Reuben’s Retreat Team
Team Reuben
We are a small hard working team of full and part time staff, greatly supported by our dedicated volunteers.
Nicola Graham: Nicola is Reuben’s Mummy and Founder & Chief Executive of Reuben’s Retreat. She splits her working week between our Ashton & Glossop offices. Nicola is our vision behind the project who leads and inspires the whole team, volunteers and supporters. Nicola says she feels blessed to walk hand-in-hand every day with her angel Son to deliver his work. With over 25 years experience in the travel industry, she has a passion for travel and enjoys precious family time too.
Rachael Horrocks: Rachael is our Office Manager at our Ashton office. She ensures that our accounting systems run smoothly. Co-ordinating and managing events as well as our social media outlets, Rachael also welcomes visitors, updates our webshop and website, and helps to ensure that our families are looked after for our Ashton based support. In her spare time, Rachael loves to spend time with her twins and family and is also a keen runner, and run coach.
Lynne Redmond: Lynne is our Operations Manager. She ensures that we comply with regulations. Putting policies and procedures in place, managing our health & safety and IT infrastructure. Lynne is also responsible for grant funding and all aspects of grant management. In her spare time, Lynne loves to visit her family in London.
Susan Anders: Susan is our Housekeeper in Glossop. She works two afternoons a week ensuring that The Lodge at Reuben’s is always clean and welcoming for our families and visitors. Susan is also a keen seamstress and currently makes beautiful handmade items to sell via our webshop. In her spare time, Susan enjoys looking after and walking her dog and hosting local craft stalls.
Ian Mood: Ian works 1 day per week and is in charge of producing our quarterly magazine. His creative skills are vast and he also helps with some graphic design and the maintenance and content of our website. Ian is also a landscape artist who enjoys walking into the local hills and sketching all day with his dog Pepper.
Nicky Dean: Nicky is Nicola’s Personal Assistant, supporting her and the Board of Trustees and assisting with project management and HR. Nicky enjoys skiing, walking and spending precious time with her family.
Lindsay Smith: Lindsay is our Community Fundraiser. Lindsay’s role is to develop fundraising opportunities in the community setting, raising much need funds, building relationships with potential supporters and nurturing existing relationships with suppliers, donors and voluntary fundraisers. Lindsay has had a career change in order to join Reuben’s Retreat having worked for the NHS and social housing. Lindsay is a keen Manchester City Fan, loves spending time with her family and has done something she never thought she would do – joined a running club!
Sarah Leah: Sarah is our Senior Fundraiser and works closely with the generous organisations and companies that support our mission. Sarah has a long history of working in services that support families and is passionate about both being part of and helping others to join Reuben’s journey to help more families experience the love and compassion that our beautiful work provides. Family is very important to Sarah and she can often be found enjoying fun times with her niece, nephew and grandson at weekends.
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Our first milestone of 2019
We always knew that 2019 was going to be mega busy from the get-go, and normally we thrive off of the pace. But it saddens our hearts when the demand for our support services spike, because what that means in real terms is that there are more families facing the most heart-breaking of times. 23 days…
6th February
Happy New Year
The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals Welcome 2019, we’ve been waiting excitedly for you! Our goals for the coming year are pretty monumental! They’ll see us begin to transform our spaces with a hydrotherapy pool, sensory and…
2nd January
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Upcoming Events
Our most up-to-date information can be found on our Facebook Events page, but here’s a taster of Reuben’s Retreat’s upcoming activities… Join NOW! Ends 4th June 2019 Mission 123 Your mission is to turn £23 into as much as possible, whilst having fun, for Reuben’s Retreat. Will your team raise the most? Will you…
REUBall 2019
Following on from the amazing success of REUBall’s move to Bury in 2018, we are delighted to announce we’re returning for our 2019 spectacular and tickets are now on sale! Tickets are £55 per person and are available through our web shop or by calling 01457 680023. We ask for a £15 per person deposit with the balance due…
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