Councillor Zena Brabazon

Title: Cabinet Member for Children, Schools & Families

Party: Labour

Ward: Harringay

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2nd Saturday of the month
11:00-12:00
Turkish Cypriot Community Association (TCCA)
628-630 Green Lanes, Harringay Ladder, London N8 0SD

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Contact information

Correspondence address: 
River Park House
225 High Road
Wood Green
London
N22 8HQ

Email:  zena.brabazon@haringey.gov.uk

Mobile:  07812 677 710

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Responsibilities

Committee appointments

Terms of Office

  • 10/05/2010 - 22/05/2014
  • 22/05/2014 - 07/05/2018
  • 07/05/2018 - 09/05/2022
  • 09/05/2022 -

Appointments to outside bodies

Additional Information

Zena is a councillor for Harringay Ward and holds the Cabinet portfolio for Children, Schools, and Families. She has been a councillor for over ten years, serving on many different committees and in many different roles. Prior to that she had a long and varied career in public services spanning out of school provision, play, early years, and regeneration, She also spent many years as a school governor, serving as chair in three schools.  She has a clear and comprehensive understanding of social and public policy and strategic planning. and a strong grasp of education issues.

After university and qualifying as a teacher, Zena spent seven years as a community organiser in inner city Boston, Massachusetts. She established and supported a local neighbourhood board advocating for children’s services against the background of the civil rights and disability rights movements. This amazing experience set the course for her future career, which has always been underpinned by a commitment to community engagement and participation.

On returning to the UK in the 1980s, she established a voluntary agency in Camden for children and families with learning difficulties, which promoted social and educational inclusion. She then spent 20 years working in Haringey where she developed Haringey’s play and early years services, gaining national recognition for the services provided. She led Haringey’s successful Sure Start Trailbazer serving on the Friends of Sure Start committee hosted by HM Treasury. Working in regeneration, she also led on securing Haringey’s £50m New Deal for Communities - a 10 year community development programme focused on Seven Sisters.

After working in neighbourhood management, she moved to Islington where she supported the children’s centre programme. Zena has also worked in eastern and central Europe supporting Roma communities to develop early years services, enabling Roma children to access mainstream education.