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Lesley Pattison - Admin Worker
Lesley has been The Den's admin worker for six years. Lesley cut her teeth at Stanley Youth Centre, providing admin and youth work support. During which time she acquired her Level 3 Business Administration and Level 3 Customer Service qualifications. Lesley's main role involves financial management, payroll and Den bookings.
Kat Rudd - Development coordinator Kat has a first-class honours degree in Business Management from Teesside University and a Professional graduate certificate in Education. She has previous experience of working with small businesses and sole traders and four years’ experience working within further education. In the previous few years she held the role of Student Union President where she was a member of the board of governors and involved in strategic decision making on the development and direction of the organisation as well as holding main responsibility for advocating for students across all hierarchical levels internally and externally. She is excited to drive our mission of improving the lives of children and young people. When she's not at The Den, she's usually spending time with loved ones and friends or attending racing events with her family who are all motorsport mad.
Steph Rudd- Acting Youth Project Lead
Steph is our interim acting Youth Project Lead here at The Den. She has worked with The Den as bank staff for the past three years in various guises to help us deliver our groups, programmes and activities. Steph has recently completed a Honours degree in Social Work. She has a wealth of experience in the customer services sector and a lot of knowledge of SEND, safeguarding and working with children and young people. Outside of The Den she loves spending time with her family and friends and attends a lot of football and motorsports events.
Olivia Cornwall - Den Assistant
Jessica Hughes - Den Assistant
