The staff at Islington Mind come from a wide variety of social and ethnic backgrounds. This is to ensure that we are best able to meet the different needs of the Islington community. All our staff are highly trained and experienced in their specific areas, and extremely competent in many areas of mental health work.
Our Staff
Their greatest contribution is their tireless commitment to improving the lives of our clients and developing our clients’ recovery and independence. To support our staff we provide excellent supervision and fair management systems; as is testified by our Investors in People award.
Sigal Avni, CEO
Sigal Avni – Chief Executive (CEO)
Gerry Turley – Head of Finance, HR and Resources
John Coppock – Finance Officer
Gideon Ahabwe – Finance, HR and Resources Officer
Gemma Watts – Head of Services
Amelia Wilkinson – Administrator
Jane Moody – Reception
Rosa Morris – Welfare Benefits Clinic Team Leader
Integrated Community Support
Pat O’Driscoll – Mental Health Recovery Pathway Manager (ICS)
Sallie Fellowes – Outreach
Lauren Blenkinsop – Open Access Communal Space
Satoko Fujishiro – Volunteer-Mentor Team Leader
Saskia Tansy – Service User Zone
Daria Ferranti – Recovery Team Leader
Michele Chowrimootoo – Support worker and Music Tuition
Women Only Space
Bettina Masi
Chance4Young
Corinna Webber-Gray
Crisis Café
Viktoria Stefanopoulou
Carrie Ravenscroft
Lorraine Dixon – Psycho-social Support
Structured Intervention Support
Ossi Ron – Mental Health Recovery Pathway Manager (SIS)
Enablement Service
Athena Tsigaras
Constantina Stamou
Esthefanea Ferreira Santos
Philip Challinor
Reablement Service
Lynn Curran
Psychosis Therapy Service (PTP)
Dorothée Bonnigal-Katz
Outcome and Freedom from Fear to Love
Lizzie Hughes – Team Leader (they/them)
Ana Minozzo (she/her)
Samuel Nathan (he/him)
Mary Verdon (she/her)
Mother2Mother (M2M)
Julie Vasili
Bettina Masi
Learning Disability with Mental Health Issues
Allison Taylor
Group Facilitators
Jill Keegan – carers of people with dual diagnosis
