Lesley is a local artist/resident of Ballan, she started at BNH two days a week and worked her way up from admin assistant to Program and Marketing Administrator and is at the house four days a week. Lesley creates a welcoming and friendly environment and always has a smiling face when you come in the office., especially if you come with a coffee!!!!

When Lesley is not at work you will find her either with her head in a good book, knitting lovely warm jumpers, doing her Mandala painting and now she has Bentley, her 12 week old puppy keeping her busy, come to the office to meet him..

Julie, (Known as George) is a local Ballan resident who is a retired nurse & who started as a volunteer at Steptoe’s 6 years ago and has now been the Manager for the past 2 years. She is also the Share the Bounty Supervisor at BNH.

When George is not at work you can find her in her garden or with a good book in her hand…

Sally

Accountant

Sally is a bookkeeper/BAS Agent who started working for BNH in March, 2016.

She has over 45 years’ experience working in Finance including private and public sectors.  Sally has a Masters of Professional Accounting which compliments her passion for working with numbers every day.

Her other passions are her 5 children, her 8.5 grandchildren, her 2 German Shepherd dogs, hanging out with friends and eating delicious food, her 2 sponsor children in Bali and holidaying in Bali.

Sarah

Community Engagement Facilitator

Sarah is a local Gordon resident, who has over 25 years experience working in community services, arts and culture, local government and education sectors developing and coordinating a diverse range of community based programs including: arts education programs for adults with disabilities; lifestyle and leisure programs in aged care; public arts and artisan agriculture programs with local Council; social enterprise adult learning and development programs; working alongside Aboriginal Elders and Indigenous educators to revitalize traditional languages (Library has Legs, Communities for Children Project) and consultant for Brotherhood of St Laurence’s HIPPY Australia early years’ parenting program across remote program sites in the NT, WA & QLD.

Sarah is thrilled to be focusing her passion for community development locally, whilst developing her own garden and micro flower farm in Gordon, providing seasonal flowers for her local community.