Operational Team
Katherine Garvey
CHARITY MANAGER
Kate has worked within the volunteer and charity sector since 2016, coordinating successful volunteer led projects; across London. Kate is passionate about volunteering and was awarded by the Mayor of Croydon for her volunteering efforts throughout the pandemic. Kate loves animals and lives in London with her rescue calico cat, Sally and her Romanian rescue dog, Joey.
Sandra
ADMIN VOLUNTEER
Sandra works in human resources in the public sector and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. As our operational team administrator, she supports the smooth running of our service. Growing up, Sandra always had a beloved dog in her life and looks forward to the joys of having her own dog in the near future.
Julia Gunning
CLIENT ONBOARDING VOLUNTEER
Julia and her cockerpoo Obi volunteer for us as befrienders - and loving the CareDogs mission, Julia joined our team behind-the-scenes too. Having worked as the Youth and Children’s Administrator for Bromley Town Church for nine years, Julia was also a Personal Care Assistant working in the community for St. Christopher’s Hospice and brings warmth and experience to our clients as their first port of call.
Allison O’Toole
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Allison and her adorable golden retriever, Maple, were CareDogs befrienders before Allison, who is passionate about volunteering and dogs, decided to jump aboard the operational volunteer team to combine both. Allison supports with recruiting and onboarding new befrienders. Allison lives with her husband, Maple and the newest addition to the family, a second golden retriever called Millie.
Trustees
Delphine Chui
FOUNDER & CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
Delphine is a writer and speaker who was named one of WACL’s (Women In Advertising and Communications) Future Leaders. She founded CareDogs in tribute of her family rescues, Ricko, Darcy and Dora who brought companionship and community to her childhood. She now has two adopted pets of her own: Nola, a Belgian Malinois mix and Dill, a calico cat.
Felicity Winkley
TRUSTEE
Felicity is currently Head of People at a fast-growing FinTech company. She has helped to scale the business from 40 to more than 90 employees and was awarded Credit Strategy's Rising Star (Commercial Credit) at Women in Credit 2019. She has a Maine Coon called Peach.
Paloma Robinson
TRUSTEE
As trainee solicitor at an international law firm, Paloma has undertaken seats in both contentious and non-contentious areas of law, as well as providing pro bono legal services for Unicef. She is a keen netball player and her family have a chocolate Lab named Oscar.
Debbie Warren
TRUSTEE
Debbie has worked with charities her entire career. In 2009, she set up a consultancy - Inspired Fundraising - and has helped not-for-profits such as Macmillan, WWF, and National Museums Scotland, alongside smaller local causes, to help develop their fundraising strategy. Debbie has a rescue lurcher called Tessa who likes sausages, zoomies and sofas (in that order).
Alex Scotland
TREASURER
Alex is a chartered accountant (ICAEW). Having spent eight years at Deloitte, he worked with and advised a number of businesses on their financial reporting controls, forecasting and accounting. He loves dogs but currently has two cats: Rodney and Murphy.
Melanie Astbury
TRUSTEE
After 10 years working in fashion marketing, Melanie now works in the tech industry and is a consultant for sustainable start-ups with experience across both brand and digital marketing. She has a British shorthair called Mark and a Chow-Chow named Boo.
Sean Mackenney
TRUSTEE
Sean works in Global Plant-Based Solutions for the Humane Society International. He has extensive experience in devising and implementing international campaigns such as World Plant Milk Day and Forward Food. He is also a writer and has had his work featured in publications such as the Huffington Post and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He lives in London with his dog Piña, a former Spanish street dog.
Contributors
Aneka Johnson
BUSINESS ADVISOR
Aneka’s life was completely transformed when she got her dog, Chubbs. And having experienced the positive benefits of dogs on her mental health firsthand, she founded leading dog therapy company, the Cuddle Club. She also co- founded London Dog Week and has featured on BBC's ' The One Show' ITV London, BBC Radio, Forbes magazine and Good Housekeeping. Aneka was also invited to be a guest speaker at Westminster, All- Party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group 'Unsung Heroes'.
Ruth Everett
DIGITAL EXPERIENCE MANAGER
Ruth currently works for an ed-tech company that teaches women how to code and is a proud dog person. She lives in the East of England with her beloved labrador Ember and is passionate about helping to make a difference, particularly utilising tech for good. As digital operations and data nerd, Ruth helps CareDogs ensure our systems are set up for success.
Alex Owusu-Ansah
WEBSITE DEVELOPER
Alex is a Software Engineer with over four years’ experience in website development. Currently working at a fast-growing FinTech company, he is enthusiastic about leveraging technology for social good. Alex has never had any pets but has dabbled with tamagotchis in the past.