About Us

Malcolm was previously the External Funding Manager for Harrow Council and before that he was for five years social policy adviser to National Grid Transco advising on community investment and corporate social responsibility. He is currently Vice-Chair of Anti-Slavery International, Committee and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has been a trustee of St Christopher’s Fellowship, a social housing landlord, Vice-Chair of Nacro, the leading national crime reduction charity, trustee of Novas Scarman Group and Chair of PATH National which supported black and minority ethnic people into middle and senior management positions and was a member of the BBC Children in Need London and South East Advisory Committee.

John is a qualified accountant with over 10 years experience in charity finance. He is currently employed as Financial Controller at the Royal Society, overseeing financial accounting activity and Year End reporting. Before this, he worked in similar institutions and charities such as the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the Children's Society As Treasurer on the board of Trustees for Young Harrow Foundation, John supports with management of financial resources, building and embedding best practices and statutory financial reporting.

Steve has been the Head of Facilities & Inclusion for Watford FC Community Sports & Education Trust since 2010, which includes the management of the Cedars Youth & Community Centre in Harrow Weald. Prior to this, Steve worked at The Football Association as their National Facilities Manager for 12 years and previous to this as a Change Management Senior Manager within the NatWest Group. As a Trustee of the Young Harrow Foundation since its inception and also a Harrow resident, Steve has a good grasp of how the organisation can make a difference in the borough.

Hamid has worked in the youth and community sector for over 10 years, having studied Law and Criminology at degree level. He has worked for the Prison Advice and Care Trust supporting young people and families of prisoners in London, and for the national charity Catch22 for over 6 years, managing a series of successful initiatives including youth inclusion programmes, and national educational programmes. Currently the London Regional Manager at Sported (since 2013), he manages their capacity building and funding support to around 400 community sports organisations across all London boroughs, developing strategic partnerships across the community sport sector. Hamid also sits on the London and South East Main Grants Committee for Children in Need.

Graham recently retired from his role as Director of Shaftesbury Enterprise at Harrow School where he was responsible for overseeing the school’s charitable and philanthropic activity. Previously he worked as a Chemistry teacher and as a member of the senior management team. Graham has considerable experience working with different not-for-profit organisations in the borough and is passionate about supporting the many local charities and organisations that do so much to promote the wellbeing of children and young people in our borough.

Rosa is currently the Head of Membership Development at London Youth, which supports a network of 300 youth and community organisations across London to strengthen their organisational resilience and increase the quality and scope of the work they deliver. In Rosa’s time at London Youth she has worked closely with youth professionals from across London and developed a sound understanding of the challenges and opportunities youth and community organisations in London experience. Besides working at London Youth, Rosa has worked and volunteered at youth organisations for over five years – she is particularly passionate about supporting and challenging young people to take on leadership roles and become the best they can be

Vanessa Thomas has worked in the charity sector, specifically as a grant maker for 3 years, starting at the youth charity Jack Petchey Foundation and now Comic Relief. She studied Law with Politics LLB at Manchester and enjoys reading travelling and politics, in that order.

Rachel is one of the directors at Voluntary Action Harrow Co-operative. She has experience in project coordination and a background in developing effective systems and structures within the voluntary and public sector. She’s responsible for quality systems, and leads on fundraising and partnership work.

A skilled and highly experienced social work manager with knowledge of local government transformational change. Motivated by improving the effectiveness and outcomes for children & young people, viewing efficiency as a good way to improve standards of performance . Putting children and adult safeguarding and protection at the heart of planning, listening to service users about their experience. Working in partnership to engage all stakeholders; across the Children's and Adult's care pathways.