Our Trustees
Naomi Malone (Chair)
What is your role at HPC and what motivated you to get involved?
I am a Trustee and Chair. I got involved to help people in the area of benefit, improve their lives and education.
Tell us a little about your past experience.
I live in the area of benefit and work locally as a Lay Schools Worker. I have been a key worker in the community for many years, and I am well known by local families, especially in through leadership of a local parent/carer and toddler drop-in. My children have passed through local secondary schools.
What have you enjoyed most during your time as a Trustee with HPC?
I have been pleased to assist with the grant making process to help both the local people and organisation in the area. I am also assisting with the governance of the charity.
Fr Ben Kerridge (Vice Chair)
What is your role at HPC and what motivated you to get involved?
I am a Trustee and Vice-Chair of Hornsey Parochial Charities, I have always been very grateful for the support of the charity in the community. I first came to know it when I was chaplain of North London YCMA, and it provided really useful grants for some of the residents to get started in new careers or homes. Hornsey Parochial Charities has also been really supportive of the Winter Night Shelter, Hornsey Mutual Aid and more recently Hornsey Food Bank which I was involved with setting up and am now treasurer. Having seen the wonderful work the charity does, it seemed only fair to get involved as a trustee and put something back.
Tell us a little about your past experience.
I’ve been Vicar of Holy Innocents, Hornsey for 8 years, and before that I was Curate of Hornsey Parish Church. As part of my role I’ve been involved in two local schools, St Mary’s and St Aidan’s, where I am currently a governor. I’ve been involved in various community organisations – Hornsey Food Bank, Hornsey Mutual Aid, the Winter Night Shelter and North London YMCA. I have a special interest in homelessness. Before becoming a priest, I taught English in Italy and I grew up in Cornwall.
What have you enjoyed most during your time as a Trustee with HPC?
I really value the role the organisation has in the community and the many people we are able to help and I’m delighted to be able to support it.
Cressida Johnson (Emergency Committee Member)
What is your role at HPC and what motivated you to get involved?
I am a Trustee and member of the Emergency Committee of the Board of HPC. I was keen to get involved as it is a brilliant charity working in the heart of the community where I live and which, I represent as a local Councillor.
Tell us a little about your past experience.
I worked for many years as a nurse specialising in child and adolescent mental health. I have lived in Hornsey for 20 years and since the birth of my children, I have become increasingly involved in our community,
including acting as a governor of our children’s centre and as fundraising officer for 345 nurseries. In May 2022, I was proud to be elected as a Labour Councillor for Crouch End Ward.
What have you enjoyed most during your time as a Trustee with HPC?
As a local resident and elected councillor, I am delighted to be of service to HPC and to work as part of the established team.
Fr Bruce Batstone
What is your role at HPC and what motivated you to get involved?
Originally I joined the Board of Trustees when I came to the parish in 2011 as The Rector of Hornsey was an Ex- Officio Trustee of HPC. With the recently created Charitable Incorporated Organisation status of the Charities I am a Trustee on the same terms as the other Trustees.
Tell us a little about your past experience.
I have had experience of trusteeship in various other situations, both as Rector of Hornsey, and in my last parish in St Pancras and Camden Town, where I was a parish priest and also a mental health chaplain. I continue to have a lot of experience with schools and am part of a host of networks in the local community. I am also an Ex-Officio Trustee of the Greig Trust, another local charity with similar objects.
What have you enjoyed most during your time as a Trustee with HPC?
I consider it a great privilege being able to influence grant making for people and organisations in need in our community. I also enjoy the relationships with other trustees.
Jennifer Mann
What is your role at HPC and what motivated you to get involved?
I became a Trustee of Hornsey Parochial Charities in December 2017 and was Chair from November 2020 until November 2022.
Tell us a little about your past experience.
I was a primary school teacher from 1971 – 1996 teaching in three London Boroughs including Haringey. In 1997 I joined the Education section of the Trade Union Congress and delivered computer education including Learn Direct courses. I worked in education, administrative and organising roles at the TUC for sixteen years until December 2013.
In May 2014 I was elected a Haringey Councillor in Hornsey Ward. Apart from Council Committee work much of my time was spent on individual casework for Hornsey residents. I also got to know HPC during this time and decided I wanted to be involved with this charity. I was Mayor of Haringey 2015-2016 and Mayoress 2017-2018 supporting my husband Stephen as Mayor. As Mayor I raised money for a charity, All People All Places, which provided winter night shelters for homeless people in Hornsey. Stephen and I volunteered to cook breakfasts there.
What have you enjoyed most during your time as a Trustee with HPC?
Being a Trustee of HPC I most enjoy the fact that with every grant we approve we are making a real difference to people’s lives.
Dorcas Cumming
What is your role at HPC and what motivated you to get involved?
I am a Trustee of the Board of Hornsey Parochial Charities. I became
a Trustee to support people and organisations in North London where I
have lived most of my adult life. I like the “hands on” aspect of a small
charity and I am particularly interested in education and supporting the
elderly.
Tell us a little about your past experience.
I am a solicitor. I began work in private practice and then spent many years in-house for a large American bank. More recently I have been an in-house lawyer for several large charities.
My voluntary roles being a board member of English Rural Housing
Association for 7 years. I am currently a lay member of London Central
Research Ethics Committee which reviews proposals for medical research, and a governor of a primary school in Camden.
What have you enjoyed most during your time as a Trustee with HPC?
Meeting and working congenial colleagues, and making decisions that will have a direct impact on the lives of people in North London.
Vincent Benson
What is your role at HPC and what motivated you to get involved?
I am a Trustee of the Board of Hornsey Parochial Charities. I was motivated to join the Board because I wanted to utilise the expertise I have gained whilst employed within the Charitable Sector to ensure that the HPCs are professionally overseen to meet both its internal and external obligations.
Tell us a little about your past experience.
Having initially held senior management posts in the commercial sector, I have subsequently spent the past 14 years working in the charity sector as, a Finance Manager for several charities including a grant making body; a Finance and Governance consultant advising and supporting diverse charities and currently, as the Finance and Governance Manager of a profession based, membership charity.
What have you enjoyed most during your time as a Trustee with HPC?
Whilst I was only recently appointed as an HPC trustee, during that short period, I have learned how effective and committed the charity is to ensuring that it delivers ‘public benefit’ within its catchment area.
Roisin Stallard
What is your role at HPC and what motivated you to get involved?
I am a Trustee of the Charities and I have a deep commitment to supporting local communities, especially those in North London.
Tell us a little about your past experience.
I have over a decade of experience in fundraising, specialising in Trusts, Foundations, and Major Donor fundraising. Currently serving as the Senior Trust Fundraising Manager at a well- known local charity. I have
experience fund raising for various charitable sectors, including human rights, disability, and hospice care. I have a strong track record of developing comprehensive fundraising strategies and cultivating lasting donor relationships.
What have you enjoyed most during your time as a Trustee with HPC?
I am relishing the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in a community that means so much to me. I find it incredibly rewarding to contribute to decisions that drive positive change, and create lasting benefits for local residents.
Karl Reimer
What is your role at HPC and what motivated you to get involved?
I am a Trustee on the Board of HPC. I have been inspired to fight inequality through stories in my family's history. I wanted to be a Trustee for the Hornsey Parochial Charities because of a desire to serve the local people through assisting with grants to alleviate poverty and inequalities.
Tell us a little about your past experience.
Currently I work for an accounting & consultancy firm, with a specific focus in the asset management sector and assess the valuation of financial investments. I have experience of governance and internal control processes to assist with ensuring consistency and organisation when reviewing grant applications and disbursing funds.
I also have experience with local communities as a volunteer, as a Foundation Governor for St Mary's Primary School, Hornsey and support the Finance Committee. Previously, I volunteered at the Waterloo Food Bank and fundraisers at Crisis and Hornsey Parish Church's Open Door accessibility project.
What have you enjoyed most during your time as a Trustee with HPC?
My highlight to date, has been getting the opportunity to meet the individuals behind charitable organisations who contribute so much to the local Hornsey community.