Meet The Team
We have two part-time coordinators, Sophie Johnstone, who coordinates the home tutoring and Juliana Wong who coordinates the Stepping Stones classes. Our part-time administrator is Nicola Kennedy. They are in the office at Wimbledon Guild on a Thursday during term time.
Sophie Johnstone
Sophie coordinates the home tutoring for two days a week. She also teaches ESOL classes for parents in Children’s Centres. Sophie’s previous experience was as an ESOL teacher in Further Education during which time she also coordinated a refugee home-school support project at the Katherine Low Settlement in Wandsworth.
07580 765118
sophie.johnstone@mhts.org.uk
Juliana Wong
Juliana coordinates the ESOL Stepping Stones classes two days a week. She also provides support for the teachers in ESOL classes, sometimes as a co-teacher. Juliana’s previous experience was in Adult and Further Education where she worked for over twenty five years, both as an ESOL teacher and programme coordinator in the borough of Wandsworth.
07534 349695
juliana.wong@mhts.org.uk
Nicola Kennedy
Nicola supports the work of the coordinators by helping with administrative tasks and dealing with queries. She previously worked in book publishing in an editorial role. Nicola recently completed our tutor training course and volunteers as a one-to-one tutor.
07399 259747
nicola.kennedy@mhts.org.uk
Dr. Ruth Dawson, Chair, and helpers, celebrate MHTS’s 6th birthday
A recent AGM
Our Trustees
Our chair and founder is Dr. Ruth Dawson. There are nine trustees with a wide range of experience in management, tertiary education (including Adult Education, Further Education and university), business, civil service, accountancy and the voluntary sector. We have a number of volunteer tutors who are also trustees and an ex-learner who previously worked in education in her own country.
The trustees are Sarah Freeman, Sheila Gent, Rozina Kader, Cathy Newbury, Ian Petherbridge, Pauline Rosario, Ann Stephenson, Sheila Stirrat and Anne Worlledge.
