Our Trustees
Carolyn Herbert
About Carolyn
Carolyn has lived in Greenwich for many years and first came across Home-Start Greenwich when she met a volunteer at a drop-in session she was attending at a Home-Start Greenwich Children Centre with her grandson.
She joined as a volunteer in 2017, after her retirement from teaching, and has supported two families through home visits and was delivering food parcels to vulnerable families during the height of the Pandemic.
During her teaching career, she worked in primary schools in several Inner London boroughs in a variety of roles – class teacher, reading support and advisory work with a focus on ethnic minority achievement. She has worked closely with refugee families and children for whom English is an additional language. She also acted as teacher-governor for twelve years.
She has two adult children and is now the proud grandma of two wonderful grandchildren.
Zethu Makatini
Joanna Lewins
About Joanna
Jo has lived in Greenwich and Lewisham for most of her life, and first heard about Home-Start about 40 years ago when a friend volunteered and spoke passionately about the organisation, and the support it gave to families and to the volunteer too.
Jo worked for over 30 years in the NHS first in Dartford, then in Lewisham as a Speech and Language Therapist. She worked in many different settings, including Early Years, clinics, schools and home visits. She was involved in developing and delivering training to others who worked with children who were experiencing delay or difficulty with communication.
Jo worked for 5 years in the Sure Start programme in Lewisham where she implemented an evidence based Baby Talk project.
Jo joined HSG as a volunteer after retirement – doing food deliveries in lockdown and home visiting several families for emotional and practical support also. She also volunteers in a local school supporting children with reading.
Jo has 4 grown up children and 3 wonderful grandchildren.
Joey Sheridan
About Joey
Joey is a fellow of the ACCA. He served as finance director to Home-Start Greenwich for almost 6 years. He has more than 25 years of financial management and board experience with organisations in multiple business sectors.
He is a Director of Woods Foodservice, a supplier to top end hospitality providers and restaurants in London and the surrounding areas.
Abi Levitt
About Abi
Abi brings over 20 years of senior leadership experience across the voluntary and community sector, specialising in organisational transformation, strategic development, fundraising, and governance. After beginning a career in strategic communications, she moved into the charity sector in 2006 and have since held senior management, interim CEO, and consultancy roles supporting charities that work with vulnerable families, people with learning disabilities, and those facing disadvantage.
A long-standing Associate of Home-Start UK, she has supported more than 30 Home-Starts and charities across the UK, helping organisations strengthen services, secure funding, build partnerships, and plan for sustainable growth. Abi also brings extensive board-level experience as both a trustee and chair, alongside a strong understanding of Home-Start Kirklees through previous work supporting the organisation’s funding strategy, business planning, and service development.