She will manage the employee volunteering scheme, Firm Friends. The scheme supports key areas of the national curriculum - such as literacy and numeracy - by recruiting, training, and providing ongoing support to employee volunteers who work with children in the borough's first and middle schools.

Volunteers give up no more than one hour a week and come from all walks of life, although the majority are local business people.

To find out more about Firm Friends, call Ruth on 020 8401 6843.