Meet The Team
Who are the people who make it happen? Read about them here. Meet team members past and present.
Jon Cornwall, Assistant Director
Meet Jon
My name's Jon, it's nice to be back as a part of the Walsingham House team (I was a Volunteer between June 2003 and August 2005). In my two years away I've been working for Lancaster Diocese, and lived in Castlerigg Manor another youth retreat centre in the Lake District. This was an incredible experience and I feel it has prepared me well for my new responsibility at the House.
I have a real passion for working with, and sharing our faith with young people, and I love being able to live in a community like the Walsingham House team. Before my vocation as a youth worker began I made my living as a portrait artist and tour guide in the London galleries, Painting has now become a great hobby of mine and has become a part of my prayer life too.
I enjoy music and playing the drums. My favourite band is a subject of much personal debate and alternates between 'the Red hot chilli peppers', 'Ocean colour scene' and 'Queen' on an hourly basis.
I like cooking and will eat almost everything (apart from Kiwi fruit to which I have a potentially fatal allergy). To try and compensate for my love of eating I also love to walk and try to walk to my parents in Thorpe bay whenever possible, this is around twelve miles door to door. I love to travel and I am aiming to visit every country in Europe before I turn 25.