Delivery Staff
Leap Confronting Conflict’s projects are delivered and managed by a dynamic team of staff working out of our bases in London and the North.
Amanda Nelmes
Social Enterprise Consultancy & Training Manager
Amanda is currently responsible for the quality, range and impact of the menu offered to organisations, teams and services. Amanda was previously a full time freelancer and has delivered work for Leap since 1998. As a Senior Trainer and consultant for the organisation she is skilled in the delivery of all Leap youth programmes and adult training. She specialises in working with excluded and vulnerable young people in the community, and creating institutional change using the “whole school approach”.
Amit Dixit
Business Development Manager
Amit joined Leap in 2008 and is responsible for developing Training and Consultancy at Leap into a successful social enterprise.
Anita Sehdev
Pathfinder Team Leader – North
Anita Joined Leap in November 2009. She became the Team Leader in Yorkshire for the Pathfinder Youth Project leading a team delivering peer mediation in schools and community youth programmes. Anita has over 12 years of experience of working with challenging youth and co-coordinating projects around the country.
Jessie Feinstein
Action Research Manager and Leap Specialist Consultant
Jessie supports nine organisations around the country helping them include conflict resolution in their sports programmes for young people. She heads up the development of Action Research and manages pilot projects. Jessie joined Leap in 2001 as a Gangs and Territorialism worker, spending five years developing a group work programme for working with young people and gangs issues.
John Dillon
PeerLink Membership, Communications and Resources Coordinator
John started at Leap in 2003 and works with young people to develop the membership of the project and resources for PeerLink such as the website, newsletters and DVDs, and to organise the National PeerLink Awards.
Marilyn Fitzpatrick
Leap Academy Assessment Centre Manager
Marilyn’s role was newly established in July 08, as the Leap Academy Assessment Centre Manager, setting up the systems to ensure the young people gain worthwhile qualifications whilst attending Leap’s courses.
Natalie Hewison
PeerLink Project Manager
Natalie joined Leap in 2008 as the PeerLink Project Manager. PeerLink is a national network for young people involved in conflict resolution and mediation and Natalie’s role includes organising events, conferences and the National PeerLink Awards to bring young people and adults together to share ideas, develop their skills and become part of a national conflict resolution movement.
Natasha Logan
Pathfinder Project Worker - North
Natasha is a Pathfinder Youth Project Worker based in the Leeds office, and is responsible for supporting training to schools and community groups through Quarrel Shops and school based training programmes.
Samson Osinnowo
Pathfinder Project Worker – London
Samson helps young people at Leap develop their ideas, improve their skills, increase their knowledge of conflict resolution and boost their confidence. Samson was originally a Quarrel Shop participant, which is where he developed his skills as a facilitator. He moved into paid employment on the PeerlInk project and is now a full time member of the Pathfinder team.
Sandy Sanghera
Quarrel Shop and Youth Leadership Manager
Sandy joined Leap’s gangs team in 2007 and is now leading on the Quarrel Shop and Young trainers and Apprentice Projects.
Sandeep Sagoo
Pathfinder Project Worker - North
Sandeep is based in the Leeds office and works on the Pathfinder Youth Project, part of a team delivering peer mediation in schools and community youth programmes.
Tanya Hubbard
Pathfinder Team Leader - London
Tanya was originally seconded to Leap by Quaker Peace and Social Witness from September 2007. She became the Team Leader in London for the Pathfinder Youth Project in September 2008.
Tom Currie
Leap Academy Quality & Training Manager
Tom manages the delivery of the Academy’s calendar courses for adult practitioners and also the selection, training and development of the freelance trainers who deliver Leap’s courses.
Upcoming events
3rd August 2010 → 18th August 2010
Quarrel Shop training → Read more
24th August 2010 → 24th August 2010
Working With Challenging Behaviour - London → Read more
Latest news
12th July 2010
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24th June 2010
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