MEET THE TEAM

Parent Group Leaders

Yvette Walker

CO-CREATOR & GROUP COORDINATOR

Emelia Kuagbela

PARENT GROUP LEADER, TRAINER & SUPERVISOR

Joanne Hira

PARENT GROUP LEADER

Rukhsana Khan

PARENT GROUP LEADER

Marielle Le Masle

PARENT GROUP LEADER & TRAINER

Antoinette Asante

PARENT GROUP LEADER, TRAINER & SUPERVISOR

Forida Gulshon

PARENT GROUP LEADER

Fasreen Ramzeen

PARENT GROUP LEADER


STAFF & TRUSTEES

  • Penny Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Penny is a coach, and facilitator in the Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities ethos and practice. Penny is a mum to two amazing teenagers and has navigated divorce and co-parenting apart.

  • Gareth Conyard

    CHAIR OF TRUSTEES

    Gareth is a father of two kids and has a career working in education - as a civil servant at the Department for Education and now for an education charity providing professional development for teachers.

  • Ruth Kudzi

    TRUSTEE

    Ruth is an entrepreneur, former teacher, coach and author who is also a mum of 2 girls. Her background in Psychology and Education haven't seemed to help her as a parent, and her ‘free range’ parenting style yet!

  • Iona McArdle

    TRUSTEE

    Iona is an economic development professional with a background in regeneration and housing projects. Her work focuses on developing inclusive economy strategies. She is mum to a daughter and son.

  • Angelena Hindocha

    TRUSTEE

    Angelena is a mum of two living in London and founder of AWCoaching - SRRC (The Science of Raising Regulated children. Supporting adults to understand how to use neuroscience to help children thrive and flourish). Angelena is also a primary school teacher passionate about helping children to better understand themselves in order to live their best lives, to dream big and believe that they can become the very best versions of themselves.

  • Samantha Coles

    TRUSTEE

    Sam lives in South London and has two daughters. She works as a Civil Servant, and has spent her career in education, health and social care policy. Sam is passionate about building support for parents in her local community.

  • Rachel Stern

    TRUSTEE

    Rachel is a parent of two young boys and is honest about how challenging she has found parenting. Professionally she has held roles spanning market research, marketing, and brand & business strategy and is also a certified coach.

Our Partners

Quality Assurance

Our lead coach is accredited by the International Coaching Federation and works to their code of ethics and competencies. You can find us on the Life Coach Directory Search Penny Phillips or The Parent Village.