We wouldn’t be where we are today without the dedication and enthusiasm of our volunteers.
Events Team
Simon Wigzell
Simon has been a Professional Organiser, running Let’s Get It Sorted since 2013. Having built the business steadily from part time to full time.
During this time he found APDO and the professional organising community and felt right at home.
With a background in the events industry and wanting to support APDO further, he joined the conference team in 2022 to assist in organising and executing the event.
2023 will see Simon join the board as Events Director. He will be directing and leading the conference team, as well as focus on other events throughout the year.
Simon says “I can’t wait to be part of the Board, bringing my event experience to the mix. I’m looking forward to being part of a team who shares the desire of Professional Organising and building our industry further.”
During this time he found APDO and the professional organising community and felt right at home.
With a background in the events industry and wanting to support APDO further, he joined the conference team in 2022 to assist in organising and executing the event.
2023 will see Simon join the board as Events Director. He will be directing and leading the conference team, as well as focus on other events throughout the year.
Simon says “I can’t wait to be part of the Board, bringing my event experience to the mix. I’m looking forward to being part of a team who shares the desire of Professional Organising and building our industry further.”
- Website:
- www.letsgetitsorted.co.uk
Claire Lawrence
Claire has been a member of APDO since 2015 having previously trained as a chemical engineer and worked as a primary school teacher.
Like all organisers, she enjoys bringing order and system to her clients and finding bespoke solutions for each situation. She has attended five APDO conferences and is looking forward to joining the conference organising team for the next conference.
- Website:
- www.letsgetsorted.co.uk
Roberta Hodder
Roberta runs Beautifully Organised by Roberta which covers Sussex and South London.
Prior to working as an organiser, Roberta ran a professional childcare business for 10 years and prior to that spent 6 years organising and managing high-end events in the City in London. She has a good understanding of working with people of all ages and what makes them tick as well as how to deliver high quality results.
Although originally from Brazil, she currently lives in Eastbourne with her husband, 2 daughters and tiny sweet dog called Fifi.
Becky Purchas
Becky launched White Space Professional Organising & Decluttering in 2022 after experiencing how major changes in her life had a direct impact on both her mental and physical clutter.
Becky’s fascination with how our thoughts, feelings and behaviours are connected led her to step away from her role as Director at a Technology firm to work closely with people looking to take back control of their space. Volunteering with a charity supporting people with hoarding behaviours, Becky received the training and experience to gain a good understanding of the mental health challenges involved and the patience and compassion needed to help. Currently a Coaching student, Becky uses her developing coaching skills to help her clients to focus on their goals and feel inspired and empowered.
Becky’s thrilled to be a volunteer to support the APDO community.
Becky’s fascination with how our thoughts, feelings and behaviours are connected led her to step away from her role as Director at a Technology firm to work closely with people looking to take back control of their space. Volunteering with a charity supporting people with hoarding behaviours, Becky received the training and experience to gain a good understanding of the mental health challenges involved and the patience and compassion needed to help. Currently a Coaching student, Becky uses her developing coaching skills to help her clients to focus on their goals and feel inspired and empowered.
Becky’s thrilled to be a volunteer to support the APDO community.
- Website:
- www.whitespacepod.co.uk
Christal Dauncey
Christal started her business, I Organise Manchester, in 2020 out of a desire to help families make the most of their spaces.
With a background in Event Management she is able to use her practical and people skills to help people break overwhelming projects into manageable stages, enabling her clients to feel much more positive and in control of their home and lives.
Christal joins the APDO team as our Social Media Coordinator and External Event & Catering Coordinator.
With a background in Event Management she is able to use her practical and people skills to help people break overwhelming projects into manageable stages, enabling her clients to feel much more positive and in control of their home and lives.
Christal joins the APDO team as our Social Media Coordinator and External Event & Catering Coordinator.
- Website:
- www.iorganisemcr.co.uk
Rachel Riches
Rachel started her decluttering business after the lockdown when the opportunity presented itself to pursue her passion.
Her background in hospitality management was very people-centric, and she really wanted to use those skills to help others and support them in their homes. Having experienced first hand, downsizing elderly parents, one with hoarding tendencies, she knew that on a practical level, she could help others navigate through the process, with empathy and humour.
Married with two grown and flown children, two grandchildren and a father with dementia to care for, Rachel knows how to juggle and prioritise, but loves to be busy.
Her background in hospitality management was very people-centric, and she really wanted to use those skills to help others and support them in their homes. Having experienced first hand, downsizing elderly parents, one with hoarding tendencies, she knew that on a practical level, she could help others navigate through the process, with empathy and humour.
Married with two grown and flown children, two grandchildren and a father with dementia to care for, Rachel knows how to juggle and prioritise, but loves to be busy.
- Website:
- www.thedeclutterlady.co.uk
Marketing Team
Rebecca Roberts
Rebecca launched Curate My Space in 2022 and is thrilled to be fulfilling a long-held dream of making people's lives easier by making their homes beautiful, functional, and simple to manage.
A chartered surveyor by background, she has had a 20 year career in commercial property across the investment, development and finance sectors. She is fascinated by the built environment and by the way in which people use and occupy space. In particular, she sees the home environment as a key contributor to overall wellbeing.
A natural organiser and problem solver, she enjoys meeting new people and being of service to others and is delighted to be able to use her skills and experience to support APDO as a volunteer.
A chartered surveyor by background, she has had a 20 year career in commercial property across the investment, development and finance sectors. She is fascinated by the built environment and by the way in which people use and occupy space. In particular, she sees the home environment as a key contributor to overall wellbeing.
A natural organiser and problem solver, she enjoys meeting new people and being of service to others and is delighted to be able to use her skills and experience to support APDO as a volunteer.
- Website:
- www.curatemyspace.com
Becky Purchas
Becky launched White Space Professional Organising & Decluttering in 2022 after experiencing how major changes in her life had a direct impact on both her mental and physical clutter.
Becky’s fascination with how our thoughts, feelings and behaviours are connected led her to step away from her role as Director at a Technology firm to work closely with people looking to take back control of their space. Volunteering with a charity supporting people with hoarding behaviours, Becky received the training and experience to gain a good understanding of the mental health challenges involved and the patience and compassion needed to help. Currently a Coaching student, Becky uses her developing coaching skills to help her clients to focus on their goals and feel inspired and empowered.
Becky’s thrilled to be a volunteer to support the APDO community.
Becky’s fascination with how our thoughts, feelings and behaviours are connected led her to step away from her role as Director at a Technology firm to work closely with people looking to take back control of their space. Volunteering with a charity supporting people with hoarding behaviours, Becky received the training and experience to gain a good understanding of the mental health challenges involved and the patience and compassion needed to help. Currently a Coaching student, Becky uses her developing coaching skills to help her clients to focus on their goals and feel inspired and empowered.
Becky’s thrilled to be a volunteer to support the APDO community.
- Website:
- www.whitespacepod.co.uk
Lynda Wylie
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
Membership Team
Amanda Biggs
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.
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
Sammy Ryan
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
Kate Galbally
Kate Galbally is an award-winning Glasgow-based professional organiser & productivity coach and the founder of Better Organised. She has been involved in keeping family homes running smoothly since she was nineteen years old and is now dedicated to helping time-starved women to declutter, organise and simplify their homes so that they can focus on what matters most.
A proud member of the Association of Professional Declutterers & Organisers (www.apdo.uk) since 2017, Kate is now part of the APDO volunteer team helping with the member virtual meet ups.
In 2023, Kate joined the APDO training team to positively support other organisers with their professional development. With a background in training within corporate, public sector and charity settings over a 25-year period, she thrives on developing and delivering workshops, masterclasses and group training sessions to fellow declutterers & organisers.
- Website:
- www.betterorganised.uk
Catherine Bennett
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 Rogers
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
Lua Maria
Lua studied nutrition science, and since she was very young, she has always been involved in some sort of care with people, whether as a caregiver, nutritionist, or working with kids.
Lua Maria started as a PO when she realised other forms of care existed through organising people's belongings and helping them to enjoy their space better.
Lua Maria started as a PO when she realised other forms of care existed through organising people's belongings and helping them to enjoy their space better.
- Website:
- www.luamariapo.com
Rachel Riches
Rachel started her decluttering business after the lockdown when the opportunity presented itself to pursue her passion.
Her background in hospitality management was very people-centric, and she really wanted to use those skills to help others and support them in their homes. Having experienced first hand, downsizing elderly parents, one with hoarding tendencies, she knew that on a practical level, she could help others navigate through the process, with empathy and humour.
Married with two grown and flown children, two grandchildren and a father with dementia to care for, Rachel knows how to juggle and prioritise, but loves to be busy.
Her background in hospitality management was very people-centric, and she really wanted to use those skills to help others and support them in their homes. Having experienced first hand, downsizing elderly parents, one with hoarding tendencies, she knew that on a practical level, she could help others navigate through the process, with empathy and humour.
Married with two grown and flown children, two grandchildren and a father with dementia to care for, Rachel knows how to juggle and prioritise, but loves to be busy.
- Website:
- www.thedeclutterlady.co.uk
Helena McBride
Helena set up The Space Maker in 2016 after realising how so many people are actually debilitated by the overwhelm of stuff.
Having previously worked in marketing and event management, Helena is very process driven which lends itself perfectly to helping other people get organised at home.
Living in Oxfordshire with her husband and two sons, this will be the third organisation that she currently volunteers for, on top of her full time job. She is very much looking forward to engaging more with other APDO members albeit virtually.
Having previously worked in marketing and event management, Helena is very process driven which lends itself perfectly to helping other people get organised at home.
Living in Oxfordshire with her husband and two sons, this will be the third organisation that she currently volunteers for, on top of her full time job. She is very much looking forward to engaging more with other APDO members albeit virtually.
- Website:
- www.thespacemaker.co.uk
Professional Development Team
Jaime Frow
Jaime began her Amersham based Professional Organising Business - Thoughtfully Organised Homes, and became an APDO member in 2019. Since then she has volunteered as Professional Development administrator and she joined the board as APDO Professional Development Director in 2022.
In 2023, Jaime registered APDO as a Continued Professional Development provider by gaining approval from CPD Certificate Services for our signature course - Starting a Professional Organising Business. She is working towards gaining the same certification for all APDO courses whilst developing a wider educational pathway for members and non-members alike.
In her own business, Jaime specialises in supporting people with Hoarding behaviours, Chronic Disorganisation and is experienced in working with Neurodivergent clients. She facilitates a hoarding support group and regularly speaks to community based groups and on the radio, about all things decluttering and organising.
She has always been passionate about the positive impact training has had on her business and, more importantly, how it positively impacts the services she provides to her clients. With her dedication to CPD, the role of Professional Development Director is the ideal position for Jaime and we are all delighted to have her on the Board.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website:
- www.thoughtfullyorganisedhomes.co.uk
Andrea McKeogh
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.
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.
Karen Woodman
Karen has been a member of APDO since 2019 and is especially interested in the productivity side of organising.
She’s part of the organising committee for the Productivity SIG and loves helping to coordinate the quarterly themes for the group, as well as chatting with fellow organisers at the monthly meetings about different ways that we can help our clients to feel more productive and happier with their lives.
Katharine Wall
Katharine set up Gentle Sorting in 2021 after being a support worker for ten years. During this work it became evident that more hands-on, practical help is needed for people with a lifetime of belongings to live as easily as they can, especially when they also have other challenges in their life.
Katharine works in an academic library alongside her organising work.
Prior to being a support worker, Katharine was a researcher and has a PhD in Sustainable Architecture. She has a Prince2 qualification in Project Management from the Office of Government Commerce.
Katharine seeks to minimise environmental impact across all areas of her life, including her work, doing all her visits by bicycle.
Katharine works in an academic library alongside her organising work.
Prior to being a support worker, Katharine was a researcher and has a PhD in Sustainable Architecture. She has a Prince2 qualification in Project Management from the Office of Government Commerce.
Katharine seeks to minimise environmental impact across all areas of her life, including her work, doing all her visits by bicycle.
- Website:
- www.gentlesorting.co.uk
Joanne Lubbock
Jo launched Perfect Order in Cheshire in 2020 to fulfil her passion for decluttering and organising.
Jo is described by her clients as an absolute godsend and is a calm and caring organising coach.
With 2 decades working in Recruitment Jo uses her love of working with people to help them reclaim that Perfect Order in their home.
Jo studied her CIM in Digital Fundamentals having recently graduated with Merit.
Jo is described by her clients as an absolute godsend and is a calm and caring organising coach.
With 2 decades working in Recruitment Jo uses her love of working with people to help them reclaim that Perfect Order in their home.
Jo studied her CIM in Digital Fundamentals having recently graduated with Merit.
- Website:
- www.perfect-order.co.uk
Operations Team
Liz Aitken
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.
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 Harris
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.
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 Williams
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.
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 Joshi
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.
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
Lucy Howarth
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]
Samantha Evans
Sam began her career in Project Management for a Creative Branding Company before moving into Marketing and Sales Support. Her belief in providing the highest levels of Customer Service means she’s perfectly placed to help our Members with enquiries and assist the APDO team with Admin support.
- Email:
- [email protected]
Lisa Wildgust
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.
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 Guilford
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
Victoria Clark
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
Volunteers Team
Marie Bateson
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".
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
Maria Owen-Roberts
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
Karen Woodman
Karen has been a member of APDO since 2019 and is especially interested in the productivity side of organising.
She’s part of the organising committee for the Productivity SIG and loves helping to coordinate the quarterly themes for the group, as well as chatting with fellow organisers at the monthly meetings about different ways that we can help our clients to feel more productive and happier with their lives.
Sheena Taylor
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.
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.
Sophie Mew
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.
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
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.
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
Julie Stevens
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.
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
Stephanie Rough
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.
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
Julia Jamieson
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
Regiane Cardoso
Regiane is a mother of three amazing boys
Noah 4, Davi 7, Higor 19, living in London. She discovered how some organising skills can make a real impact on our lives and how it has a big impact on our mental health and well being.
In 2021, she set up Be More Organised, from her passion for organising. After working for families around Kensington and Chelsea since 2011. Her mission is to bring the transformation that an organised life can bring to an individual and to all the others around them. She’s also developing new products to help with it.
She is very much looking forward to help on volunteers Social Media Support for APDO and to meet new members.
Noah 4, Davi 7, Higor 19, living in London. She discovered how some organising skills can make a real impact on our lives and how it has a big impact on our mental health and well being.
In 2021, she set up Be More Organised, from her passion for organising. After working for families around Kensington and Chelsea since 2011. Her mission is to bring the transformation that an organised life can bring to an individual and to all the others around them. She’s also developing new products to help with it.
She is very much looking forward to help on volunteers Social Media Support for APDO and to meet new members.
- Website:
- www.bemoreorganised.co.uk