Marta joined The Nehemiah Project board in 2023, having volunteered with the project for two years. Marta is a civil servant at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. She has been involved in several social innovation initiatives, supporting people experiencing homelessness and refugees, including funding the C.I.C. ‘Requalified’ to assist with the recognition of professional qualifications for refugees, and volunteering with the Order of Malta.
Olubunmi Olayisade
Bunmi became a member of the Nehemiah board in the year 2024. Bunmi trained and practised as an epidemiologist before switching to missions many years later. She held a senior management position at Church Mission Society and the Global office of the British Methodist Church. Bunmi also sat on UK Charity boards like Feed The Minds, The Nigeria Health Care Project-UK and the British & Foreign Bible Society. She remains involved in local and global missions.
Mark Ash
Mark is our Lived Experience Practitioner and brings with him invaluable experience and knowledge of drug addiction, homelessness, and the criminal justice system. Mark shares his experience, strength and hope to those entering the project to encourage others that change is possible.
Katy Sutherland
Katy joined Nehemiah in November 2023 as our Move-on Coordinator. Since graduating University in Psychology and Marketing, Katy worked in the mental health sector, supporting people who have psycho-social disabilities. Following this, she moved from Australia to the UK. Katy is passionate about recovery and helping the residents improve their overall wellbeing. Katy supports our stage 2 residents in reintegrating to society and facilitates the CBT-based Recovery Programme, A Brighter Future, on a weekly basis.
Iesher Sesay
Iesher joined Nehemiah in January 2024. Since graduating in Psychology and Criminology, Iesher has focussed on a career working with offenders both in prison and ex-offenders. Iesher has always been intrigued with the mind and behaviour, and how addiction can have an impact of this. She is very positive and passionate about recovery, and strongly encourages residents. Iesher is one of our facilitators and delivers the CBT-based Recovery Programme, A New Future, in our stage one Croydon house.
Emily Byrne
Emily joined The Nehemiah Project in 2023 to support Lois Ravenscroft with Fundraising and Communications. She has an MA in Media and Communications and a BA in English Literature and is passionate about supporting The Nehemiah Project in achieving their goals. She is particularly interested in representation in humanitarian communications. She also brings with her experience volunteering for the Order of Malta for many years.
Bridget Walker
Bridget joined the Recovery Team in March 2023 as the Office Administrator. After a year and a half of learning in this role, she has moved to the Referrals team as of September 2024. As a Referrals Practitioner, her role is to bring new residents into the charity and be a key point of contact for referring agencies. She is excited to be starting this next chapter of work at The Nehemiah Project and is looking forward to helping the charity grow in this new position.
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