Meet the team
We pride ourselves on running a tight ship with a small team of dedicated professionals who ensure that your donations go where they will do most good. This team is supported by lay leaders who provide invaluable help and advice based on an involvement with the charity that goes back to its inception over 40 years ago.
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Management and leadership
The Jewish Blind & Disabled team is led by chief executive Hazel Kaye. Hazel has over 12 years experience in the charity sector and she oversees all the organisation's activities from allocation of apartments to ongoing tenants' support which includes house management and maintenance, as well as the charity's marketing and fund raising programmes. Hazel is supported by the invaluable advice given by both Malcolm Ozin MBE, the charity's president, and John Joseph, chairman, which is based on long association with the organisation. The leadership team is completed by Stuart Simmons who took on the role of honorary treasurer in 2010. -
Tenant Support Team
The Tenant Support team is led by Sandie Myers who has over 25 years experience as a social worker having previously managed Jewish Care's Social Work department. Her role is both to manage the House Managers in all the buildings as well as the Tenant Support Team. This team supports the tenants from home visiting and assessment, through their move into a Jewish Blind & Disabled building, to ongoing care and support when needed. -
House Managers
Each of our buildings has two house managers living on site ensuring that there is always someone on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. All of our house managers have backgrounds either working in the care sector or as volunteer carers. In addition to our 12 resident house managers we also have three relief managers so that we never have to call on agency staff and, instead, our tenants always have a known and friendly individual offering support. -
Property Management
Daniel Chakimi has managed our property department since February 2009. This department is central to enhancing our tenants' quality of life as they ensure that all buildings and their gardens are maintained to the highest standard. They also modify individual apartments as and when required if a tenant's level of mobility deteriorates. In addition the mobility bus that takes tenants on weekly shopping trips is managed by Daniel and his team. The department will be particularly busy in the coming months as they oversee the development of the new Bushey project which is due for completion in 2012.
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Community Team
The Community Team is led by Marilyn Haft who has been with Jewish Blind & Disabled for over 14 years having previously spent eight years with Barnardos. Marilyn's team consists of both volunteer coordinators and the volunteers themselves who, between them, run the many different clubs and social gatherings in each of the buildings. Marilyn also promotes Jewish Blind & Disabled within the community and administers the general running of the Community Office.
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Campaign Team
The campaign team manages all the charity's fund raising and marketing activity including appeals, events, sponsored challenges, newsletter, diary etc. In 2008 the team established Young JBD to involve young professionals in the charity and, one year later, a schools' programme was launched to help educate younger children about living with disability as well as to inform them about the work of Jewish Blind & Disabled. -
Office Adminstration
The office administration is handled by Karen Markham who is PA to the Chief Executive and is also responsible for all HR matters. -
Members of Council
The Council of Management exists as the governing body of the Charity with ultimate responsibility over the systems and processes needed to ensure the overall direction, effectiveness, supervision and accountability of the organisation. The council currently consists of the following members in addition to the leadership team:
Lance Joseph
Lionel Freeman
Martin Mendoza
Michael Cohen
Michael Kurer FRCS (Orth.)
Reginald Davis
