League of Jewish Women
Retired social worker Ella Marks was also a social work lecturer. She is currently president of the League of Jewish Women and chairman of Ealing U3A. She also volunteers at Jewish Care’s KC Shasha Centre and Ealing Talking Newspapers. Her past roles include being a representative on the Board of Deputies, a school governor and volunteer for the Samaritans, Citizens Advice Bureau and Ealing Hospice
Why these charities?
Volunteering was something I was introduced to as a child. I remember accompanying my mother on her visits to see elderly people, in either residential or their own homes, and never without her strudel. My mother did not drive so went everywhere on foot until I learnt to drive. I joined the League because it represented a cross-section of Jewry and works for the wider community too.