Ben has worked with adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults for over 10 years. Ben previously managed a local music festival. He loves going out for food (Chinese, especially) and watching live music.
Following her time as Chief Commercial Officer at an international intelligence firm, our super spy director Laura now runs her own start-up & marketing business called Nova Consultancy. Laura loves going out for nice meals and enjoys long walks with her dog, Jax.
Chantelle is an established print designer at ASOS and has worked for brands such as Next, River Island and Boohoo. Chantelle's younger brother Ben is autistic and has Down's Syndrome and she enjoys spending time with him and going out for food.
Dean has been a member of the board for a while and continuous to bring lived experience and a great sense of humour. He has worked at Glastonbury 2022 and likes to watch football as a Newcastle supporter!
Shaun is another member of the director board and helps people with learning disabilities through lived experience. He enjoys gardening, woodwork and above all deejaying at events including his own enterprise Inclusion.
Lynn has over 20 years of experience working in the field of Health and Social care. For the last 10 years this has been at a strategic level. She loves walking with her two dogs Bella and Bruno.
Anna manages our Creative Placements and Volunteer Project. Anna has a wealth of experience in working in communities on large scale arts and cultural projects and has managed a team of over 1,000 volunteers.
Rachel supports our Managing Director, Ben and also provides HR support to the organisation. Rachel's younger brother Chris is one of our COSE Assistants. Rachel has two children and enjoys spending time with her family.
Stacy is the centre ops Manager at the COSE, and facilitator for the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training team. She brings her years of experience in education to support staff and people we support. In her spare time she enjoys walks, family game nights and the gym.
Ross serves as the Finance Lead and is based at The COSE, where he shapes our financial future. Away from work he's either keeping fit in the gym or at a Newcastle match.
Aiden works at the head office in marketing for Bridge Creative. He is a very busy man and has two other jobs at a care home kitchen and working for Eric Knows charity. He is very active in his spare time, crafting, going to the gym and meeting friends.
Jonathan coordinates our In-Work Support service, making sure the service runs seamlessly. Jonathan used to run his own dog-walking business and enjoys getting out for walks with his dog, Toby.
Jordy (guess where he’s from?!) once interviewed Beyonce when working on GMTV! Jordy has no sense of fear due to an operation - this has been scientifically proven by sending him off a 418ft tower!
Charlotte works in our workshop for our Creative Placements project. If you see her, she'll probably be wearing something green - her favourite colour! In her free time, she gardens at her allotment and goes on adventures with her children.
Charlotte runs her own business as a professional make-up artist. She was also the European Champion in Freestyle Dance in 2014! In her spare time she likes to go to the gym and takes her dog (Simba) on long walks.
Sarah used to work as a life guard and has a background in fashion, footwear and interior design. She also worked in hospitality and decorating shopping centres at Christmas time. She likes dancing- in particular salsa and freestyle.
Donna runs our online fitness sessions! She loves early morning jogs along the sea front where she lives and enjoys sky diving, sea swimming and paddle-boarding.
Rachel has worked with children in schools with special needs, she loves going out with her family and two dogs (Milo and Roxy) especially to the beach. She loves going to live music and catching up with friends at the pub over food and drink.
Keith has worked as a teacher and is a qualified joiner. Keith supports the guys on our Creative Placements project, supporting people to gain work experience and learn new woodworking skills.
Deb supports our Volunteer Project, helping people gain sustainable volunteering roles in their community. Deb is very creative and runs a craft group for adults with a learning disability in her spare time.
Emily works on our Volunteer Project, supporting our Volunteer Incubators and providing 1-1 support for people to volunteer. Emily loves working with people and making a difference in their lives.
Josh helps plan and organise our events. In his spare time, he likes to play video games on his PS4. He used to volunteer with the Bishop Auckland fire brigade!
Jordan helps plan and organise our events. He once jumped off a 40-foot cliff into a lake as part of a Princes Trust course! In his spare time, he likes to paint and listen to music and is a brown belt in karate.
Chris works at our head office as one of our apprentices. He likes art and drawing and enjoys creating animations in his spare time. He likes to go out with friends and family and likes a good party.
Kim works at the head office as an apprentice. She loves spending time with her family and has a pet hamster called Lilly. In her spare time she enjoys going to the gym, shopping, theatre and loves to travel abroad.
Erica is an apprentice at our head office. She competes in the Special Disability Olympics for swimming and was recently on BBC Look North news Special Olympics City of Hull. She also likes running and has done the Great North Run.
Thomas helps us with our Keeping People Connected calls and groups. In his spare time, he likes to play video games.
Shannan is one of our project assistants and often helps with the Keeping People Connected calls and video chats. She lives in her flat in Bishop Auckland and enjoys drawing and crafting and going out for meals.
Grant is one of the in-work support managers and lives with his own partner and his mum and brother. He is heavily into Warhammer and listens to an eclectic variety of music.
Rob lives with his wife Laura and children Finley (13) and Eleanor (6). He loves spending time with his family going for days out. He likes to go to gigs/concerts. In his spare time he tries capturing wildlife photography.
Paul does in-work support for the staff at Bridge Creative. He likes to go away on city breaks with his own family. Paul is very social and enjoys being with his mates. He is distantly related to artist- Norman Cornish.
Outside of work, Sarah likes to go travelling in her touring caravan. She has worked in many jobs and even used to manage her own pub in Evenwood for a while. She is very close to her family of three children.
Angela is one of our in-work support staff and she spends a lot of her free time going on walks, travelling with her children and going to live concerts. She also met Tom Hardey believe it or not!
Matthew is one of our friendly in-work supporters and has recently moved in with his partner in Spennymoor. His favourite food is Mexican - particularly enchiladas and fajitas. He is also a heavy Doctor Who and James Bond fan.
Jack has come along way since he joined our team! He is very active and enjoys playing rugby. He even met his own hero- Eddie Jones, the former England Rugby manager. He also likes to go travelling and learning about other countries.
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