Staff

Our staff

St Luke's aims to provide the highest quality services to the community and recognises that its greatest assets are its high quality staff and volunteers.

To contact any member of staff please email [email protected], or call Reception on 020 7549 8181

Michael Ryan, Chief Executive

Sarah Verrinder, Executive Assistant

Services

Keren Wiltshire, Director of Services

Fiona Horigan, Deputy Director of Services

Cathy Carpenter, Deputy Director of Services (Adults)

Colleen Ettridge, Head of Corporate Fundraising

Business Engagement

John Garces Cordoba, Business Engagement Manager

Jane Spong, Business Engagement Officer

Cookery School

Sofia Larrinua-Craxton, Cookery School Manager (covered by Mikhail Lumanov)

Angela Dooley, Cookery School Administrator

Jo King, Kitchen Assistant

Nezahat Simsek, Kitchen Assistant

Gardening

Marco Bottignole, Community Gardening Project Manager (currently on paternity leave)

Poppy Fishman, Community Gardening Manager covering paternity leave

Catherine Tidnam, Gardening Assistant

Over 55s

Fiker Anliey, Care Support Worker

Graham Reeves, Older Men’s Development Officer

Kishor Gadhia, Minibus Driver/ Care Assistant

Marlo Fox, Care Support Worker

Community Engagement

Carol-Ann McArdle, Community Engagement Officer

Sarah Caldwell- Watson, Activities & Events Co-ordinator

Operations

Thomas Lans, Director of Operations

Catering Team

Amy Ennis, Catering Manager

Zuhre Bektas, Head Chef

Aziz Watili, Chef

Nathan Lewis, Café Assistant

Daniel Nitzani, Kitchen Porter

Gulten Bektas, Catering Assistant

Tulay Guldal, Catering Assistant

Maiya Sabapathy, Catering Assistant

Daniel Cseh, Catering Assistant

Sarah Yasmeen Habib Chaudhry, Catering Assistant

Jose Mendes, Catering Assistant

Nezahat Simek, Catering Assistant

Facilities

Paul Bambury, Facilities & Reception Manager

Nick Waterman, Facilities Co-ordinator

Herschel Charles, Facilities Assistant

Luke Pollie, Facilities Assistant

Romel Simpson, Facilities Assistant

Patrick Simpson, Facilities Assistant

Reception

Deniz Bellikli, Receptionist & Events

Kelley Byrne, Receptionist & Events

Patrick Simpson, Receptionist

Elaine Mulcare, Sunday Receptionist

Communications

Lisa Burrell, Communications Manager

Ellie Stewart, Senior Communications Officer

Finance

Fiona Holliday, Finance Manager

Katherine Ulloa-Padilla, Finance Assistant

Ying Wang, Finance Assistant

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Gardening for all ages

There's a gardening class for everyone at St Luke's!
D'Arcy Stage School with St Luke's

Classes for ages 2 years - Adults in Ballet, Tap, Modern, Jazz and Musical Theatre on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
St Luke's Christmas Fayre

Come along to our Christmas Fayre for an afternoon of festive fun for all the family. Free entry, 12-4pm.
Gardening in November

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Cubitt Community Studios Programme

The Cubitt Community Studios Programme offers artists affordable studio space in central London in return for voluntary time
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Room hire

Our modern Community Centre offers a range of flexible events spaces large and small, perfect for meetings, conferences, parties or events for grown-ups and kids alike, from two to 160 people. We take pride in keeping the Centre well-decorated and clean. We're located just off Old Street, EC1, close to the City of London and three tube stations - Old Street, Barbican and Angel.
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About the centre

We own a large Community Centre on the edge of the City of London, a diverse area containing extremes of wealth and poverty. Our modern Community Centre provides a space for local people to gather and socialise, and for us and other organisations to deliver services and activities for the local community at little or no cost.
Garden Room

With its own private entrance and exclusive use of a terrace garden, this spacious and flexible room offers the perfect setting for conferences, seminars, training events and parties. It is a blank canvas to create the right setting and configuration for your event, and benefits from neutral, stylish décor and lots of natural light.
The Loft

The Loft occupies the whole third floor of the Community Centre, and has exclusive use of an entrance (ante) room, kitchen area and toilet, within this spacious and versatile area. It is bright and airy, and ideal for meetings, conferences, training, seminars or less formal events. Its exposed Victorian steel beams and skylight windows offer wonderful views over the roof tops of London.
What we do and who we help

We own a large Community Centre on the edge of the City of London, a diverse area containing extremes of wealth and poverty. Our modern Community Centre provides a space for local people to gather and socialise, and for us and other organisations to deliver services and activities to the local community at low or no cost to them. We also work outside in the community supporting other groups and running community events.
Studio

The Studio is a bright and exciting space for any occasion. Truly unique, this spacious room with its high ceilings and distinctive red walls will provide a striking backdrop to your conference or party. It includes a wall of mirrors with a professional barre for dance classes.
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About the Cookery School

Our stylish, contemporary Cookery School in central London opened in 2012 as a self-funding facility to enable St Luke’s to deliver free or low-cost cookery classes and projects to benefit our community, which are funded by the private hire of the School.