Married to Peter and is a parent of a daughter, who needs substantial support. She has been with Kith & Kids for over 35 years. Was an ambassador for Carers UK. Now retired, but previously had a career in banking. Volunteers at a church & community centre, has trained Psychology & pastoral care. Many years experience in children and youth work. Is currently training to be a local preacher in the Methodist church.

Married to Suzy and is a parent of a daughter, who needs substantial support. He has been with Kith & Kids over 35 years, and is one of the founders of the klasp project, together with many other concerned parents. He also set up the klasp charity shops to provide the crucial funding to keep the project going. Before retirement he was a director of a training company, specialising in the financial services industry.

Pernell and her son Alun has enjoyed the membership of Kith & Kids for over 20 years. Like many parents, she’s cooked, interviewed, and helped with fundraising in various ways. So, when asked about becoming a trustee, she happily considered the positive relationships with volunteers, parents, staff, and members, as well as her former banking experience, and felt these may contribute to the continued prosperity of the organisation..

Lynne qualified as a solicitor in 1970 and married Lesley in 1966.  Their first child, Jemima, was born on 14 January 1971 with profound and multiple learning difficulties.  There was little help but there were kind therapists who encouraged Jemima’s liking for music.  5 years later they joined Kith & Kids and took Jemima to the 2:1 projects.  We continued with our family – two girls and 2 boys and Lynne became a trustee of Kith & Kids. He helped set up Disability Law Service, a free legal advice and representation service for people with disabilities.  Jemima died on 29 December 2023, and we were grateful for the support that Kith & kuds gave.  I still volunteer for the Spring, Summer and Winter 2:1s and enjoy the food chopping “therapy” with other parents and the evident enjoyment of volunteers and members.  I have set up, with the help of others, 2 projects designed to be income producing for the charity: a Wills and Trusts service, and an artist’s exhibition with their artworks for sale. 25% of what is received is donated to Kith & kids

Maurice was in the printing industry, manufacturer of boxed games, importing and distributing fancy goods,the exhibition business and now property development and investment. collector of old gadgets posters and ephemera. Involved in the disability field having started over 15 projects many still active today.

Past chair of Haringey Mencap, London Mencap and Vice Chair of National Mencap among other voluntary positions

Founder of the Charity in 1986, author of the book explaining its formation ‘Kith and Kids’. Also wrote ‘Eccentric Contraptions’ ‘Ingenious Gadgets’ ‘Bizarre and Outlandish Gadgets and Doohickeys’ ‘Marketing History 1851-1951’ and co-compiler of ‘ Minding our own Business.

Hilarie and her family have been Kith & Kids members since the 1990s.

She has a son with complex autism and severe learning disability. Hilarie is a retired doctor who has worked both in clinical practice and for central Government departments. In the past she has been a special school governor and a trustee of the Parents’ Autism Campaign for Education.

David is a retired Chartered Accountant, and founding partner of Grunberg & Co, a top 100 firm of accountants, which he established in May 1990.

During his 40-year career, he became adept in auditing, personal/corporate taxation, strategic issues and forensic accountancy. His clients ranged from individuals needing personal tax advice, to auditing the accounts of a multinational conglomerate.

Although his expertise covered most business sectors, he specialised in the property market, as well as fashion, insurance, charities and family-owned entities. He created the forensic accounting department at Grunberg & Co, and consequently prepared numerous reports for legal and dispute resolution purposes, along with acting as an expert witness.

David was elected by his fellow peers as a council member of the ICAEW, and served a full four-year term on their Practice Committee (IPC).

He has supported several charitable causes and organisations and undertaken extensive philanthropic work, currently a dedicated board member of the Kisomo Foundation and well as Kith & Kids, and Patient Safety Watch.

He currently operates his family property company, and tries to spend as much of his free time as possible in the company of his two kids and six grandchildren.

Youla has been a long-standing volunteer at Kith & Kids’ 2 to 1 Projects, Clubs and Summer Camps from 2000-2012.  She returned to Kith & Kids in the last year to offer her services on the Board of Trustees.  She is a teacher in a North London secondary comprehensive school and this has been her day-job for nearly 22 years. She sings in two choirs, keeps bees, volunteers at her church and has a cat called Elliott.

Rohan Stewart is Head of UK intermediary clients at Bank of New York Investments in London. Prior to this appointment, Rohan spent 21 years in a variety of sales leadership roles at BlackRock Investment Management and its predecessor firm Merrill Lynch. Rohan has been a trustee of the charity for 18 months and does his best to link the charity into the City of London. He encourages team members to become more involved with Kith and Kids, volunteering their time for enjoyable days for the members and financially through donations to support the charity.

Anne first joined Kith & Kids over 30 years ago when her disabled daughter, Charlotte, was young. She has remained connected to the charity ever since and became a trustee 20 years ago. Anne brings a wealth of personal experience to the role, having navigated the world of disability as a parent, advocate and fundraiser.

Steve started as a volunteer in our first shop way back in 2014 and has been with us through our exciting journey. He has guided us through card readers, gift aid till systems, various product focusses. An invaluable member of staff who was influential in developing our klasp shop brand

Recruited in 2024 as support manager and co-driver, he took the opportunity offered by the passing away of our previous manager: Graham Badcock. Liam has learned from Graham and developed his own style. He brings a friendly and knowledgeable approach to our retail team.

Emmanuel joined the klasp shops as a volunteer in 2014 and has been with us ever since. He is now an assistant manager keeping our shops open across the weekend

Josh has been a volunteer since 2020 and was promoted to assistant manager in 2025. He, like Emmanuel, covers our shops over the weekend. He is a talented person serving customers, assisting with delivery scheduling, dis/assembling our furniture, performing electrical function testing and supporting our volunteers.