and has been coordinated the delivery of our positive activities and other outreach activities across local boroughs. Have you always worked in the charity sector? Mental health doesn't get a lot of prominence, particularly in the black community. From...

4 years ago

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Introducing Agne Pilkauskiene, Healthwatch Engagement and Project Officer

This month, we'd like to introduce Agne, who joined our Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham team in July as an Engagement and Project Officer. If you live in the borough, you might have met her already when she's been out and about running pop-up stands and carrying out surveys to gather feedback from the public on local health and care services....

4 years ago

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Introducing Sunita Bhakar, Champions Support Worker

This month, we'd like to introduce Sunita, who first came to us two years ago as a Parent Champion with our Champions Support Network, providing guidance to parents and carers. She's now a Support Worker, assisting and encouraging other Parent Champions with their mentoring. Where did you grow up? After living in Newham for just over a year, I had...

4 years ago

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Tips and wisdom from Royston Dawswell, Youth Development Worker and Parent Champion Co-ordinator

This month, we'd like to introduce Royston, an incredibly dedicated Youth Development Worker within our SW!TCH team and one of I was born in Stratford and raised in Manor Park. For me, Manor Park was very normal, well-located, just a useful place to grow up. It was me and my five siblings living in a single parent household.My mother is...

4 years ago

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Introducing Jenny Dixon, Lead Bid Writer

This month, we sit down with Jenny Dixon, who has been working on our Business Development team for just over two years and, in recognition of her outstanding contribution, has just been promoted to Lead Bid Writer! We hope you enjoy getting to know more about Jenny and her journey with LifeLine. What does a Lead Bid Writer do? I...

4 years ago

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Introducing Junior Youth Development Workers Dara and Sara

This month, we're delighted to introduce two recent additions to our SW!TCH team, Dara and Sara. They first came to us as mentees through the SW!TCH, before rising to the challenge and supporting other young people as SW!TCH Ambassadors. Now they've become fully-fledged members of the team as our new Junior Youth Development Workers.We hope you enjoy hearing about their...

4 years ago

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