Our trustees

Officer	Designation	Background and relevant experience
Ali. F . Jabeen	Chair	Ali has over 20 years in governance, having been a member of several boards as a volunteer trustee/director for several charities that support vulnerable families and their children. Her volunteer role as the Deputy Chair for Homestart Camden & Islington. She was also one of the founder members of the board of trustees, for Homestart London. A member of the ‘Camden Partnership for Educational Excellence’ decision making team and the Chair of the strategy group for the ‘Camden Parent Council’ . She specialises in Parenting Support in all its forms, has run her own practice to ensure the prominence of this type of support within communities. She has extensive knowledge on human rights, the rights of the child and family law. Ali is the operations manager of a specialist of advocacy provision for parents with learning disabilities and or learning difficulties (ESPP) for a charity called the Elfrida Society based in Islington. The ESPP is currently providing advocacy in all London boroughs, alongside referrals from various LA’s uk wide. Ali has extensive experience as an expert advocate herself, training and developing advocates. Her focus is on the strategic development of services for the most vulnerable in our communities.
Jessica Reddel	Trustee	Jess lives locally and joined Doorstep in 2023. She works for Streetwise Opera, an arts/homelessness charity where she supports with finance, operations, strategy and governance. She also holds volunteering roles with St Mungo’s and other local charities.
Tsedey Yilala	Trustee	Tsedey joined Doorstep in Oct 2022. She has worked in health and social care for over 20 years and is passionate about families experiencing homelessness.
Alpona Banerji	Trustee	Alpona initially joined Doorstep as a Trustee and has since taken on the duty of Chair, she lives locally in Northwest London. Her career has focused on risk management and financial services.
Phoebe Stamford-Moroz	Vice Chair	Phoebe joined Doorstep in 2017 and worked as a professional musician for many years before retraining, and brings a professional secretarial knowledge of law, finance and strategy.
Jo Cunningham	Secretary	Jo joined Doorstep in 2015. She has worked as an IT professional in Investment Banking for over 15 years, and lives locally.
Celia Carr	Trustee	Celia joined Doorstep as a Trustee in October 2021. She is a solicitor who formerly worked in corporate tax law, before moving to the public sector. She lives locally to Doorstep in Northwest London.
Lesley Adams	Trustee	A Company Secretary by profession Lesley lives locally and joined Doorstep in 2018. She has been involved with a number of UK Charities and Committees in a fund raising and administrative capacity.

Officer

Designation

Background and relevant experience

Ali. F . Jabeen

Chair

Ali has over 20 years in governance, having been a member of several boards as a volunteer trustee/director for several charities that support vulnerable families and their children. Her volunteer role as the Deputy Chair for Homestart Camden & Islington. She was also one of the founder members of the board of trustees, for Homestart London. A member of the ‘Camden Partnership for Educational Excellence’ decision making team and the Chair of the strategy group for the ‘Camden Parent Council’ . She specialises in Parenting Support in all its forms, has run her own practice to ensure the prominence of this type of support within communities. She has extensive knowledge on human rights, the rights of the child and family law. Ali is the operations manager of a specialist of advocacy provision for parents with learning disabilities and or learning difficulties (ESPP) for a charity called the Elfrida Society based in Islington. The ESPP is currently providing advocacy in all London boroughs, alongside referrals from various LA’s uk wide. Ali has extensive experience as an expert advocate herself, training and developing advocates. Her focus is on the strategic development of services for the most vulnerable in our communities.

Jessica Reddel

Trustee

Jess lives locally and joined Doorstep in 2023. She works for Streetwise Opera, an arts/homelessness charity where she supports with finance, operations, strategy and governance. She also holds volunteering roles with St Mungo’s and other local charities.

Tsedey Yilala

Trustee

Tsedey joined Doorstep in Oct 2022. She has worked in health and social care for over 20 years and is passionate about families experiencing homelessness.

Alpona Banerji

Trustee

Alpona initially joined Doorstep as a Trustee and has since taken on the duty of Chair, she lives locally in Northwest London. Her career has focused on risk management and financial services.

Phoebe Stamford-Moroz

Vice Chair

Phoebe joined Doorstep in 2017 and worked as a professional musician for many years before retraining, and brings a professional secretarial knowledge of law, finance and strategy.

Jo Cunningham

Secretary

Jo joined Doorstep in 2015. She has worked as an IT professional in Investment Banking for over 15 years, and lives locally.

Celia Carr

Trustee

Celia joined Doorstep as a Trustee in October 2021. She is a solicitor who formerly worked in corporate tax law, before moving to the public sector. She lives locally to Doorstep in Northwest London.

Lesley Adams

Trustee

A Company Secretary by profession Lesley lives locally and joined Doorstep in 2018. She has been involved with a number of UK Charities and Committees in a fund raising and administrative capacity.

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