Chas Hollwey

Chas Hollwey This culminated in him being Chief Executive of Barnet and Havering PCTs.

He is a qualified accountant with extensive experience in the fields of general management, strategic planning and project management.

His current activities include being a trustee of a number of charities and working as a Management Consultant in the fields of Public Private Partnerships and Estate Management.

He grew up in Chingford and now lives with his family in Wanstead.

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Sibling support volunteer

o support buddies events with administrative duties such as raising invoices, risk assessments, data input and consent.
Database admin volunteer

We’re looking for a volunteer to help assist with general fundraising administrative tasks
A record Christmas Wonderland

A record number of people got into the Christmas spirit last weekend
Meet the face of our Christmas appeal

Meet the little girl who is the face of Haven House’s Christmas appeal.

Ghislaine Stephenson

Ghislaine has worked within the NHS as a registered adult and child nurse for her whole career spanning over 30 years.
Mohamed Omer

Mohamed has been actively involved with community work in East London for the last 15 years.
Inge Linneman-Hussein

Inge works as a special needs teacher at Whitefields School in Walthamstow and also volunteers on the Child Death Helpline.
Michael Herst

Michael's career started in accountancy, where he gained commercial and corporate experience. Working in the profession, and also as Head of Finance of a major international shipping group.
Jonathan Harding

Jon is a Managing Director at Standard Chartered Bank, where he heads Emerging Markets Institutional Rates Sales in the Financial Markets division.
Daniel Fluskey

Daniel works as Head of Policy and Research at the Institute of Fundraising where his role is focused on improving the environment for fundraisers and charities to raise money for their causes.
Emma Devereux

Emma qualified as a Doctor in 1992 and began working in paediatrics in 1994, training in Essex and East London.
Frances Daley

Frances trained as a Chartered Accountant with a predecessor firm to Ernst & Young and is our Chair.
David Bayton

David trained as a linguist then worked in international healthcare market research for over 30 years.
Matt Barrett

Matt is a solicitor and notary public. He is a partner at Thirsk Winton LLP, with offices based in Woodford Green and Mayfair.

Our story

Haven House Children’s Hospice was first conceived in the early 1990s, as the brainchild of Sue Irwin, a registered nurse and health visitor.
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Volunteer for us

Thank you to our our incredible volunteers making a difference to our children every day.
Donate to Haven House

By donating to you are helping us to reach more seriously ill children and their families in your local communities. We need to raise £4.4 million each year be able to continue to care for the children and families we support. Of this only around 19% is funded by the NHS or local authorities. Thank you for making a difference.
Our charity shops

We have seven charity shops in Chingford Mount, North Chingford, Epping, Crouch End, Leytonstone, Loughton and Romford.
Volunteer opportunities

Take a look at fun events and bucket collecting opportunities that you can get involved with.
What is a life-limiting condition?

Haven House offers specialist palliative care to life-limited children and young people who have a wide range of conditions.
Will Week

Solicitors give their time and skills to make Wills in return for a donation to our hospice.
Respite - day and overnight care

Your child can stay with us during the day or overnight giving you and your family some much-needed respite from 24/7 care.
Donate to our toy wish list

Donate specialist toys to the children we care for and help them with their sensory and co-ordination skills.