Jacquie Baker and Toyin Ismail – 2025 Volunteer Awards

Jacquie and Toyin act as CPRE London’s volunteer HR team. They each provide at least one day a week support and are flexible enough to provide support even outside of their volunteer days. They have professionalised our approach to all HR related matters—whether contracts, policies and the recruitment process. In particular, they have run several major and successful recruitment drives for trustees, staff members and volunteers. They work seamlessly as a team sharing one email inbox in a highly efficient manner. They are also a delight to work with, always constructive, innovative and hugely energetic. We are so lucky to have them.

Jacquie & Toyin would also ‘like to acknowledge the significant contribution made by Venus Cheng, the third member of our team who now works full time but continues to contribute her skills; whose expertise and creativity with software tools has made our roles much easier and far more efficient.’ You can read Venus’ volunteer story here.