Our People
If you pop in to see us, one of our team will be on hand to say hello
Jennifer Fear
CEO
An embodiment of our ethos, Jennifer is a champion of equality, actively challenges discrimination, and is committed to ensuring every section of the community has access to support services that respond to their needs.
In 2017, Jennifer received a Civic Award for “improved quality of life for local people by providing services, beyond what they are paid to do”.
Sir Ian McKellen
Patron
“I’ve lived in Tower Hamlets for 40 years. When I came across Step Forward I was so impressed. It’s a lovely building to visit, it’s very friendly, it’s clearly very efficient, it’s very clean, it’s not bureaucratic. It’s about contacting people on their level, and I’m full of admiration – I feel I ought to be working here 12 hours a day. But I can’t do that, so instead, I give them my support.”
Staff Team
Lee-Xuan Robinson
Operations Manager
Noore Nazneen
Senior Counsellor
Annie Marin
Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. IAPT CBT Practitioner
Trish Talens
Counsellor & Wellbeing Worker
Samaria Fanus
Counsellor & Wellbeing Worker
Ruby Smith
Service Support and Personal Development Worker
Andrew Gardiner
Counsellor and Wellbeing Worker
Farzana Rahman
Wellbeing Practitioner and IAPT CBT Practitioner
Siobhan Stewart
Counsellor and Wellbeing Worker
Debbie Brown
Counsellor and Wellbeing Worker
Lu Wilson
Personal Development and Wellbeing Worker
Sarah Vidowsky
Counsellor and CBT-IAPT Trainee
Grace Teias
Counsellor, Wellbeing and CBT Worker
Volunteers
Honorary Counsellors
Jesus Santos
Melisa Maclean-Jones
Nasrin Khanom
Abdul Shohid
Sanjay Dasani
Thasnim Abdul- Karim
Lauren Hodge
Board of Tustees
Naomi Gaffney
Chair
Dennis Twomey
Treasurer
Hussein Ali
Trustee
Bolade Alake
Trustee