Harriet, who co-runs the site, is responsible for much of the content of the website. She is British (and now also officially Dutch), married to a Dutch man, and mum to Quentin and Evelyn. She has lived in Leiden since 2001, and frankly refuses to leave. She started an international parent and baby group when she was pregnant with Quentin, and is passionate about getting people in touch with each other, and creating support networks for people with children. She loves having a house full, and hates people taking themselves too seriously.

Alice, who co-runs the site, has updated and written lots of new sections and brought Oegstgeest into the picture. Alice is English (and now also officially Dutch!) and married to a partly-Dutchman who was brought up all over Europe, so they can cherry-pick as they please from several countries' attitudes. She has four children and works four days a week as a energy transition and new energies technologist for Shell. At work she enjoys the peace and adult conversation, and at home the semi-controlled chaos is a refreshing contrast. In her spare time Alice goes rowing, makes complex constructions out of Kapla, potters about in the garden and while still dealing with muddy wellies is also learning to handle incipient teenage angst. She loves to cook (and thus, of course, to eat, especially bread, cakes and biscuits) and to play with words and languages, and hates being inactive.

Jessica kept up the labour of love that was the What's On section for years and has written and researched a lot of content, including the Schools section. Jessica, who has a PhD from Leiden University, is from the US and lives in Leiden with her Dutch husband and their son Darius. Apart from writing learned papers on Jewish trade networks and generally being a Busy and Important Academic, Jessica likes to spend her time inventing nerdy quizzes, tasting wine (although she refuses to spit so I say that's just called drinking), being a foodie and trying to feed her friends to death. She loves goat cheese and fighting injustice, and hates stingy hospitality and olives.

Tanneke is responsible for all the real hard work behind the website. She is Dutch and works as an assistant data manager at the LUMC. She grew up in Alphen aan den Rijn but has lived in Leiden for more than 20 years. She has studied to be a webpage designer and makes websites in her spare time. She is quadriplegic, is ranked as seriously cool by all children, given her wheelchair with lights, buttons and beeping noises, and is very tolerant about it being used as a climbing frame.

Jill Bowe moved here with her husband from Ireland. She has been very busy since she moved here, mastering the Dutch language impressively quickly, leading a scouting group and working as a teaching assistant in a Dutch primary school. She has two children and is now studying to be a special needs teacher. Jill has been a major part of the social side of HomeinLeiden for many years, running the pub nights, cinema nights and of course the famous Swishes. She likes the openness of Home In Leiden and the chance of meeting a great bunch of girls; whatever is happening, you're guaranteed a giggle and a bit of bad manners to boot!

Jill dislikes people who complain and fast food. She likes The Killers & Kings of Leon, seventies inspired fashion, the outdoors and Shane Horgan (an Irish rugby player).

Marie Hobbs - Vijendran moved from England to Leiden in 2009, and is famous to many for starting up the Vogelwijk Wednesday morning playgroup just six weeks after arriving. She runs monthly birth-preparation classes (www.mindful-birth.com) as well as mindfulness and mindful self-compassion courses and personal mentoring (www.attention2being.com). Marie has two children, Leo and Chiara, who were born in UK but have grown up here in Leiden. She keeps her ear to the ground for all community-building activities and loves signposting people to information and linking people to each other.