Bart Lafere, director
Bart joined Nansen in 1993 and helped to establish the organisation. Bart obtained his social work qualification in his native Belgium. He achieved his Assessor and Verifier’s Award. He is a qualified practice teacher in social work and he is a senior instructor in verbal and safety interventions.
Hobbies: family time, sailing, diving, the outdoors and photography
Sarah Welch, project coordinator
Sarah joined Nansen in 1996. Sarah obtained her social work qualification in 2000 and has achieved her Assessor’s Award 1.
Hobbies: family time and skiing
Dieter Devriendt, senior training support worker
Dieter joined Nansen after a successful work placement in 2004. Dieter obtained his social work qualification in his native Belgium, has achieved his Assessor and Verifier’s Award and registered Managers Award with the Open University.
Hobbies: swimming, cycling, films, music, reading and writing.
Fiona Henderson, deputy senior training support worker
Fiona joined Nansen in 2011.
Hobbies: horses
Kim MacKenzie, admin support worker
Kim joined Nansen in 2010 as a part time admin support worker.
Kim obtained successfully her HND in Visual Communication
Hobbies: talking, drawing, reading and computer gaming
Justyna Stefaniak, administrative support based at Redcastle.
Justyna joined us in 2014. Justyna obtained her Bachelor’s degree in teaching English as a foreign language in her native Poland.
Hobbies: travelling, scuba diving, hill walking and archery.
Steph Western.
Steph joined us in 2013.
Hobbies: swimming, reading, watching films and family time.
Magda Ciwis
Magda joined Nansen in 2019. She obtained her Childcare Education back in Poland.
My hobbies are walking with dogs, hill walking and reading.
Susan Voisy
Susan joined Nansen in 2019.
My hobbies are swimming, walking, socialising and viewing films.
Ola Chudzik
Ola joined Nansen in 2022.
Liz MacInnes
Corinne Harisson
Corinne joined Nansen in 2023.
My hobbies are walking, cinema, reading and travelling.
Przemyslaw Wiszniewski
Przemyslaw joined Nansen in 2023
Kate Ferguson
Kate joined Nansen in 2023
