Meet the Management Team

June Lumley

June is a Director Trustee of three local Charities including her role as Chairman of SCAFT's Board. She is also Chair of Governors at Edward Francis Primary School. June has served as a Rochford District Councillor for 15 years, an Essex County Councillor for 9 years and still serves on Rayleigh Town Council (since 1996) so has a wealth of experience in Governance. June was Portfolio Holder for Community at Rochford District Council (includes housing, health, young people and safeguarding).

Tony Ashley

Tony has experience as an Essex County Council Youth Leader responsible for the Canewdon Youth Club since 1985, becoming involved with the Voluntary Sector in 2000. Tony has been a Director/Trustee of SCAFT since it’s creation and has a strong background in administration. Tony holds Board responsibility for oversight of Management and Administration.

Lynda Ketteridge

Lynda joined us on 1st April 2023. Her work as Young Carers Lead at Greensward Academy gives her an excellent insight into the support needs of young carers in education, an area where they traditionally have lower levels of achievement compared to their peers, and a particular focus of our support work. Lynda also has extensive experience of counselling and supporting young people in a variety of settings.

Victoria Marzouki

Victoria joined us in September 2026. Victoria brings valuable experience from her previous role as a Rochford District Council Officer and her current position as CEO of RRAVS, together with experience and connections within the health sector. She also has senior-level skills and experience within the voluntary and community sector.

Graham Felton

Has recently joined the Board with a focus on funding and finance.

SCAFT relies on the commitment and dedication of it’s team of Volunteers to help deliver it’s services. This small but essential band of people from all walks of life add a huge range of skills and interests to the services we offer. With a spread ranging from students to retirees and everything in-between SCAFT’s Volunteers offer a wealth of value to our work. Some of our Volunteers have been with us for many, many years others may join us for a while before returning to work after raising a family, whilst they take a gap year or to gain experience prior to continuing their studies.

One of our most valuable assets are those Young Carers who return as young adults to give back something to a service they got so much from. The insight into the issues Young Carers face that these Volunteers give is remarkable.

The varied contributions Volunteers make include helping run general activities, games and sports at our Young Carers Respite Sessions, cooking at these sessions, running art and craft activities, providing maths homework support and numeracy workshops, running a Gardening Club and supporting our Young Carer Support Workers with a range of tasks.

SCAFT is also supporting local Schools with placing Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme students into SCAFT’s Primary Young Carers Respite Groups to gain valuable volunteering experience and make a significant contribution to their communities.