Staff
Alex Greaves
LDN Holidays Team Leader
Alex is the overall leader of LDN Holidays and the LDN staff team. Prior to heading up LDN Holidays, Alex worked in the Civil Service across departments and jobs covering local growth, personal tax, family support, Brexit, COVID-19, and employment support – ask him about hugging or public toilets if you want to make him smile. He loved going on Christian activity holidays growing up and is excited to give the same opportunity to young people in London today.
Alex and his wife Naomi have lived in and around Shepherd’s Bush in West London since 2015. Outside of work, the early days of parenthood keep them both busy enough. (!) When the opportunity arises, Alex will take the chance to slink off to a coffee shop and indulge in some creative writing.
Loz Oliphant
Assistant Team Leader
Loz oversees Junior camps and helps care for our student volunteers. Before LDN, Loz studied in London, worked for a London church, volunteered as a Chaplain and worked for a Christian charity with London University students.
Loz and his wife have two young children, keeping them busy. Pre-kids, Loz enjoyed rugby; he now settles for telling stories of his rugby escapades to anyone who will listen. He can now be seen commuting around town on his colourful bicycle, complete with rainbow handlebar tassels.
Philly Simpkin
Staff Worker
Philly studied English and History at Dundee university before working in the City in Human Resources for an American Investment bank. She has also worked in a primary school in central London and has most recently been working alongside her husband at their church.
Philly is married to Richard and has two teenage sons. Philly has been known to complete the couch to 10K, but is also very good at 10K to couch. In case you were wondering, Philly is short for Philippa.
Grace McMorrow
Staff Worker
Grace grew up in London and has been coming along to LDN since 2015. With years of training in Wide Games under her belt, she loves coming back to LDN each year. She also particularly enjoys the time she spends the rest of the year in different schools across London. When not walking her dog or lime biking around the city, Grace can be found chatting, talking and speaking to people.
Ella O'Donoghue
Staff Worker
Ella grew up in London before heading to Exeter to study Theology, trading city life for sea air. The only girl among three brothers, she’s fiercely competitive—especially in padder, a camp favourite involving wooden bats and zero mercy. Now back in London after two years by the coast, she still misses Devon’s beaches. She plays a mean game of tennis, both full-sized and mini, and takes pride in cooking the perfect medium-rare steak (any other way is unacceptable).
Tabbi Wallace
Operations and Events Coordinator
Tabbi studied Classics at university and worked in schools and higher education in Oxford for a few years before a quarter-life crisis brought her to London. Tabbi has been involved in camps as a volunteer for several years, and is excited now to be joining the staff team at LDN. A woman of simple tastes, Tabbi thinks that ham and cheese sandwiches are the best thing since sliced bread, although many of her friends who have been subjected to dramatic readings of her dream journal agree that she should probably lay off the cheese.
Uzo Ibenye
Associate
