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- Meet the team
- Campaign Team
- Tenant Support Team
- Housing
- Volunteer Team
- Office Support
- Lay Leadership
- Members of the Council of Management
Management & Leadership
- Malcolm Ozin - President
A businessman with long experience in the property industry, Malcolm Ozin was one of the founders of what was then the Jewish Blind and Physically Handicapped Society in 1969. Along with the late Cecil Rosen, Malcolm presided over the phenomenal growth of the charity from the opening of its first building, Cavendish House, in Dulwich in 1971 through to the opening of its seventh building, Frances & Dick James Court in 2003. Malcolm spends 40% of his week working for the charity in an entirely voluntary capacity as its President and describes this work as “extremely satisfying and rewarding”. His greatest pleasure is “to follow the progress of our tenants from the initial home visit and watch them blossom within the Jewish Blind & Disabled family”.- Hazel Kaye - Chief Executive
Hazel trained and worked at Xerox (UK) as a Sales Account Manager before moving into the charity sector. Prior to joining Jewish Blind & Disabled in 2002, Hazel worked for the UJIA for 3 years, first as Major Gifts Fundraiser and then as Head of the Business Division.
Campaign Team
- Laura Ellis - Marketing & Fundraising Co-ordinator (currently on maternity leave)
Laura joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in June 2004. Her role is to co-ordinate all marketing and fundraising appeals and events. Prior to which she worked for Samsung as Merchandiser in the Textiles department.- Gemma Brown - Fundraising Executive (Maternity Cover)
Gemma joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in May 2008 to organise specific fundraising events and initatives for the whole community. Gemma worked with JNF as a Youth Events Fundraiser for three years and prior to JNF worked with Leeds City Council coordinating the sponsorship & marketing for their events department.
- Sarah Nahome - Marketing Executive (Maternity Cover)
Sarah joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in April 2008, to co-ordinate all Marketing projects and campaigns for the organisation. Prior to this, she has worked within the Charity Sector for over eight years including Cancer Research UK and Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.- Stephen Brownstone - Campaign Administrator
Stephen joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in March 2007. His role is to deal with all aspects of appeals and fundraising. Prior to which he worked in financial services for 20 years.
- Frankie Goldman - Campaign Administrator
Frankie joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in August 2002. Her role is to deal with all aspects of fundraising events and appeals. Prior to which she worked as a Retail Manager for 20 years.
Tenant Support Team
- Sandie Myers - Head of House Management
Sandie joined Jewish Blind and Disabled in December 2007 in a new position as Head of House Management. Her role is to manage both the House Managers in the seven buildings across NW and NE London as well as the Bus Drivers servicing the flats. Sandie is a trained social worker and she previously worked at Jewish Care for many years managing their Social Work department.- Amanda Peters - Tenant Support & Allocations Co-ordinator
Amanda joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in July 2006. She supervises the application process, waiting list and deals with all the administration. She liaises with tenants and their families throughout their move and tenancies. Amanda keeps in close contact with the House Managers to ensure that all tenants needs are being met.- Bernice Bickler - Tenant Support & Benefit Co-ordinator
Bernice joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in January 2004. Her role is to advise and assist with residents’ benefits and relevant financial matters at the four buildings in North West London. Prior to joining Jewish Blind & Disabled, Bernice worked at Jewish Care as a social work assistant for over 8 years.
Housing
- Addam Corre - Property Manager
Addam Joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in July 2007 in a new role as dedicated property manager. He previously worked as a management surveyor dealing mainly with residential management of blocks in and around London. He also had experience with managing commercial portfolios throughout the UK.
Volunteer Team
- Marilyn Haft – Community Executive
Marilyn joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in January 1997 after spending 8 years with Barnardos working on events and public education. Marilyn heads our Community Team which includes the volunteer coordinators and volunteers. Over the years she has introduced clubs, events and home visitor schemes as well as initiating many in-house development plans for tenants and volunteers meeting the needs to motivate, stimulate and communicate. Her Bi line is: “If we meet the need of 1 person we know we have done our job” but we know Marilyn and her team meet the need of many tenants who live within our buildings. Alongside this Marilyn promotes wherever possible Jewish Blind & Disabled within the community and administers the general running of the Community Office.- Di – Volunteer Coordinator North East London
Di joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in January 2004 assisting with the promotion of the organisations volunteer sector which supports tenants, clubs and events. Di brings to the department a wealth of experience dealing with people of all ages from all walks of life. Her 20 years of voluntary work supporting the elderly in Redbridge gives her great insight to the needs of our tenants. Di offers 100% support to all volunteers who offer their time so freely. Alongside of this Di also being based in the Community Office assists the Community Executive in her role.- Ruth Davey – Volunteer Coordinator North West London
Ruth joined Jewish Blind & Disabled in January 2005 to promote and introduce volunteers, clubs and events to our North West London Buildings. Working for a large Jewish charity on their help line and in their Braille library and her vast experience of work in the travel industry, gave her a wonderful grounding of what people need to make them feel happy and secure. The introduction of luncheon clubs throughout the area has been a great success and continues to grow. With support of new volunteers she hopes to open new clubs within the area. Renowned for her cream teas -tenants cannot wait for the summer months to arrive.
Office Support
Lay Leadership
- John Joseph – Chairman
- Michael Cohen – Honorary Treasurer
Members of the Council of Management
- Gus Coren
- Jeremy Davis
- Reginald Davis
- Lionel Freeman
- Michael Kurer FRCS (Orth.)
- Lance Joseph
- Martin Mendoza
- Marilyn Ozin
- Lisa Voice
- Stuart Simmons