our team
Emily Green leads the team at The Welcome Directory as their Project Manager. Emily has worked in the charity sector for nearly 15 years, starting her career in supply chain and operations in international development in Liberia, before moving into capacity building of local partners and emergency response logistics, including the Nepal earthquake (2015) and Hurricane Matthew in Haiti (2016). Emily also has experience in delivering faith-based social action projects within the local community in the UK, including local homeless shelters. She has spent the last four years in the criminal justice sector heading up a growing team at The Welcome Directory, working in close partnership with the Ministry of Justice. She is passionate about engaging faith communities to be agents of change and strives to challenge the public stigma and damaging narrative that exists towards prison leavers in England and Wales.
Aside from work, Emily enjoys running, cycling and baking anything sweet!
Heather Meadows is The Welcome Directory's Communications and Fundraising Officer. Heather worked overseas in the Environmental and Community Development sector, developing techniques for interconnecting and harmonising social and environmental agendas. She has experience creating dynamic methods for obtaining funding alongside developing and coordinating communication strategies.
Heather believes in the strength of community and the power of human connection and loves working for an organisation that contributes towards positive social change.
Alongside her work at The Welcome Directory Heather is training to become a Medical Herbalist, while also working as an English tutor for children with SENs. She loves reading, walking in nature and her tabby-cats Bean and Mouse.
Malsore Isufi is The Welcome Directory’s Networking and Administrative Officer. Malsore comes from a criminal justice background, having studied the subject in her undergraduate degree, which gave her knowledge and understanding of the issues prison leavers may face when reintegrating back to their communities.
She is excited to learn and work with like-minded individuals in a much-needed organisation and hopes to spread the word about why The Welcome Directory is vital for both prison leavers of faith and faith communities.
In her spare timeshe enjoys writing poetry and reading – her current favourite book is Little Women.
Myrtha Waite is The Welcome Directory's Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. She is joining us with over fifteen years experience as a Programme Manager, Researcher and Community Worker with vulnerable groups including refugees, people with disabilities and mental health needs. She has worked in South East Asia, Greece and the UK with various international agencies, including fulfilling a role as Project Manager with the British Red Cross. She has also volunteered as a Research Advisor for a community organisation in Myanmar with VSO.
Myrtha is passionate about social justice and the inclusion of marginalised groups, as well as the importance of research and continuous learning. She has a background in mental health social work and continues to work as a Tutor and Assessor in social work and in the FE and HE sector. She has also recently been pursuing studies to become an Art Therapist. Myrtha loves walks in the countryside, printmaking, swimming and travelling.
Matthew is The Welcome Directory's Volunteer Engagement Lead. He is an ordained Anglican priest who has served in Liverpool and Newcastle dioceses in a variety of parishes from deprived urban outer housing estates to a market town and rural setting. Prison ministry has always been a deep passion for Matthew. He undertook a placement in HMP Pentonville whilst training for ministry which had a profound effect on his thinking for future ministry. He followed this through after serving in parishes and worked for just under 20 years as a prison chaplain in HMP Acklington, HMP Frankland and had the privilege of being the Managing Chaplain of HMP Durham until he retired in 2021.
In retirement he has retained a deep interest in the justice system having always believed in the massive and positive role faith communities can play in resettlement and has so far been a facilitator for the welcome directory on the prison awareness course.
Matthew loves his family, is a keen golfer and enjoys walking and listening to music.
VOLUNTEERS
The Welcome Directory is also supported by faithful volunteers who share our passion for supporting prison leavers beyond the prison gates, to whom we are so grateful. Should you be interested in exploring volunteer opportunities and joining us in our mission, we'd love to hear from you!
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07538 129347
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