About Us
Our Advisory Group
Ola Oladehin
Advisor
Ola Oladehin is a compassionate and dedicated Trauma-Informed Coach, Advanced Trainee Psychotherapist, and Bereavement Counsellor. With a deep passion for helping individuals navigate life’s challenges, her focus is on empowering clients to find clarity, heal, and rediscover their strength in the face of adversity. Her work is centered on creating a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space where clients can explore their experiences, understand their emotions, and unlock their potential.
As the founder, Lead Coach, and Counsellor at Maihha Therapeutic Coaching (MTC), Ola offers a unique approach that blends therapeutic techniques with coaching principles. This holistic model allows individuals to heal and grow, with a focus on building self-regulatory strategies, fostering resilience, and achieving meaningful change.
Ola also works as Lead Business Analyst, managing transformation projects. She lives in the UK and is married with two children.
Adekunbi Champion
Advisor
She’s a passionate and empathetic special needs teacher, with extensive experience spanning over 15 years working with children from nursery to secondary school. Her personal journey, being an older sibling to my late brother with special needs for over 39 years, adds profound insight and empathy to her approach. She firmly believe in the power of establishing meaningful connections with significant adults in the right environment, coupled with tailored interventions, to ensure progress is not just possible, but inevitable. “Making a difference” isn’t just a phrase for her; it’s what guides principle and the essence of her work. Adekunbi develops communication strategies and tools to support family.
Margaret Ade-Onojobi
Advisor
Margaret is a qualified social worker, trained psychodynamic therapist with background in psychology.
She specialises in learning disability, mental health, autism, personality disorder, eating disorder, HIV & AIDS.
Margaret has experience of volunteering in community services since 1994.
She is the CEO and founder of a non profit making organisation, Barnabas Global Ministries, SEND School Governor, Director at Mencap Trust Company, Group leader in the Prison Fellowship, England and Wales; Clinical Reviewer, Speaker, Author, Mentor, YouTube content creator, co-publisher and winner of many awards.
Margaret is a Christian with a passion for souls, evangelism and outreach. She enjoys travelling and her passion is to continue to support the underprivileged in various countries, empower and help develop social enterprises.
Dr T. Ayodele Ajayi
Advisor
Dr T. Ayodele Ajayi is an NHS Consultant Psychiatrist, a Pastor with the New Covenant Church Bermondsey; and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He is the Founder of Tripart Care Emotional Well-being Hub, and has been featured in national public mental health media campaigns and multiple BBC radio interviews on faith and mental health.
Karen Faulkner
Advisor
Karen is a deeply committed fundraising advisor with a strong sense of justice and compassion, shaped by a diverse background in cultural analysis, law, and human rights.
With a BA in Cultural Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Law, and a Master’s in Human Rights and Transitional Justice, she brings a principled approach to supporting our vision.
Her work with The Father’s Joy reflects her belief that sustainable change begins with listening, dignity, and strategic support. For Karen, fundraising is not just about raising money — it’s about resourcing hope, honouring lived experience, and building capacity that lasts. She is passionate about helping small charities articulate their vision with clarity, integrity, and strength.
Zainab Hassan
Advisor
She’s a mother to three beautiful children. One of them has been diagnosed with ASD. She work for the council in social services as a Personal Advisor for young people. Her experienced spans various departments, including Housing, Welfare Reform, Enforcement, and Benefits, which has been very rewarding and has allowed her to acquire extensive skills to support other mothers
As a practicing Muslim, she serve as a youth leader at her mosque, which is beneficial and rewarding. It gives her the opportunity to advocate for young people and support them in their transition into adulthood. She’s been part of the support group and provides invaluable support and signposting to parents.
PASTOR OLUSEYI SAMUEL OLUSILE
Advisor
The Visionary and Chairman for Africa for Christ Missions, a Not –for-profit organisation that focuses on taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to rural parts of Africa, and working with the local communities in those rural parts in providing the much needed infrastructure to enable them have a better standard of living and to empower them through various training projects so they can be self sustaining.
In a professional capacity, he is currently an SEN & EHCP administrator at an Inner London main stream school, with a wide range of experience having worked with children with special educational needs.
His vision is to make a positive change in someone’s life, and to assist younger children from less privilege background reach their full potential, and be the best they can be.
He is a dynamic, efficient, versatile and reliable professional, with very effective communication and interpersonal skills..
Michael Lawrence
Advisor
Michael Lawrence is an Occupational Therapist with two years experience working in various settings such as hospital local authorities and the community. He is a passionate advocate for people living with additional needs. Michael has a sibling who has additional needs and has supported the family with their care . As a young adult, he is passionate about mental wellbeing of young black boys in particular, he’s a public speaker, aspiring model and Chelsea football club ardent supporter!
Michael is passionate about encouraging independence in young people and adults. He provides advice on functional skills, giving suggestions on activities that aids individuals to be more independent. Michael also provides advice and support on reasonable adjustments required at home and within the community to ensure that everyone receives the best possible support available.