Sister Maureen Tinkler DC (Director)
Sister Maureen has been a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul for the past 40 years. Her vocation has led her into many interesting forms of service with vulnerable people: teaching deaf children, working in inner city development projects; running a youth and pastoral centre; seminary directress (training of new Daughters of Charity) and a nine year stint on her provincial leadership team. Her interests include playing the banjo, cycling and tinkering on the computer to update several websites.
Emily Casson (Policy & Campaigns Manager)
Emily graduated from Durham University in 2008 with a BA (Hons) in Sociology and Social Policy and joined the VIP in 2009 in a post specifically created to develop the justice arm of the charity. In her spare time she volunteers for various charities and has organised fundraising events ranging from balls to sponsored walks.
Email: emily@vip-gb.org
Sister Teresa Ryden RSCJ (Administrator)
Teresa has been a Sacred Heart Sister since 1995 and has been involved in charity administration and finance in a variety of organisations including the Refugee Council and Digby Stuart College, Roehampton. She has worked with vulnerable people in Zimbabwe and Chile. Her interests include DIY and hill walking.
