STAFF
Charlotte Boardman (Youth Support Worker)
Charlotte joined KEY over the summer and has loved working with the young people as part of our HAF project. Her background is in journalism, and she previously spent 14 years working for the BBC. Charlotte has been working in local schools over the last couple of years, supporting KS2 pupils. She is now retraining in youth work, with a special interest in young people’s mental health and neurodivergent learning.
Rosie Brown (Administrator)
Rosie is new to the KEY team and is looking forward to helping the organisation run as smoothly as possible.
TRUSTEES
Gregory Tagney (Acting Chair)
Greg is a retired civil engineer who lives in Storth. He joined the trustees in 2017. His previous experience with youth work is limited to coaching junior rugby players and fell runners, but he is also an active volunteer when needed at our youth club/café.
Derek Ridgway (Treasurer)
Derek started his working life training to be an accountant but gave it up and joined the Police Service. On retirement from the Police Service after 30yrs, he worked for the Probation Service for 11 years. On full retirement he moved to the local area.
Derek has been involved with charities all his adult life and is currently involved in the finance of four other charities and as chair of one other.
Hilary Fordham
Hilary started as a Trustee at KEY in April 2023 after she had finished work in the NHS, where she worked for over 30 years, firstly as a radiographer and then as a manager. Hilary was born in Essex but has worked and lived in several parts of the country. She will be chairing the Operations Group as part of her Trustee role at KEY.
Andrew Skinner (Safeguarding)
Andrew is a retired hospital doctor with a lot of work done in education and training within health care. He is a member of Storth Church, and this has led to two church positions in safeguarding, and now he is bringing these skills to KEY. Andrew is originally from the East Midlands and has worked in York, Merseyside and Teesside, he has lived in Storth for about 10 years.
Paul Thompson
