Nathan McLellan Befriending Services Support Manager Expand Nathan is our Befriending Services Support Manager and he is responsible for the day-to-day running of our befriending services (National Visitors Network and Phone Buddy scheme). He is responsible for volunteer training, recruitment and matching and is supported by Jean, our office volunteer. Before being promoted to Manager, Nathan worked for over two years as the Support Officer for the befriending services. He applied for the post in August and was successfully appointed in September 2019. Originally from Launceston in Tasmania, Nathan is a keen sportsman. He started skateboarding whilst back home but still finds time to skate in Victoria Park in Mile End, even after being in London for nearly 6 years now. Nathan works full-time and is in the office Monday-Friday. Contact Nathan on 020 8469 9192 or email: [email protected]
David Tickner Chief Executive & Company Secretary Expand David is our Chief Executive and Company Secretary. He has worked for the CSRF for 10 years joining first as Editor of the Fellowship's magazine avanti before taking over as Head of Communications. He was promoted to the post of Deputy Chief Executive in 2014 and was made Chief Executive in 2016. Before joining the CSRF he worked as an Editor-in-Chief in magazine publishing for over 12 years with business clients including London City Airport, Harrods Estates and Champneys. He is responsible for overseeing all the CSRF's operational activities including engagement with our branches and groups, HR, providing secretariat support to the Board of Directors, HR and Finance. David also holds the role of Company Secretary which involves organising our Annual General Meetings, liaison with Company Members and taking the minutes at Board meetings. He is also an active volunteer on our Phone Buddy Scheme and has been calling his beneficiary for over 4 years. He is also the Editor of the Fellowship's newsletter, Fellowship News. Outside of work David enjoys reading (he co-ordinates the CSRF's book club), art, culture & museums, history, politics, movies and writing (he is currently exploring an idea for a novel). When he is able to find the time he also enjoys dog walking in the Sussex countryside with Rover (the family labrador) and travelling.
Jean Fisher Admin & Group Support Officer Expand Jean has recently joined the team as our new part-time Admin & Group Support Officer. She works alongside Eileen providing administrative support to both our beneficiaries and group volunteers. Jean worked as a Social Worker in Greenwich and then as a Probation Officer working across Prisons and Courts in the London area for over 30 years. She's an avid home baker and enjoys bread making (she even tackled my daughter's 3 tier wedding cake). She's also part of the London Nordic walking group which has been a great way to stay fit and meet some interesting people. You can contact Jean on 020 8469 9195 or via email on: [email protected]
Jean Anderson Fellowship Office Volunteer Expand Jean is our Fellowship Office volunteer. She helps in the office maintaining and updating records and working with Bethany and Nathan on the befriending schemes, including quality control by telephone. She has been volunteering for eight years, starting before she retired from the Civil Service. Jean is an enthusiastic member of the CSRF Book Club, once ironed quilts in a quilt factory for a month and is now trying to get to grips with her new tablet.
Lily Roubians Marketing & Communications Officer Expand Lily is our new Marketing & Communications Officer who will be working with our Chief Executive on our new Business & Strategic Plan in 2020. She recently graduated from the University of Greenwich with a first class honours degree in Media and Communications, where she enjoyed creating and sharing her love of storytelling across a range of traditional and emerging mediums. Outside of work, Lily is passionate about writing stories, discovering new films and books as well as optimistically taking on the fitness challenges her little gymnast sister sets her - from ballet classes to gymnastics and even climbing the 02. Lily can be contacted on 020 8469 9194 or by email: lily.[email protected]