Current staff

• Chief Executive Officer: Kathy Smith
• Senior Solicitor and Housing adviser: Steve Young
• Employment adviser: Patrick McNamee
• Welfare Benefits advisers: Kate Grubb, Dee Behan
• Debt Adviser: Dee Behan

Volunteers

• Ellen Edwards (joined November 2007)
• Claire Edwards (joined 6 October 2009)
• Duaa Izziden (joined July 2010)
• Peyman Zonouzi (joined June 2011)
• Jane Milburn (joined October 2011)
• Joanna Dabrowska (joined Nov 2011)
• Lawrence Shepperson (joined Nov 2011)

Volunteering

People volunteer for us in a number of roles, they act as receptionists, admin and typing, and bookkeeper. We give training and provide experience that help people improve their skills which in turn helps to improve volunteers’ CV’s if they are looking for paid work.

We have enabled 9 volunteers to find employment. We also ask volunteers for their comments when they leave. Richard, our volunteer book keeper for nearly three years, recently left for a paid job. He wrote:

“Everyone involved within the law centre works very hard to help everyone, it’s been a joy to be part of that. Keep on supporting and encouraging volunteers to excel and gain confidence.”

Vacancies

We have the following vacancies for volunteers:

• Trustee – find out more on our Trustee page.
• Admin/typist - we need experienced typists for Wednesday and Fridays. We will teach you how to use our database so you can op0en and close legal aid cases.
• Benefit submissions – we need someone for one day a week to prepare submissions for benefit appeals.
• Office cleaner – we need someone to come in for one or two hours per week to clean the offices. Can you help?

If you have the skills and time, please contact Kathy Smith.