Our Team
David Hall – Trustee
David became Chair of the Wimbledon Community Association (WCA) in September 2012 after providing unpaid support to the previous secretary, staff and trustees during the preceding 6 months when the old centre at St Georges Road had to be closed.
Working with the new secretary, trustees and now our new Community Development Executive, the team has refocussed the WCA on its new mission to support people letting and hiring community space in Wimbledon and the surrounding area.
David is a local resident who grew up in Wimbledon and returned to the area in 1993. He and his family have been supporters of many local community organisations and events. Other local voluntary roles have included Chair of Finance & Development at Wandle Housing Association (1999 – 2009), Secretary of the Dons Trust (2012 – 2015) and various committee roles at Carlton Theatre Group (2008 – 2014).
In his paid employment, David is an economics graduate and CIPFA qualified accountant who is now self-employed having spent most of his working life in the field of social housing, primarily offering financial and strategic support and advice to various organisations including government bodies, councils, housing associations and tenant groups.
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Jackie Chapman – Trustee & Secretary
Jackie was born in Stoke-On-Trent. After graduating in European Business Studies, she moved to London and followed a career as an accountant, settling in Wimbledon in 1995 with her husband, James.
In 2012, Jackie became Stage Manager for Carlton Theatre Group, which is a key member of WCA. She was appointed Secretary to WCA later that year and became a Trustee in November 2020.
Jackie has left her accountancy career, and now enjoys voluntary work in the community: the Merton library service, Metropolitan Police Service, Friends of Ravensbury Park, and supporting litigants-in-person at The Royal Courts of Justice.
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Karl Schneider – Trustee
Karl became a trustee of the WCA at the end of 2021. A local resident, he grew up in Mitcham and has lived in Morden since 1988. He is currently also treasurer of Morden Park & Playing Fields Association and a director of William Morris House, a meeting venue on The Broadway in Wimbledon.
Before he took early retirement in 2021 Karl worked for more than 30 years as a journalist, editor and publisher, after graduating in physics and spending a few years as a research student working on nuclear fusion.
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Kimberley Ellis – Community Development Executive
Kimberley joined the Wimbledon Community Association as Community Development Executive. She’s come from five years of working in international development for women and girl’s rights, working in fundraising and communications for community focused programmes. Prior to this, she worked in higher education leading social development projects. In this role, Kimberley brought together: civil society, the public sector, support providers and religious leaders, to address antisocial, extremist, hateful and sexist behaviour on university campuses and in the local community.
Kimberley moved to Wimbledon in 2018 to live with her sister, a nurse at St Georges in Tooting. After just two weeks living full-time in the borough, she joined Carlton Theatre Group, which became the anchor of her community and social activities in London. She remains a part of the group to this day but has moved on to performing on professional stages, film and TV.
Having lead on social media for international mental health charity Beyond Conflict, and managed communications for Orchid Project (international development charity working to end female genital mutilation), she will be running the website, social media and every day back office of WCA, in her executive role.
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