Meet the team

We have a great team of people helping us in our mission to raise awareness of, and challenge the stigma around, mental ill health, especially in young people. Click on any of the pictures to find out more about us.

Founding Members

The family of Lucy Rayner are the founding members and board for the Lucy Rayner Foundation. They take a proactive approach in all aspects of running the charity, working in partnership with the Trustees and help to steer the charity in the right direction.

Jenny Rayner

Jamie Lenny

Stuart Rayner

Emma Rayner

Becky Rayner

Trustees

The trustees play a vital role in making sure the charity is run in the interests of the people it is there to support and serve. With their collective experience they strategically oversee the management and administration of the foundation so that it meets all of its objectives as set out in the governing document.

Sarah Matthews

Tristan Loraine

David Shaw

Amy King

Sandra Snelgrove

Dr Alethea Adair-Stantiall

Richard Stephenson

Patrons

Patrons are non-members of the charity who are known and respected in their individual industries, and who have agreed to support the charity by using their name and position to bring in donations and raise the profile of the charity through their networks.

Trevor Kearney

Bryan Kirkwood

Karen Acres

Laurence Dickson

Daniel Howlett

Ambassadors

Help to raise awareness of our charity work by attending events to talk about our work and to encourage others to get involved in fundraising activities. This really important role helps the charity to reach new people, encourage and inspire new fundraising activity, and also to thank supporters for the work they are doing.

Charley James

Tamara Wall

To find out more about the Lucy Rayner Foundation you can have a look at our Mission and Objectives, and if you have any questions or want to get involved yourself, please get in touch…

Emailinfo@thelucyraynerfoundation.com

Call01737 910 907

Jenny Rayner

CEO and Board Member of the Lucy Rayner Foundation, Jenny is the driving force behind the charity. Since the death of her daughter in May 2012 Jenny has become a motivational mental health speaker and published author of ‘The Hummingbird Process’ and ‘Let Your Truths Set You Free’. She is also a property investor and can turn her hand at painting and decorating. Her wish is to have a holistic wellbeing centre where young people come and heal themselves. Jenny loves all things spiritual and is an intuitive energy healer.

Jamie Lenny

Being part of the Lucy Rayner Foundation gives Jamie the opportunity to play a key role in raising awareness and providing support to those who need it. He believes the critical work undertaken by the Foundation is, to put it very simply – life saving. Jamie understands that living with mental health issues is something that too many people go through without saying it out loud – he sadly found out the hard way what happens when these things go unspoken, when he lost his best friend back in 2016.

In his own words, Jamie says “I feel so proud and honoured to be a patron for this phenomenal organisation, and truly believe by working together and having these conversations – we can make a difference.”

Stuart Rayner

Board Member and supporter of the charity in his daughter’s name, Stuart primarily runs a successful property maintenance company but is always available to provide logistical support for the Lucy Rayner Foundation fundraising events. He also is a regular contributor at the locally held Men’s Mental Health Support Group, and is an avid supporter of Arsenal FC.

Emma Rayner

With a background of many years in sales management, Emma is responsible for the direction, management and delivery of all the Lucy Rayner Foundation events. Emma helps drive the fundraising activities for raising awareness, creating new ideas and inspiring others along with Jenny. Emma is also involved in overseeing the day-to-day running of the charity’s office, delivering Mental Health First Aider Training, knowledge sharing, innovation and business development, as well as looking after her two energetic boys and husband – family is everything to her.

Becky Rayner

Board Member of The Lucy Rayner Foundation and sister to Lucy, Becky is a qualified Physical Education Teacher who has previously worked in both Primary and Secondary schools. Since joining The Lucy Rayner Foundation Becky has taken on the role of Training Communications and Consultancy, where she combines her love for schools and education with her passion for Mental Health awareness – this is where Becky feels we need to start building robust and resilient young adults for the future.

Sarah Matthews

With a multi-dimensional career spanning 30 years, Sarah is a serial entrepreneur, strategic business consultant, mentor and transformative coach. Her background is in healthcare communications; the communication of science and the science of communication – for the purpose of helping people to live longer and better lives. Despite now working with leaders and organisations across many sectors, health is still a key focus for Sarah, and mental health in particular is a topic very close to her heart. In addition to supporting the Lucy Rayner Foundation, Sarah is also a lay advisor to the Liver Advisory Board for NHS Blood and Transplant.

Tristan Loraine

Tristan is a former airline captain and union Health & Safety representative. Now CEO of the British independent film production company Fact Not Fiction Films, he is also an Ambassador to the British Citizens Award and Spokesperson for the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive. Former ironman finisher and keen cyclist, Tristan was appointed as a trustee to the Lucy Rayner Foundation in 2019.

Dave Shaw

Principal trustee of the Lucy Rayner foundation, Dave works as a business manager for a local high street bank. In his spare time he uses his passion and enthusiasm for sport to head up and organise our annual golf and football events, which continue to grow in success year on year. As a personable, friendly face of the community, Dave is invaluable to our charity and is always able to bring new ideas to the table, keeping annual events exciting and always something to look forward to.

Amy King

Amy was a close friend of Lucy Rayner and has helped with getting the charity to where it is today! Bringing in new ideas for services for young people is what she is good at – the first group service ‘Just Talk’ was Amy’s brainchild. As her main job Amy works with young children, so becoming a Trustee to the mental health charity in Lucy’s name and raising awareness is something close to her heart.

Sandra Snelgrove

Sandra has been a Trustee of the Charity from its conception and is related to the Rayner family. As an accountant and Financial Controller of a project and property services company, she keeps a close eye on the financial activities of the charity and is hand on at all events, she has also been a volunteer for the Samaritans since 2013. Sandra loves to dance and she is known to teach Salsa privately to those who are shy and want to learn! She loves nothing more than spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Dr Alethea Adair-Stantiall

Dr Adair-Stantiall is a Chartered and Registered Clinical Psychologist. She is also an Accredited Transformative Coach and Expert Witness in Criminal Law. Alethea has a breadth of experience, working with individuals with a variety of mental health problems, and she has also worked with both couples and families. Her areas of speciality include neuropsychology (working with individuals with a brain injury and their families) and forensic psychology (working with those involved in the criminal justice system). She has also worked in a private capacity, undertaking work nationally in the field of Youth Justice, training non-psychology professionals how to work in a psychologically informed way with complex young people. Alethea is looking forward to helping The Lucy Rayner Foundation in planning the way forward in the mental health arena.

Richard Stephenson

Richard was born and raised in South Park, Reigate and is the Managing Director and owner of Keymex, the kitchen appliance specialists. In 2016 an email from Stuart Rayner landed in Richard’s inbox asking about the possibility of a raffle prize and also explaining the work of The Lucy Rayner Foundation. Richard is now a proud Trustee and supporter of this incredible mental health charity, as well as enjoying many sports including Cricket and Rugby, and being a passionate supporter of Arsenal FC. To relax, he enjoys fly fishing and spending time with his family and their springer spaniel Ruby.

Trevor Kearney

Patron to The Lucy Rayner Foundation, Trevor plays a key role in guiding and providing the foundation with invaluable business ideas and support. In addition, through work and contacts, he is also able to support to the foundation through fundraising and donations. Day to day, Trevor works as a Director in high end property sales. He is a keen advocate for mental health support.

Bryan Kirkwood

Bryan is a BAFTA award-winning television producer, who has been the Executive Producer of both Hollyoaks and EastEnders. He is passionate about telling mental health stories for young audiences in engaging and accessible ways, with the aim of helping families to start difficult conversations. Bryan’s life and the lives of his family have been defined by mental ill-health. Growing up he never saw his family represented on television, and this lived experience motivated Bryan to produce shows that allow all audiences from diverse backgrounds to see themselves reflected back.

In 2018, his campaigning work on Hollyoaks was awarded the MIND Media ‘Making a Difference’ Award and he was a guest speaker at the Global Mental Health Summit in London. Bryan is proud to be a Patron of the Lucy Rayner Foundation.

Karen Acres

Karen is an ordained minister with a counselling/therapy background, who has worked hard within many communities and countries to make a difference, either with fundraising or using her time productively to make sure young people have a voice and a choice in their lives. As the owner of Like2Box Gym in Redhill, it has been important to Karen that females of all ages are given the opportunity to train in what has predominantly been a very male oriented sport. Sadly, sport with the competitive element within it, has also battled raising awareness of mental health and well-being. Whilst fitness is very much the main focus, it is important that we are all aware of the risks associated with the extra pressure young athletes find themselves under.

Laurence Dickson

Carshalton born and bred, Laurence is full-time manager at Sovereign Automotive Fleet Team. He is also a semi-professional strongman athlete, and probably the biggest guy you’re ever likely to meet! Laurence is down to earth and passionate about all projects and tasks, including organising ‘The BIG Pull’ events for the Lucy Rayner Foundation, involving people pulling the unthinkable and at the same time making it a great family day out. #BigMan

Daniel Howlett

In 2015 Daniel lost a best friend, James Hamilton, to suicide. Ever since then, Daniel has been working hard to make sure he does the most to prevent this from happening to someone else. He can’t explain the heartache you feel when you lose a friend at a young age of 26 to something that could have been prevented if there was more help available. That is something he’ll have to live with forever, and it is what pushes him year on year to keep raising money for mental health charities. The first year after he started fundraising he chose to support a large organisation, however it never felt quite right not knowing where the money was going and who it was helping. The he found the LRF, and for Daniel it was a complete no brainer, as he says “It’s incredible what the foundation is doing, all the young people it is helping and all the lives it’s saving. I am so happy to be part of this team and look forward to lots more fundraising as the years go by!”

Charley James

Charley is one of our charity ambassadors and is passionate about mental health and removing the stigma surrounding it. She is a keen advocate, having spoken at many events on behalf of the Lucy Rayner Foundation. Charley has struggled with several mental health conditions, domestic violence trauma and addiction. Her story helps to highlight the gaps in the system and promote the significance of appropriate care. Charley qualified as an osteopath in 2019 and is based in Surrey and South West London.

Tamara Wall

Tamara is an actor, currently performing in Hollyoaks, and she has been involved in musical theatre for most of her career. Because of that she’s quite an outgoing person, prepared to have a go at anything, she is also obsessed with F1 and cheese! In her own words, Tamara says she’s “So proud to be an ambassador of this charity run by a family I adore!”

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