Jenny Peters - Director

Jenny Peters (MA, BA Oxon. MSc LSE) trained as a child protection social worker and after five years of working in an area Children and Families Team in London moved into the voluntary sector. In 2013 Jenny set up The Centre as a family support project run out of St Mary’s Bryanston Square, in 2019 Connected Lives began as a charity it its own right.

Jenny is an accredited Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator and Fidelity Coach and helped introduce the approach to the UK in 2013. She also brought the Created for Connection approach to the UK in 2017 and delivered the first UK Hold Me Tight and Created for Connection Courses and runs Created for Connection Trainings.

Eppy Izere - Finance manager

Eppy is a Finance specialist with an MBA in Accounting and Finance. Prior to joining the Team at Connected lives, Eppy was in Banking where she has rich experience in Retail Banking and Customer Relationship Management. In addition, Eppy has financial management teaching experience in higher education.

Outside work Eppy is a mother of three and also volunteers with the Children in the Local community. She is passionate about positive parenting that brings the best out of every child so they can fulfill their full potential.

Katie Logan - Networks Manager

Kate Logan worked in the urban regeneration field for over 15 years. Following the birth of her twins, she had a change of focus and in 2013 helped Jenny Peters and Dr Clare Gates set up The Centre as a Community Action project. Since then she has been helping to develop the work of The Centre and now Connected Lives, organising and hosting many seminars and conferences both on a local community level for parents as well on a national level for professionals. She has undertaken the 4 Day Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator Training and 3 Day Core Sensitivities Training and since 2014 has been running COS-P groups in Westminster and now in Cambridge.