About The Centre
The Redmond Community Centre is the local hub for all residents and visitors to Woodberry Down in Hackney.
The centre was completed and opened by the Mayor of Hackney in February 2012.
The centre is managed by Manor House Development Trust which was formed in 2007.
Manor House Development Trust is a charitable social enterprise. We deliver and help other organisations to deliver community services which are value for money and create lasting benefits.
This approach allows the community to lead and determine its own future.
Your Team
The Redmond Community Centre's team are always on hand to offer a warm welcome to everyone.
Simon Donovan
CEO
Simon Donovan is a London based Social Regeneration Specialist. He is the Chief Executive of Manor House Development Trust, which was recently awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise and was also named Impact Champion at the 2016 NatWestSE100 awards, in which Simon was also shortlisted as Leadership Champion.
Miriam Burke
COO
Miriam Burke has a PhD in cultural geography from Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research focused on using participatory arts practices as a way to think about multi-species communities and social entanglements.
Sara
Kamaliporshokouh
Finance Manager
Sara has a master's in Mathematics and was previous a Sales Manager back in her home country Iran.
She also previously lived in Austria and worked as a Mathematics teacher before leaving to live in the UK to study finance.
Heenaaz
Centre Coordinator
Heenaaz graduated with a degree in Business Marketing in India and moved to the UK in 2013. She began her journey with Redmond in 2017 as a volunteer and gradually advanced through various positions. She is currently the Centre Coordinator at Redmond Community Centre.
Aysun Erdal
Centre Staff
Aysun has a Degree in Computer Science. Worked many years as a software engineer in BT. Also run catering businesses in London over 20 years. Now giving her time for her local community by working in her favorite community center.
Suhur Nur
Centre Staff
Suhur is a long time resident and is passionate about helping the community in Woodberry Down
Zimmie Sutcliffe
Project Coordinator
Zimmie joined LDT in 2021 as a Project Coordinator on our award winning youth empowerment project My Place, in which he used skills he learned during his Masters degree in architecture to help young people influence their local built environment. Zimmie currently works on fundraising and delivering food support projects at the Redmond Community Centre.
Rico Prince
Project Manager
Rico joined the company three years ago. He manages, supports and delivers projects across all three centres within LDT. He specializes in community and youth engagement, as well as delivering employability and skills training. In addition he writes funding bids and supports local groups with projects that they want to deliver.
Fionnuala Keane-Conley
Project Officer
Fionnuala has a degree in Fine Art (Sculpture) from Wimbledon College of Arts (UAL). She is a local member of the community. She joined LDT in 2019 initially as a member of staff in the flower shop Woodberry Blooms and moved onto projects in 2020. She works on setting up and running projects at the Redmond Community Centre.
