our team

Philippa Franki - Executive Director

Bio & Pic to come

Rachel Jones

Bio & Pic to come

We are currently recruiting for a Fundraising and Communications Coordinator. If you would like to join our team, please check the job description and application details.

The people who volunteer their time to Street Kids are vital to our ongoing success and they choose to help us in different ways. There are those that come into our London offices and help with the running of our hard-working charity. Others choose to donate their specialist skills, another great way to help us.

Street Kids would like to thank every single person who has donated their skills and their time to support us along our journey. We really couldn’t do it without you!

We’ve profiled just two of our volunteers for you but we are grateful for the support of each and every one.

Mariella D’Effremo – Intern

After gaining a Masters degree in Political Science with my dissertation on poverty in the EU area, I attended a course in European project management.

I needed to improve my English, so I moved to the UK, settling in Edinburgh - a wonderful city. After my time in Scotland, I secured an internship in Budapest in the Italian Chamber of Commerce.

It was after this placement that I came to London to work with Street Kids International. It has been an engaging and involving experience. Working for Street Kids has been hugely empowering. I’m learning, discovering and sharing so much knowledge and experience.

We’re showing kids living on the street a real, sustainable pathway to a better life. It’s been a very rewarding experience for me. And I’m excited about the future of this charity.

Adam Noall - Donation of Professional Skill

I’ve donated money to various charities in the past, but the Street Kids approach to changing young lives resonated with me. I decided that I could help the charity far more by donating my professional services, rather than my money. I have helped write website copy, promotional materials for fundraising events and the stories of Ethiopian street youth to complement the photography of a successful London exhibition.

Working for free was so rewarding and I feel I’ve made a valuable contribution to Street Kids International and the young people they help.

I run Blank Pages, a professional copywriting business. I firmly believe organisations can connect with their audience in more profound ways if they consider the words they use with more care. A copywriter is as essential to your business as a solicitor and accountant. Those professionals can save and protect your money, a good copywriter will make you money.

Thank you to each and every one of our volunteers. Whether you gave a day or supported us for months, our heartfelt thanks go out to all of you:

Adam Noall	Howard Sharman	Nicky Hurst
Alison Cordingley	Janna Miller	Rachel Pell
Andrea Edwards	Javier Duque	Raquel Daniels
Andrea Tedde	Jessica Holder	Rebecca Hill
Aniela Waitt	Jo Huband	Rebecca Stotesbury
Bonita Enright	Kasra Sarikhani	Ruth Gillespie
Catherine Hull	Lara DeMarco	Sebastiana Etzo
Daniel Shephard	Laura Murphy	Simon Hanna
Deborah Street	Mariella D’Effremo	Stephanie Beaumont
Dorothy Jones	Megan Ellis	Tara Tobin
Fergus Elphinstone	Mihaela Grindeanu
Heather Chapple	Nick Roberts

If you would like to join our team as a volunteer and help us to help street kids help themselves, please contact us today.

Please note that we are not able to arrange overseas volunteer placements overseas except in exceptional circumstances for those with specific skills willing to volunteer for a significant amount of time.

Baroness Manningham-Buller

Eliza Manningham-Buller was Director-General of the Security Service (M15) between 2002 and 2007. She is now a Governor of the Wellcome Trust, the Vice-Chair of the Council of Imperial College and a crossbench member of the House of Lords where she sits on the All Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children.

 

 

Marianela Nunez

Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet

Argentinian born Marianela has reached the pinnacle of the ballet world. From the age of three she has excelled in this art form. Selected by Maximiliano Guerra as his dance partner, Marianela has since performed across the world in some of the most prestigious and highly regarded dance productions in the world. 

Not only has her work been featured on the BBC, Marianela has won Best Female Dancer at the Critics Cricle Dance awards and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in 2007. In 2010 she was awarded the coveted Argentinean Konex prize for best dancer.

Read more about the prestigious international career of Marianela Nunez here

Thiago Soares:

Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet

Thiago was born in Brazil and trained at the centre for Dance, Rio de Janerio, before joining the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Ballet.

From humble beginnings he has achieved a critically acclaimed and award-filled career, including the Silver Medal at the Paris International Dance Competition (1998), the Gold Medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition (2001) and in 2005 winning the Critics Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Classical Male Dancer.

From the Royal Ballet to performances in prestigious international festivals Thiago has taken his art to the highest level.
Read more about Thiago’s career here