Rick is the Chair of LCVYS and has been working across the youth and community sector for over 20 years. Whilst also working directly with local authorities on a variety of community projects from Education and Teaching, to establishing and supporting community projects and initiatives. Running the Connexions Community Hub Charity for almost 10 years now whilst also establishing the Performing Arts Club St Johns almost 20 years ago.

Dr Charles W Shaw took over as Chairman of F&GP in October 2024.
Charles is also the Director of Lincolshire Youth Association and has worked within the youth services over a period of years.

Kate has worked for Lincolnshire Young Farmers’ Clubs since 2017 as County Development Manager.  She supports all the YFC Clubs throughout Lincolnshire with Development, Sponsorship, Funding, Training, Competitions, Youth Forum and Social Events.  Being a Young Lincolnshire Farmer is great fun and you don’t even have to be a farmer!

Subash Chellaiah is the Executive Director at The Centre for Reconciliation. He brings over two decades of experience in interfaith work and has served as a University Chaplain for more than ten years. Subash previously managed Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation projects in India and worked for an international charity as a Link Officer for Asia and Oceania. He has also volunteered in youth work for over 15 years, both locally and internationally.

Dave Rose CA has been a Trustee of LCVYS for over twenty years, and has served as Chair in the past. He started his involvement with Youth Work as a volunteer in the early 1970s, and has served as a trustee on assorted youth projects and worked on a number of different Youth and Children’s projects in different parts of the country over the years. He is a member of the Church Army Mission Community, and was Youth Work Adviser (later Children & Youth Officer) for the Diocese of Lincoln for over twenty Years. Dave is a JNC qualified Community & Youth Worker, and has a Postgraduate qualification in Adult Education, he is an experienced trainer and assessor (he has an A! assessor qualification), and has acted as professional assessor on two different JNC Youth Work degree courses. 

Brett has been a member of the scouting movement for over 20 years, starting as Cub Scout himself, learning skills and earning many awards on his way through the organisation including the highest award, the Queen Scout Award and DofE Gold.
He now serves as a leader in Lincolnshire, working with groups of young people, teaching a wide range of skills and life lessons. If he isn’t in weekly meetings at his local group, he is loosing arrows with the Lincoln District Scout Archery Team, delivering sessions across the county.
As a young man, Brett received help from, and later volunteered with, his local youth services, taking advantage of the opportunities available through Vinspired, Connexions and the Prince’s Trust. He is now keen to give other young people these same opportunities to learn and thrive.

Rachael currently works as a Senior Lecturer in Youth & Community/Education at Bishop Grosseteste University and The University of Hull. Rachael previously held a Senior Management post in a large Midlands Local Authority and, having completed the MA Educational Leadership and Management, has a keen interest in leadership within education. Rachael completed her PhD at the University of Hull entitled Care Farming, Learning and Young People. Rachael is a full-time qualified Youth Worker (JNC) and has a MSc in Psychology . In her own time, Rachael is a School Governor and a Trustee of the Make it Shine SEND Charity.

Jo is the founder of Well Within Reach, which in its broadest sense is concerned with the social and emotional competence and wellbeing of young people, with a particular focus on making simple sense of childhood brain development, especially for those children who, for all sorts of reasons, may be considered somehow vulnerable.
She works in partnership with various agencies and organisations, including NSPCC, Action for Children’s Arts, Children’s Bereavement Centre, and local authority Virtual Schools, as well as with LCVYS.
Jo is a trainer, consultant and advisor, and also develops products and resources for both practitioners and parents to support the healthy growth and development of the children they live and work with.

Ru has been a District Councillor since 2023. She wears many hats-Director of The Hatton Action Group, Trustee for LCVYS as well as Wragby Youth club, Chairperson for the East Lindsey Independent Group, as well as Director of a Shipping Administration company. She has a degree in Psychology and has worked in corporate HR, Training and facilitation. She has worked as an Insurance consultant, Marketing Executive and ran a large training facility for a BPO in India. Training and Education has always been in the forefront of everything she has done and loves working with Young people at the Youth club in Wragby.

Frances has worked as the LCVYS Development Officer since November 2011. Previously she has worked within Children’s Services as a Family Support Worker And Connexions Personal Adviser. Frances also works as a youth and communtiy worker for Washingborough and Branston