FORWARD EVER EDUCATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees
I have worked in young people's services as a youth practitioner and service manager in both the voluntary and local authority sector for the last 40 years. My last post was manager of Integrated Youth Support Services in Medway in Northwest Kent. In this role, I had responsibility for the Youth Service, Youth Offending Service and the commissioned Connexions, Information Advice and Guidance Service for young people. All of my practitioner work was in the inner city boroughs of Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Greenwich. where I led and managed both open youth work and targeted programmes with young people 13-21 years.
In 2019 I was asked to take up a Trustee role at Forward Ever Inclusive Education (FEIE) CIC. I agreed to this request due to my previous work experiences with David Williams and my knowledge of his wide range of positive work with Chlidren/Young People with ‘Behaviour that Challenges'
On retiring in 2017 I wanted to keep an involvement with grass roots Children/Young People's Services and the opportunity of involvement with FEIE CIC was one that I had no hesitation in accepting.
Children/Young People's Services are required more than ever today to deliver targeted work with at risk Children/Young People and it is essential to ensure that these Children/Young People have opportunities in society and a future in education, training and employment. This is a requirement I am totally committed to championing as a part of FEIE CIC.
David Williams has been consistently delivering services to young people from 1992 fulfilling a variety of roles across London and delivering Training Programmes and Consultancy support to youth organisations across the UK.
David has:
Jackie joined as a Trustee in 2021. She is a Human Resources professional with over fifteen years' experience in Financial Services as a HR Business Partner and Talent & Development specialist. She has international work experience, holds a Masters of Arts in Industrial/ Organisational Psychology from New York University and has a certification in Team Coaching.
Jackie brings to Forward Ever her HR generalist knowledge and years of experience working with senior leadership teams.
Job Titles:
- Marketing & Advertising Trustee
Jemima is a communications professional with a decade of experience in brand, marketing and advertising.
She has worked for some of the world's top creative agencies across a broad range of sectors.
Jemima has won a number of awards for her work, both for strategic planning and creative excellence.
She will complete her MBA at London Business School in 2023.
Jemima joined as a Trustee of FEIE in 2021 and brings with her a wealth of knowledge of all things related to marketing and brand awareness.
Kerry O'Brien is an award-winning artists and entrepreneur who founded and leads an award-winning charity Young Urban Arts Foundation. She has thirteen years experience of working in the youth and voluntary sector, establishing powerful engagement programmes from grassroots to national recognition.
Being self-made and having experienced many learning curves, Kerry brings the practical tools to Forward Ever to enable them to thrive and grow.
Job Titles:
- Associate Facilitator for Therapeutic Hip Hop
Job Titles:
- Director of Music Programmes
Experience
8 Years experience teaching music performance and music production in both the secondary and further education sectors
2 years experience working closely with learners with special education needs
A wide range of music industry experience including recording, production, live performance, record label managment and band leading
Job Titles:
- Associate Psychological Therapist
Lorena Jean, a mother of two has shown dedication to helping others since her teenage years. Following her mother's footsteps in social services, she achieved a BA Hons degree in Psychosocial Studies and Post Graduate Degree in Psychological Therapy.
She holds a certification as an Addictions Counselor in Canada and Certified Intervention Practitioner
Over the past 28 years, Lorena's career has taken her from the United Kingdom to Bermuda. Her passion as a dedicated Practitioner has consistently fast-tracked her client's route to recovery from years to months. Through private, public, and non-profit sectors, she continues to bring hope, happiness, acceptance, growth, self-compassion and peaceful balance to the all lives in need of some support.
Lorena's life has been touched personally and professionally through working with young offenders & unaccompanied minors addressing gender-specific, mental health/drug treatment courts, homelessness, co-occurring disorders, domestic violence, parenting, outreach support, addiction, disaster, trauma-informed care and the importance of community connection to a diverse population.
In 2017 Lorena left Bermuda and moved to Antigua where she began working with the International Federation of Red Cross appeal for Antigua and Barbuda. Here she spearheaded the programs and activities for children and families affected by the disaster, including the rebuilding of Barbuda post-hurricane Irma.
Lorena continues to work with the Red Cross National Society and give back to the wider community through her private practice. Her continuous collaboration with the public and private sector has revived her love for working with each client flexibly and holistically using a variety of techniques such as mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Brief Solution Focused, Acceptance Commitment Therapy to explore what works best for the individual. This has assisted her with the tools to meet the growing need, especially through the pandemic.