Roland Allen

Roland founded Big Wheel in 1984. Roland has also worked as a "Language support teacher" for refugee children in London. He researches and writes most of the material for Big Wheel's programmes for the NHS. He has two children.

The picture shows Roland greeting a participant in a Big Wheel workshop.

Jeni Williams

Jeni joined Big Wheel in 1989. Before that she worked as an actress, and also as a teacher, mainly in London but also in the USA. Jeni runs Big Wheel's European tours, and is responsible for the smooth running of our London office. She also works part-time for Oxford Study Courses, an company providing extra tuition courses for students preparing for the International Baccalaureate.

The picture shows Jeni posing as a French film star while drinking a capuccino opposite the Big Wheel venue.

Paul Sherreard ('Shez')

Shez first worked for Big Wheel in 1999, and in 2003 joined us full-time to develop our UK schools work. He has a particular interest in developing programmes for people with learning difficulties.

Shez is also a writer, and is a frequent contributor to New Writing Sundays.

The picture shows Shez leading a Big Wheel workshop

On the next page you can meet Big Wheel presenters past and present and find out what they are up to now...