Meet the Team
Here are all the friendly faces that make up your Caxton Youth team.
We understand the issues faced by many young disabled people.
That’s why our team are dedicated to providing you with the best experiences, that help you achieve a brighter future.
Our Full Time Youth Team
Rachel Akehurst
CEO & Youth Worker
Rachel is the CEO, and a professional Youth and Community Worker.Rachel joined Caxton Youth Organisation as a Youth Worker in 2010, and worked with the charity’s Manager of over twenty years to deliver specialist Youth Work provision, at both Caxton Youth Club and Midge Island. In 2013 Rachel became Chief Executive, when her predecessor Janet Beech MBE retired.
Floyd Hall
Senior Youth Worker
Floyd is the Senior Youth Worker at Caxton Youth Organisation. A qualified Youth Worker, his specialist areas are substance misuse education, and child protection.Floyd leads Caxton’s Health and Personal Care Programme, which supports young people to be healthy and to be able to make informed choices about their health.
Eliane Edmond
Youth Worker
Eliane is a qualified Youth Worker. Her specialist areas are Employability and developing Independence Skills. Eliane works on the Employability Programme, as well as supporting in other areas and overseeing Caxton’s social media, ensuring that it is as youth-led as possible. This helps to develop young people’s skills and learning.
Amy Rennie
Head of Programmes
Amy is Caxton’s Head of Programmes. She is running the Emotional and Social Wellbeing programme with City Bridge trust equipping people with the tools to improve their wellbeing. Amy has over 7 years experience working with people with learning disabilities; managing, designing, coordinating, and developing programs that support people with additional needs to reach their full potential and improve their mental, and emotional wellbeing. Amy is a recent Masters postgraduate specialising in community art, inclusion and social equality, and has many years of experience facilitating workshops in the arts, and mental wellbeing.
Craig Gardiner
Fundraising Manager
Craig started as Caxton’s Fundraising Manager in October 2021 and specialises in fundraising from charitable trusts and foundations. He is passionate about improving opportunities for young people and believes that youth-led spaces like Caxton are instrumental to building independence, nurturing community and enabling young people to fulfil their potential.
Our Part Time Support
Jessie Frost
Finance and Facilities Officer
Jessie joined the Organisation in July 2018. Her role includes includes office work, supporting staff members with their work and anything else that needs doing to help the running of the Organisation.
Jill Bryson
Art Workshops
Jill is the Art and music workshop coordinator for Caxton Youth Organisation. For the last 12 years, she has been running weekly art and music workshops for the young people to help explore their artistic and musical skills.Jill has led Caxton to stage art exhibitions and shows of members work in venues including the Chelsea School of Art, Westminster City Hall and the Lord Mayors Parlour. Jill is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and is a successful practicing artist and musician.
Ilaria Parinni
Youth Worker
Ilaria joined Caxton in March 2021 as part of her uni placement and has loved Caxton since her start. She is now part of our part-time team. Supporting young people at Caxton inspired her to research and advocate for young people’s independence and personal identity. She is particularly interested in promoting young people with disabilities’ rights through relationships with their friends and families, and she is determined (one day) to bring the youth club culture back to Italy, where she is from!
Alex Hiscock
Youth Worker
Alex attended Caxton for over 4 years as a youth member; enjoying the chance to help younger members. She joined the staff team in September 2020 and is helping to lead a project called “Getting back on track.” In her spare time she enjoys sport, fitness and walking, sometimes walking and hiking over a hundred miles a week. She hopes to inspire and encourage young people to meet their fitness goals and become healthier.Tim Chatwin – Co-Chair
Bethany Kinsella – Co-Chair
Lucy Rowley – Treasurer
Ann Caro
Nicola Carlile
Rys Farthing
Donna Shannon
Peter Lewis
Hend Rahman
Delphina Johnson
Specialist Staff
