Becky Ndegwa

Becky is our Restorative Development and Food Education Coordinator, with a background in regenerative land work. She facilitates young people's programmes to develop compassion and empathy towards themselves, others, and the environment. She is passionate about bringing restorative practices to tackle social and climate injustices with young people in their school and wider communities.

Seb Ramdin

Seb is part of the Restorative Trainers group within the team. An experienced groupworker, he became aware of climate breakdown as a student and took action for “End Fossil” within a closely-bonded group. This engaged two Universities in climate dialogue, resulting in an Ecological Citizenship course. Seb presented our Stop Ecocide film at Cornwall’s Climate and Ecological Emergency Summit.

Phil

Phil is part of our 16+ team as Youth Climate Engagement Co-ordinator. He is working to promote the Restorative model's contribution to cultures and structures, enabling young people's collective voices to be heard in moving towards systematic sustainable change and development. Phil is part of the prestigious Cornwall Climate Commission and has the opportunity to feed in young people's views to the Commission.

Ed Hart

Ed is co-ordinating community consultation through Youth-led climate awareness, in Camborne, Pool and Redruth. He is inspired by Angela Davis and  holds a strong belief in the power of community-led grassroots action, reaching out to young people and to community representatives to grow connections and understandings about how to build collective resilience.

Maya Ronchetti

Maya is our Primary School Co-ordinator, and has previously worked in a secondary school context. With involvement from other team members, she leads the Step Up programme for KS2 in primary schools and also supports transition to KS3.  Maya is keen to empower children and young people to make Restorative practices their own.  She supports them to resolve conflict and strengthen the 'culture of care'  in their schools and wider communities.

Anna Kingston

Anna is our West-Cornwall Projects worker, focusing on creative youth work developments.
She has a background in the arts, community development & youth work, as well as being on the board of directors for the Penwith Queer Collective. They are passionate about tackling injustice, inequality & bringing about social change.

Lily Reece Fraser

Lily is our East Cornwall Projects Worker and is also studying and training in youthwork. She is excited about the many creative ways to use Restorative Practice in youthwork. Lily is passionate about empowering young people through climate activism, freedom to explore their identity and informal education.

Jack Cowley

Jack is our Mid Cornwall Projects Worker. He brings a strong commitment to young people navigating climate change constructively and creatively using Restorative Practice. He also works as an illustrator of the natural world. Jack's thoughtful approach enables young people to reflect on their own contributions individually and as a team.

Eleanor Capper

Eleanor is central to our team's effective and efficient delivery of services, and is the central point of contact for finances and HR matters. She brings experience from varied business settings, while sharing the RJ Working team's strong commitment to relationship-based values.

Keren Ware

Keren is a social work student on placement with RJ Working. She is passionate about utilising the restorative approach to make a positive and impactful difference to the lives of children and young people.

Annelie Huggins

Annelie is currently studying Environmental Science at university, and is committed to communicating the ideas of young people regarding social issues. She recently started an internship with us assisting with the delivery, administration and presentation of large scale surveys, which gather student perspectives on the climate crisis within schools.

Auríel Poulain

Auríel is studying Environmental Humanities at Exeter University,
and joined RJ Working after working with our team as part of the SHAPE project. She will be aiding in the creation of surveys and supporting in
person community events as part of the youth-led Community Climate Conversations
project.

Ash Sharma

Ash is currently pursuing her degree in Business, with a passion for diversity, mental health and building community, Ash joined RJ Working in January 2024. She has supported our Community Climate Conversation project and is leading our communications on social media.

Jack Lowerson

Jack is our Business Development + Environment intern, who supports our organisational infrastructure and policy development.

Lucy Pearson

Lucy is our 16+ and Youth Worker Lead, working primarily with young people in and around FE colleges, supporting them to engage with issues of identity and social justice, and prepare for transitions into adulthood and employment. Lucy's background is in community work, youth work and informal education, she prioritises participation & getting young voices heard. She is a Trustee of a charity supporting young people from refugee/migrant backgrounds.

Nicky Abrahams

Nicky, our Schools Programme and Social Work Lead, works with schools where Restorative practice is established and expands our reach to new schools.
Nicky has a background in Social Work and voluntary sector work, including working with children with special educational needs and disabilities. Nicky is passionate about how restorative practice upholds equal opportunities, social justice and human rights.

Deborah Mitchell

Our CEO Deborah is an active Quaker. She supervises our team developments and represents our team at Conferences nationally and internationally.
An independent Social Worker, Deborah is the RJ Working Restorative Practice lead and provider of professional supervision

Leon Dundas

Leon coaches & develops the RJ Working team. An international leader of Restorative Practice development, in community, health, education and criminal justice, he synthesises a grounded practical approach with spiritual and humanistic values, inspiring new knowledge and ways of understanding. A respected author and researcher he is also a practitioner experienced in complex cases, and is introducing Restorative Programmes in UK prisons.

Bernadette Chelvanayagam

Bernadette is an experienced trainer and facilitator. 8 years with the Zebra Collective included ‘Cultural Competence’ specialism for children's care and foster carers. A valued collaborator and consultant for RJ Working, she shared in our foundation training from Ulster University and as of 2022 she oversees our Culture of Care programme.

Dan Sargison

Dan Sargison is the director of Grassroots Garden CIC in Redruth, growing veg for a local Community Supported Agriculture vegbox delivery scheme to improve access to nutrient-dense food, grown ecologically. Dan has a focus on local resilience and food-security, and is part of a seed saving network.

Carolann Stirling

Yasmine Fosu

Yasmine Fosu is our Board Chair and has been with RJ Working for five years in a variety of roles. Following a successful internship in 2019, she joined the team in 2020 and was central to the development of our Tackling Racism Restoratively programme. She is now a Young Trustee, bringing her commitment to social justice and environmental issues to our Board. Yasmine is the lead trustee for our climate action programme.

Julian Lutzka

Aged 19, Julian Lutzka is our youngest Trustee, and brings his service user experience to the Board. He has recently completed his gap year placement with RJ Working contributing to Restorative projects that align with his commitment to social and environmental justice, such as Activism Academy and Green Futures. He previously worked with us as an FE college student, when he developed skills and strengths in Equality Diversity and Inclusion activism.

Tean Roberts

Tean is based on the Isles of Scilly where she grew up, then moved to Cornwall and London to continue her education studying art, photography and writing. Working for the Council of the Isles of Scilly’s Democratic and Corporate department, and Assistant to Chief Executive Paul Masters, Tean is Equalities Lead at CIoS developing the Equalities Policy and equality and diversity mandatory training (using restorative practice).

Jamie Mitchell

Jamie Mitchell grew up in Cornwall and holds a degree in Economics from the University of Bristol. He is highly numerate and enjoys oversight of the financial resources which are vital to our organisational sustainability. He is also a committed environmentalist and has a masters in Renewable Energy Engineering from the University from Exeter.

Lesley Chandler

Lesley Chandler is one of our four Founders and an active Quaker. Formerly a Secondary School teacher, Lesley volunteers as a workshop facilitator for a charity which builds relationships and reduces violence in the community and in prisons (Alternatives to Violence Programme). She is an active member of the Camborne/Pool/Redruth communities and is the Quaker Representative for Cornwall Churches Together.

Derek Hayes

Derek Hayes is a Senior Lecturer in film at Falmouth University. In 2015, his students made films about Restorative Justice with the voices on Jenny Agutter, Dawn French and Robert Llewellyn, shortlisted for the ‘Cutting Edge’ category of the national Restorative Practice Awards. Derek brings his creativity, Quaker identity and commitment to community, currently overseeing film making inviting restorative climate action.

Susannah Storey

Susannah Storey is an experienced and expert leader in education, specialising in building community to strengthen schools. Her career includes 10 years Senior Leadership of a London school and 5 years as Head of a Cornwall school. Susannah is currently Head of St Day and Carharrack Community School and is passionate about the success of Restorative Practice in improving relationships between members of school communities. Susannah’s dedication to marginalised groups and empowering all young people is an invaluable asset to our team.