Tim Fallon

CEO

Tim has been SPEAR’s Chief Executive since 2020. Tim’s background is in housing associations and homelessness charities with 20 years experience in senior policy and CEO roles. Previous roles include CEO of YMCA North London and John Grooms HA and Senior Policy Adviser at Stonham HA. 

There are many reasons why people are pushed into homelessness so there is no one-size-fits-all solution. If the pandemic has taught us anything it is that, together, we can successfully support the most vulnerable. The person-centred approach at SPEAR is crucial to help us understand what works and figure out new and innovative ways to provide long-term solutions and reduce the isolation of homelessness. Access to housing is a fundamental right and ending homelessness within our communities must be our topmost priority.

Senior Management Team

Susan Kent

Director of Finance

Mark Taylor

Director of Operations

Charlotte Treversh

Head of Human Resources

Helen Whittaker

Director of Fundraising & Engagement

Board of Trustees

Paul Doe, MBE

Chair

Paul joined SPEAR in 2018. Paul is an Independent Director…

Duncan Richford

Vice Chair

Duncan joined the Board of SPEAR in 2016 as a Trustee…

Jack Stephen

Trustee

Jack joined SPEAR in 2009. He was Deputy Chief Executive and…

Charlotta Campanale

Trustee

Charlotta joined SPEAR as a Trustee in 2016 and is a life-long local…

Alex Doig

Trustee

Alex joined SPEAR as a trustee in 2016. He works in Richmond as…

Grant Healy

Trustee

Grant joined SPEAR as a Trustee in 2015. As a Twickenham…

Christine Reay

Trustee

Christine became a Trustee after volunteering for SPEAR. Previously…

Jonathan Cardy

Trustee

Jonathan Cardy joined the board of SPEAR at the end of 2016…

Nigel Bloomer

Trustee

Nigel joined SPEAR as a trustee in 2020. He is a local resident…

Kai Bilimoria

Trustee

Kai joined SPEAR as a trustee in 2020 and is proudly our…

Fiona Barrett

Trustee

Fiona joined SPEAR as a trustee in 2020. She came in touch…

Mark has been a Consultant, Manager, Director, and acting CEO in the field of social care and rough sleeper services for 30 years. He joined SPEAR over three years ago and oversees the development, mobilisation, and coordination of all of SPEAR’s frontline services.

Homelessness is a symptom and potentially a badge or label. If you’ve lost the means, or support of other people (for whatever reason – there are many reasons; some are about you and some are not), then you risk homelessness. 

I enjoy working with SPEAR because we don’t care about the ‘why’. It can be a long and hard journey but we don’t give up easily

Charlotte has been with SPEAR since July 2020 and is responsible for Leading the HR department to effectively deliver the People strategy, managing the full employee life cycle for our SPEAR colleagues. She has a wealth of experience in Senior Human Resources and Learning and Development roles within the Private, Public and Third sector organisations both Internationally and in the UK.

People who have been through homelessness often make the most loyal and committed employees, with the right support and at SPEAR we actively encourage candidates with Lived Experience to apply for our roles.

We have had incredibly talented individuals with lived experience rise through the ranks at SPEAR, and we are dedicated to continue to develop and support our employees to make an impact on the homelessness crisis in South West London, through the great work that they do each and every day!”

Helen has a wealth of fundraising experience gained at charities including RNID, Refugee Action and Womankind Worldwide. She joined SPEAR in early 2022 and her role is to raise funds and awareness for SPEAR as well as recruit and support our volunteers.

SPEAR’s work is vital, no-one should be without a safe place to call home.  Our frontline staff do an amazing job supporting people experiencing or at risk of homelessness and I am passionate about raising funds and awareness to support this work. 

The fundraising team’s role is to support SPEAR to achieve its vision where anyone facing or experiencing homelessness can quickly move into secure accommodation, get effective support, and lead a fulfilling independent life. 

Paul Doe, MBE
Chair
Paul joined SPEAR in 2018. Paul is an Independent Director of Capital Letters, a Local Authority owned company set up to provide private rented accommodation for homeless families across London. Previously, he was Chief Executive of Shepherds Bush Housing Group and was a founder member and company director of PlaceShapers. He was a trustee and director of many organisations including St Mungo’s where he was Chair for five years.

After forty years of working in housing and homelessness when I retired five years ago, I wanted to use my experience and skills to support local organisations dedicated to homelessness. I believe that charities have much to offer in the battle to be rid of the scourge of homelessness and I was keen to join SPEAR where services focus on the journey from the streets to a permanent home and do what I could to provide strategic direction and good governance.

Duncan Richford
Vice Chair

Duncan joined the Board of SPEAR in 2016 as a Trustee.  Graduating from Durham University (Mathematics) in 1994, and moving to Richmond shortly after.  He has worked in investment banking for over 20 years, with significant time spent in finance, trading, structuring, sales, risk management and in leadership positions.

Duncan currently runs a financial markets sales and trading operation at a commercial bank.  He lives in Richmond with his wife and two children, one of whom is passionate about helping the homeless.

Jack Stephen
Trustee
Jack joined SPEAR in 2009. He was Deputy Chief Executive and Finance Director of Thames Valley Housing for 21 years. Today, Jack he chairs the audit committees for the Barnet Housing Group and is a Board Member of Open Door.
He is also Board Member of Your Choice Barnet, a provider of adult day care and extra care accommodation in Barnet; of Inquilab, a social housing landlord; of Simply affordable Homes, a social housing subsidiary of Savills Investment Management; and is Member of the treasury committee of NottingHill  Genesis, a social housing landlord. In addition , Jack is also chair of the Richmond Furniture Scheme, a furniture recycling charity.

Personally, I was enormously  affected at an early age by the play ‘Cathy come home’. No one in our society should be without a home.
I have seen so many people SPEAR has supported from living on the streets who have gone on to enjoy fulfilling independent lives. No doubt the homeless numbers will increase over the next few years. We all need to do more to prevent this happening.

I joined SPEAR as its chair as I wanted to give something back to my community. However, I have gained much more from working with SPEAR’s staff and from our clients, many of whom have been inspirational to me in ways I just didn’t expect. It’s also been a pleasure working to help people experiencing homelessness with so many individuals, churches, and  schools.

Charlotta Campanale
Trustee
Charlotta joined SPEAR as a Trustee in 2016 and is a life-long local resident who volunteered for Penny Wade at the time of SPEAR’s creation. She voluntarily first taught the drama group at the original Vineyard Project and has remained an active volunteer for several local charities, including setting up the first school ‘Green Travel group’ to encourage families to consider greener travel options, and recruiting a volunteer team to assist at free local breastfeeding clinics.
Previously, Charlotta was a Councillor for London Borough of Richmond upon Thames where she represented the Kew Community and was Chair of the Policy and Performance Review Board for the borough. Today, she is a company secretary in the environment/social finance sphere, runs a small Impact Investment Company and recently qualified as an interpersonal Mediator and practices in the business sector. Charlotta now plans to utilise her Mediation skills in the area of homelessness prevention.

As homelessness figures rise, I have seen SPEAR grow and adapt to the sadly increased need for our service provision.  SPEAR has become an essential and recognised charity in the local area, working collaboratively with the local community. 

Alex Doig
Trustee
Alex joined SPEAR as a trustee in 2016. He works in Richmond as an NHS consultant in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and has been a Richmond resident since 2005.
He completed both his medical training and psychiatry training at UCL (including a post in homeless mental health) and finished his higher training in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at St Mary’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Scheme in London. In his current role, he also has responsibility as the Named Doctor for safeguarding children for the local borough’s mental health trust and is an active member of the Richmond and Kingston local safeguarding network.
Alex is also a Trustee of Hounslow Youth Counselling Service, and supports various children’s mental health charities through talks and training.

Mental health issues affect up to 45% of people experiencing homelessness, and up to 80% of rough sleepers. It can be one of the causes for homelessness but can also arise as a result of homelessness. SPEAR works really hard to support clients to address their mental health needs through individual support, referrals to mental health services, support to attend appointments and links with community support groups.

Grant Healy
Trustee

Grant joined SPEAR as a Trustee in 2015.  As a Twickenham resident he has seen at first hand the number of rough sleepers in the area. While serving as a local Councillor he heard of SPEAR’s work and the high opinion of it held by many of his colleagues, and decided to become involved as a trustee.

He is a company director, business consultant and lecturer.

Grant was born in the Midlands and moved to London fourteen years ago. His early career was in the automotive industry and he has worked in the third sector as a co-ordinator and fundraiser.

Christine Reay
Trustee
Christine became a Trustee after volunteering for SPEAR. Previously, she was a City solicitor specialised in private client law, including charity law.  She is also a former JP from the Richmond Bench and was Chair of the Kew Society, a trustee for the Richmond Society, Chair of the South West London Magistrates’ Association, and a trustee of Richmond Local History Society and the organisation supporting local libraries

I think it important that everyone has a roof over their head, living on the streets is a hard and dangerous place to be.
It is good to work for the most vulnerable and give them a voice.

Jonathan Cardy
Trustee

Jonathan Cardy joined the board of SPEAR at the end of 2016. He was first elected as a local councillor in 1998 and apart from one four year gap has been a local councillor since then. As a local councillor he appreciates that housing is one of those basics that we all need. Jonathan joined SPEAR as a trustee in 2016.  Jonathan is in his tenth and final year of being a trustee at the Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity, the major local funding charity in the Middlesex side of the London Borough of Richmond and a funder of SPEAR. He brings to SPEAR his knowledge of charity governance and social housing.

In 2000 he was involved in the process that converted the council’s housing department into a housing association – Richmond Housing Partnership, and then was the Council’s cabinet member for Housing and Community Safety from 2001-2002.  In 2006 he joined the board of Richmond Housing Partnership where he was a member for eight years. Outside of his Housing involvements, Jonathan currently chairs Richmond Council’s Audit committee and is the opposition spokesperson for Finance. Previous professional roles include Data Protection compliance in a marketing company and two years as Museum Liaison for Wikimedia UK.

From 2007 to 2017 Jonathan was a trustee of the Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity, one of SPEAR’s funders. By then end of his ten year term there he was Vice Chair of the charity, and chaired its community grants panel which disburses £1million a year to local charities such as SPEAR.

Nigel Bloomer
Trustee

Nigel joined SPEAR as a trustee in 2020. He is a local resident in Richmond, an investment operations leader with 35 years in asset servicing and asset management, and brings 16 years of experience as a Trustee for a pension fund.  

Nigel is passionate about addressing the problems of homelessness, having seen the impact on a personal friend whose circumstances led to an extended period of homelessness. Nigel first became aware of SPEAR via his wife, an advisor at the Citizens Advice Bureau, who worked with SPEAR on numerous occasions and speaks very highly of the charity.

Kai Bilimoria
Trustee

Kai joined SPEAR as a trustee in 2020 and is proudly our youngest trustee at the age of 23. The board were very impressed with Kai’s eagerness to right the wrong that is homelessness and his ability to provide a fresh perspective. His insight into the younger generation will be beneficial to improving our services for young people. 

Kai currently works as a Management Consultant at EY. He devotes a lot of time to charitable causes; from hosting a fundraising event for hundreds of people as President of the Harold Macmillan Society, to volunteering at Slough Mencap, to teaching English at an orphanage in India. He still regularly volunteers at Fulham Good Neighbours, supporting the elderly. Kai’s interest in history, art and philosophy has motivated him to create an Instagram page @history_art_philosophy which now has over 129,000 followers!

Fiona Barrett
Trustee

Fiona joined SPEAR as a trustee in 2020. She came in touch with the charity through observing their incredible fundraising work in the local area and decided that she would like to contribute as a trustee. She remains concerned about the level of homelessness in our boroughs and would like to play her part in helping an organisation which plays such a key part in tackling its causes and effects.

Fiona is an experienced lawyer with a specialism in public law. She trained and worked for some years in City law and for the last 12+ years, she has worked for the government, mainly focusing on judicial review. Fiona is active in a number of charitable initiatives: she offers her expertise to law students and school children from less advantaged backgrounds; has helped to coordinate fundraising events for the Hunger Project and volunteered for over three years at West London Churches Homeless Concern preparing meals for rough sleepers.