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Jemma founded the Charity back in 2014 following her own experience of being a parent-carer. Having struggled to get the support her family needed and finding there were no local accessible play facilities Jemma was has been determined to make a change. Having grown the charity from the beginning Jemma took the role of Charity Manager in 2017.

As well as endless passion and determination, Jemma graduated and previously worked as a Mental health nurse to management level. She then went on to study Psychology and Counselling Skills at Chester University and set up peer support networks and support groups.

Lucy joined SPACE in January 2020 as a Project Coordinator.

Lucy worked in the Education sector for 8 years in a variety of different roles. She started out in Early Years before completing her Teacher Training and working as a Reception Teacher. Since then, she has worked in different nurseries as a Nursery Teacher, Deputy Manager, and Nursery SENCO. 

’I feel really privileged to be able to join the SPACE Team as I think it is such a fantastic and much-needed charity within our community.’

Jonathan graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a BA in Business Studies in 2004 before completing an MA in Human Resource Management at Northumbria University in 2005.  Jonathan then spent 13 years working in various different HR and People Management related roles within the Oil and Gas sector before taking up his current role as the Director of HR & OD at Muir Group Housing Association in 2018.  As well as HR and People Management, Jonathan also has experience in health, safety and wellbeing, data protection and governance.
Jonathan became involved with SPACE after learning more about the charity at the 2018 SPACE ball.

 Katharine graduated from the University of Birmingham with a 2(i) in Law in 1995. She then went on to complete the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in Chester before qualifying as a solicitor in 1999. After working as a Defendant personal injury solicitor for 12 years in private practice and in-house roles Katharine returned to her home city of Chester. Katharine now works as a Lecturer for the University of Law at their Online Campus teaching across law conversion courses and the Solicitors Qualifying Exams. Katharine became involved with SPACE after getting to know Jemma when their children attended nursery together. She is the Secretary for the Charity, and finds her legal background useful in fulfilling her obligations as a Trustee. 

Louise has been Treasurer of SPACE since it was set up in November 2014. After gaining a 1st class honours degree in International Management and French at Manchester University, Louise qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the global accountancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2003. She worked within their audit practice for 8 years, managing the audits of large companies such as the Financial Times and MTV. Louise is currently a stay at home mum to three small children but uses her knowledge and experience gained whilst working as an audit manager to oversee the financial affairs of the charity.