Our Volunteers

Working with people to get their lives and spaces to be manageable, beautiful reflections of who they are is what drives Lauren as a Declutterer & Organiser.
 

Alongside this, she helps guide people in finding what’s important for them through the process of Coaching and works to make organisations more inclusive and comfortable places to be through provision of Mental Health Training. These services all come together under the umbrella of Unjumble.

 

Lauren is also a freelance Copywriter, working with big brands, national and global charities, and local organisations alike. Clear communication conveyed with passion and purpose is at her core.

 

You’ll find her in Nottingham, whether that’s helping create decluttered spaces and minds, out and about at her allotment, or working from home with her cats and a good cuppa.

Website:

www.unjumble.uk

Tasha started Declutter Devon after helping out friends and falling in love with decluttering. She loves the feeling of calm people feel after decluttering their space.

Tasha has a background in marketing and works as a Marketing Manager for a few Devon businesses in her other role. She has also worked as a wholesale manager, PA and event organiser. Organising is definitely a big part of her life!

Website:

www.declutterdevon.co.uk

Caroline volunteers in the Membership Team and supports our new members, welcoming them to APDO with a friendly phone call. She's there to point you in the right direction for advice and information and explain the many benefits that APDO membership can offer.

Website:

www.roomtothink.net

Helena founded The Space Maker in 2017 and serves a client base in both Oxfordshire & Berkshire.  Helena has been awarded the Prestige Award: Professional Organiser of the Year two years running and has frequently been a guest on local radio stations, podcasts and interviewed for in Oxfordshire Living and Oxford Life magazines.

 

With a multidisciplinary background across many industries (hospitality, PR, Publishing, PA, Event Management and Marketing within the IT Industry)  Helena’s  mission now is to help people curate not only their belongings but their lives too and organise them logically, empowering her clients to live harmoniously with their treasures by making mindful choices.

 

Outside of work, Helena has a husband and two teenage boys with whom she loves spending time and, where-ever possible, she loves bringing them along on thrilling, sometimes extreme, adventures along with the more sedate pastime of entertaining friends and family at home or away.

Website:

www.thespacemaker.co.uk

Maria lives in North Wales with her husband and 3 children. She began her career as a secondary school teacher and then worked within the family business before moving on to started her own business, Twt (Welsh word meaning tidy or neat) during lockdown after seeing the negative impact that clutter in the home can have on our wellbeing and daily routines.

Maria feels her teaching and business background has honed her communication, empathy and problem-solving skills and she covers a large area of North Wales, is a fluent Welsh speaker, and loves utilising and adapting her organising skills to suit her clients’ needs.

Her mission is to 'help people achieve not just a neat and orderly home, but also a happier, healthier, and more balanced life'.

Website:

www.twtcymru.co.uk

Victoria has been a professional organiser for nearly 4 years, but only recently joined APDO (2024). She has a scientific background and 20+ years’ experience with working in a fast-moving R&D company.

 

Since joining APDO, Victoria has benefitted from the great support network of like-minded declutterers and was keen to get further involved. She really enjoys writing, so when the Social Media Copy Writer role came up, she knew that was the right job for her!

 

Originally from Sweden, she’s also an IKEA flatpack queen and often helps her clients with minor DIY jobs. She runs Surrey Decluttering from Virginia Water, where she lives with her family and two dogs: Poppy & Moggy.

Website:

surreydecluttering.co.uk

Dani is a patient, positive and passionate professional organiser and brings bucket-loads of energy to each client. Dani loves to work with people to help them transform chaotic spaces into organised, calm functional environments they want to spend more time in. She helps them simplify their life, saving them time, and bringing joy back into their home.

Her mission is to help people declutter and shed that excess 'stuff' from their lives, making space for what truly sparks joy and finding calm in the chaos 💫

Dani is excited to be part of the APDO volunteer team and give back to the APDO community.

Website:

www.danideclutters.co.uk

Bettina came to this rainy island in 1994 as a shy foreign teenager to improve her English and experience British boarding school life for a semester. She ended up doing her A-Levels, completing an MA, working in a variety of Museums and Picture Libraries across the UK, and moving house more times than she cares to remember. 

During my working life, I have catalogued, re-housed, scanned, and organised ship models, medals, postal history ephemera, photographs, books, and much more. This has ignited a passion for organising and decluttering spaces.  

Thirty years later, she is still here in the UK and has established Life Organised to help people with their physical and digital clutter as well as their photos. 

Website:

life-organised.co.uk/

Lynda has been decluttering and organising professionally since founding Tidy Rooms in 2012. She worked previously as a Volunteer Manager and Community Fundraiser for various national charities, and now loves getting alongside clients to support them with their home organising challenges.

Lynda loves connecting with people to hear their stories and encourage them on their journey. She especially loves writing and spent 3 years as a member of the APDO conference team, copywriting and content creating. She is now excited to be using her love of words to co-ordinate the APDO blog. She is also proud to be part of the APDO training team and to be a member of the local Surrey APDO network.

Website:

www.tidyrooms.co.uk

Karla founded Klear My Space in January 2023 and soon after joined the awesome APDO community. Her main brand colours, blue and yellow, are inspired by her Barbadian roots, as well as yellow representing happiness and blue standing for peace.

Before taking a huge leap of faith to setup a professional organising business, she was Head of eLearning & Business Development for a mental health charity. Combining her years of project management and organisation skills/experience, she is passionate about helping fellow busy mums to “create peace like a river in their home”.

Karla lives in SE London with her husband and daughter who once gave some decluttering advice to my online community “throw it out the window!” Please don't try this at home though! 

Website:

klearmyspace.com/

Jasmina set up 40 Home Staging to help people organise and simplify their home through decluttering in a non overwhelming way covering Brighton and Hove and East and West Sussex areas. Her hope is to improve people’s life quality this way. She also helps to sell properties quicker and potentially higher with the occupied property home staging services and property styling.

With her own life experience and the long standing passion for mental health, she offers non judgemental and compassionate grief decluttering and ADHD friendly ways of simplifying the living or working space.

With her work experience in marketing, project management and art she is excited to be part of the APDO team.

Website:

www.40homestaging.co.uk

Emily runs eye of the tidier, a professional organising business serving Surrey and surrounding areas. She focuses on creating spaces that not only make clients feel calm and in control, but that also provide the flexibility to adapt and evolve with life changes over time.  

Her background in scientific writing and project management in both agency and freelance roles means she brings an eye for detail, a methodical approach and an innate love of logical systems to both her clients and her role as a copywriter within APDO.

Website:

www.eyeofthetidier.com

Before becoming a Professional Organiser, Amanda founded and ran her own hospitality and retail business for 18 years. Her love of decluttering and organising eventually led her to change career and become a Professional Organiser.

One of the things which drew her to APDO was the sense of being part of a team. Having experienced how isolating being self-employed can be, she missed having colleagues and their support. She now feels, as an APDO member, that she has those colleagues to share advice and experiences with.

Amanda volunteered to become Membership Director because she loves how collaborative APDO is and is keen to ensure our members continue to experience this.
 

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.professionallyorganised.co.uk

Helena founded The Space Maker in 2017 and serves a client base in both Oxfordshire & Berkshire.  Helena has been awarded the Prestige Award: Professional Organiser of the Year two years running and has frequently been a guest on local radio stations, podcasts and interviewed for in Oxfordshire Living and Oxford Life magazines.

 

With a multidisciplinary background across many industries (hospitality, PR, Publishing, PA, Event Management and Marketing within the IT Industry)  Helena’s  mission now is to help people curate not only their belongings but their lives too and organise them logically, empowering her clients to live harmoniously with their treasures by making mindful choices.

 

Outside of work, Helena has a husband and two teenage boys with whom she loves spending time and, where-ever possible, she loves bringing them along on thrilling, sometimes extreme, adventures along with the more sedate pastime of entertaining friends and family at home or away.

Website:

www.thespacemaker.co.uk

Karen has been a member of APDO since 2019 and is especially interested in productivity & planning, as well as finding ways to work more sustainably.

She’s part of the committees that lead APDO’s Productivity & Sustainability groups, which are known as SIGs – Special Interest Groups. She loves helping to choose interesting topics for these groups to discuss, as well as the opportunity to meet (online) with other APDO members at the monthly meetings. The groups are a great way to connect with other organisers and share ideas – if you’re a member then take a look at ‘Groups’ in your account to join.

Sheena Taylor is an eco-friendly, declutter-loving professional organiser, member of the Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers (APDO) as well as their Reuse and Recycling Coordinator and recent APDO conference speaker.  Having featured in Ideal Home and House Beautiful magazines, she also shares her expert knowledge with her overwhelmed clients, many with ADHD, to make space for life to be easier, moving from a place of struggle and shame to one of confidence in staying on top of things.

For 19 years, Sheena used her organising skills in a successful teaching career and then as a Special Educational Needs Coordinator, supporting those with neurodiversities.  Sheena is passionate about teaching others that struggle with day-to-day tasks ways to improve their mental health and has helped over 100 clients since starting her organising business two and a half years ago.  

 

When Sheena’s not sorting, organising and researching all things ADHD, she cherishes moments with her husband, son and friends especially outdoors, explores new avenues to recycle or donate unwanted items, travels back to Canada to visit her family or reads a good book. 

Website:

www.facebook.com/SheenaTaylorOrganiser

With a professional background in communications, Carbon Literacy trained, and a personal passion for sustainability, Kate supports her clients to move past the ‘eco-guilt’ and overwhelm of letting things go to create a clearer home and a more sustainable lifestyle.

 

She believes in the power of small ripples to make a big impact, and so is proud to be part of the team supporting APDO members to act more sustainably in their business practices and help clients to make more environmentally friendly choices.

 

As individual business owners it can often feel like we aren’t able to make a big enough difference, but in bringing members together we can start to see the huge changes we can bring about.

Website:

www.tidyhappycalm.co.uk

Sammy joined APDO a year after founding Strictly Organised Solutions Ltd in 2010 and from attending the first conference recognised the benefits of being part of a collaborative membership association.

She first volunteered as part of the conference team and went on to be Head of Conference for three years.

Sammy says,“being a volunteer brought so many unexpected experiences which really benefitted my business. So having taken a few years out I am really excited to do some volunteering and being part of a team again”.

Website:

www.strictlyorganised.co.uk

Catherine has been a member of APDO since 2014 and feels passionately about the support it brings to its members. She checks in with provisional members to see how they’re getting on with their membership requirements and to remind them of all the resources we provide to help support their business.

Website:

www.catherinebennett.co.uk

Caroline volunteers in the Membership Team and supports our new members, welcoming them to APDO with a friendly phone call. She's there to point you in the right direction for advice and information and explain the many benefits that APDO membership can offer.

Website:

www.roomtothink.net

Julie launched Younique Designs Ltd in 2007 as a holistic interior design consultancy to serve homeowners helping them create their ‘Happy Homes’ and to Curate their beautiful lives. She offers Interior Design and Project Management, Organisation and Decluttering, Home Staging and Coaching services predominately to professional working single women and those finding themselves recently bereaved. Julie’s research and reading revolves around Near-Architecture and how our environments affect how we feel, think and behave.

With a degree in Interior Architecture and Design, Julie has worked with office fit out companies as a workplace consultant and project manager, is a teacher of Interior Design and is trained and certified as a House Doctor consultant for Home Staging and Styling. She is currently furthering her studies in Coaching to become a Certified Co-Creative Transformational Coach. Julie’s wealth of knowledge, wisdom and understanding is widely appreciated by her clients and colleagues.

Julie can often be found in an art gallery, or a city, looking skywards, camera in hand, wearing a Barbour jacket, a string of pearls and drinking a GnT or Champagne whilst eating cheese and onion crisps. Maybe with a ginger cat on her lap.

Julie spent 4 years as a member of the APDO Board as the Director for Professional Development and is currently part of the team leading the APDO Productivity SIG.

Website:

www.juliestevens.co.uk

Julia’s Professional Organising business, Orka Living, started just after lockdown when she was ready to get back to the world of work after her last baby started nursery. Before starting the company, Julia, worked in television as a Production Co-ordinator for 10yrs where her organisational skills were key to the role. She knew that one day she wanted to run her own business and the most important thing was to do something that made a difference to someone’s life. She loves organising and productivity and knew that was the right field for her.

Julia is passionate about helping clients declutter, get organised and find a simpler way of living. She particularly likes supporting families with young children, the elderly who are facing a new way of living and those looking to improve their day-to-day productivity either in their personal lives or in their work lives.

Julia’s love of productivity, systems, and tools led her to volunteer for the Productivity Special Interest Group. Having worked in a very fast paced and stressful environment, she is keen to help others find smarter ways of working in order to free up more time and mental space to do more of what makes them happy.

Julia says: “I have loved working with a great team of organisers so far. It’s been a great experience brainstorming, collaborating, meeting new people, and providing an empowering space for other members to grow their knowledge and skillset.”

Website:

www.orkaliving.co.uk

Stephanie launched The Organised Zone in 2020 after a lightbulb moment during huge declutter for a family relocation.

Having worked with private clients for over 20 years, Stephanie combined this with her belief that a calm and efficient household is the cornerstone of positive wellbeing to help others declutter and get organised to ensure they have time to spend on the things they love.

Based in Christchurch, Dorset Stephanie can be found paddle boarding or on the beach in summer, or running around after her 3 children and her lively cocker spaniel.

Stephanie is passionate about organising and productivity and is currently part of the team leading the APDO Productivity SIG.

Website:

www.theorganisedzone.co.uk

Lisa volunteers with the membership team auditing member profiles on the APDO directory. Lisa spent over 3 years as membership director for APDO and has been a member herself since 2017.

Lisa is an independent Social Worker and specialises in working with people with hoarding behaviour, she is also a registered trainer with APDO and Cruse bereavement support where she is also a volunteer.

Website:

www.clutterfl.co.uk

Paula started Debacle to Sparkle in April 2023 and offers professional organising and decluttering services throughout Kent and the surrounding areas.

She has over 20 years management experience within the NHS and has joined the membership team to support provisional members as they start their professional organising business journey and with any membership enquiries with APDO.

Website:

www.debacletosparkle.com

Jen joined APDO in 2021 at the start of her business journey as an Organiser.

She transitioned into organising to help people simplify their spaces and detox their admin and digital footprints. This follows a career in various Human Resources roles where she has delivered process improvement projects, streamlined ways of working and delivered development programmes on a range of subjects. Jen occasionally undertakes HR projects and is a Chartered Member of the CIPD.

Jen says “Continuous professional development is hugely important for our members and I’m delighted to be working with the Training team to enhance APDO’s training and development resources”.

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.housecalmer.com

Andrea launched her business,TidyAway, in early 2019. Organising has always been a big part of her life and, allied with her joy of helping people, she now enjoys supporting her clients in regaining control of their surroundings.

Previously having worked as a nurse in the NHS and then working with children with Special Needs in Education, this has given her insights into the way people think and enabled her to develop an empathetic and non judgemental approach to her work.

She is looking forward to providing support to attendees of the courses offered by APDO.

Before setting up Carefully Sorted with business partner Julia Durand, Liz had a rich and varied career across many sectors: industrial relations, the music industry, arts education, charitable fundraising and, latterly, financial services and risk.

She has corporate experience managing people and projects as well as monitoring compliance and governance of individuals and departments.

With this professional background, her steadfast resolve coupled with a great sense of humour, the Board felt she was perfectly placed to keep the APDO Board on track with its ambitious deliverables for 2019 and beyond.

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.carefullysorted.com

Katherine entered the world of professional decluttering after having her first child. Having always believed that decluttering and organising were a vital part of creating a relaxing home environment, or running a successful business, she decided to change career and created A Fresh Start.

Having previously been a teacher, Katherine hopes she will be able to continue helping people improve their lives through the wonderful world of decluttering and organising.

Katherine's interest in IT and technology led her to apply for the role of IT Director on the APDO Board and she enjoys being part of the team.

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.freshstartdecluttering.com

Laura launched her business, OrganisedWell, in 2018 to pursue her passion for helping people who feel overwhelmed to regain control and create calmer, more organised homes and lives.

With a background in people management, coaching and leadership, she joins APDO as our key contact for website analytics.

Website:

www.organisedwell.co.uk

Daxa launched ClutterGenie in 2018 after realising the true joy she felt in helping friends and family declutter and organise their homes.

With a background in designing and developing online management systems in the corporate world, she has always had a love of finding solutions and systems to organise and make things easier and more efficient. She can now use these skills to help people create blissful home environments while helping APDO with her online web knowledge.

Website:

www.cluttergenie.co.uk

Victoria started her company ByVictoriaClark in January 2023. After 15 years of working in the financial markets both in London and Madrid. She has a lot of experience working with all types of clients and enjoys taking the time to work out what’s best for each person. 

She truly believes helping people declutter their homes helps with their mental health and feels strongly about how we can all help each other. 

Victoria lives with her husband and their two Pomeranian dogs in Cornwall but is happy to cover most of the south of England for any client that needs her.

Website:

www.ByVictoriaClark.co.uk

Lucy has an extensive background within business management, customer service and administration. She assists with the day to day operational support for the board and ensures that our members received the best experience possible by aiding with membership queries and correspondence efficiently.

Email:

[email protected]

Lisa has spent most of her career working as a Project Manager in the Financial Sector, particularly within the Customer Servicing areas of finance.

Her knowledge of finance and understanding the importance of high levels of customer service means she is able to ensure she meets all the APDO financial obligations whilst making sure both member and board financial requirements are completed in a timely manner and to a high standard.

Email:

[email protected]

Noel is a straight-talking chartered accountant, business coach and author. After a career with a 'big-4' accounting firm Noel set up Guilford Accounting in 2002 to work with business owners and membership associations that want to grow their businesses and become super-successful.

Website:

www.guilfordaccounting.co.uk

Ellie runs Holistic Life Organising, a professional organising and life admin consultancy based in London, dedicated to helping busy women simplify their lives. 

With a background in project management and a knack for creating practical and effective systems, Ellie works with clients to bring order and clarity to their daily lives. Her work is guided by a holistic approach, recognising that your personal and professional life are deeply connected, and progress in one creates a positive impact on the other.

A proud member of APDO, Ellie combines practicality and empathy to deliver meaningful, personalised solutions. When she’s not helping clients, Ellie enjoys yoga, exploring new places, and staying connected to nature.

Website:

www.holisticlifeorganising.com

Marie became a professional organiser five years ago after always wanting to start her own business and having felt immense job satisfaction when organising spaces for friends and family and always being organised herself.

Alongside her decluttering and organising, Marie does part time Project Management work and is the UK coordinator for Home Sweet Home, one of our conference sponsors.

With a background in Sales, Customer Service Management, Training, Business Development and Project Management for corporate companies, Marie is a great fit to manage our volunteers.

Marie says " I am interested in people and after being a volunteer for APDO myself I am delighted to support the association and meet more of the organisers through this role".

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.cut-the-clutter.co.uk

Sheena launched her business Your Professional Organiser in 2021 to help women who want success in their career to achieve freedom from clutter so they can focus on their work.

With a background in management, mentoring and coaching in the education world, she has a commitment to improve the lives of others through her love of organising and her desire to declutter in more sustainable ways.

She is looking forward to using her passion for reusing and recycling to keep APDO members updated on businesses that support these causes.

Website:

www.facebook.com/SheenaTaylorOrganiser

Sophie’s background is in museums. She is a busy mum of two, is half French, with a PhD and has worked with collections in museums around the world and in the UK.

With her business ‘For the Love of Things’, Sophie has carried across her love for engaging with people and organising belongings to the world of decluttering.

Completely convinced by the importance of our environments on good mental health, Sophie loves to help people sort out their homes and move towards achieving that feeling of ‘lightness’!

Sophie really enjoys being part of the APDO community and is happy to volunteer, using her writing and publishing experience to review content for APDO.

Website:

www.fortheloveofthings.com

Maya Rooz is a Certified Professional Coach and Professional Organiser, currently based in Munich, Germany. She specialises in mind decluttering as a fundamental component of an organised environment and life.

She also brings a breadth of international sales & marketing experience from her automotive career, having lived and worked in five countries in the past 15 years.

Her home is in Solihull, West Midlands which is why Maya chose to be a member of APDO even from afar.

Being a triple national herself, Maya is passionate about connecting good people and values across borders, languages and cultures.

Website:

www.mayarooz.com