Staff Team
Genesis Trust is run on a day to day basis by a small team of dedicated staff who both support, and are supported by, a large number of wonderful volunteers. A mix of both full time and part time, and based in one of our locations or at home.
The Genesis Trust is lead by a committed team of trustees (see more here).
Nick Mayo
Nick joined the team in 2016 from a career in high tech large corporations and also with his own smaller businesses. Nick is married to Kate and they have two grown up daughters.
Steve Hughes
Steve joined in early 2018 to support staff, volunteers and visitors with all things faith and pastoral.
Caleb Mallard
Caleb has a BA in Theology and was a youth worker and minister prior to coming to Bath. He leads our volunteer and Pathways programmes, and manages the office and central support.
Peter Setterfield
Peter joined in 2017. Previously he spent 15 years doing finance at the BBC and 15 years before that in brewing.
Paul Solly
Paul has been with Genesis since 2001 and has helped grow the charity into what it is today. He manages the Lifeline Project at the Gateway Centre.
Ivana Bensted
Ivana joined in 2018 having previously worked as a management consultant with Deloitte. As well as being part of the Gateway Centre Lifeline team, Ivana looks after the smooth running of our data systems and reporting.
Sean Sutton
Sean joined in 2014 having completed a Theology in Mission course. He has a background in food retail management and now runs a busy cleaning business alongside his work at Genesis.
Sue Fourie
Sue joined Genesis Trust in February 2020 from her previous roles in education, training and development. She has a degree in Special Educational Needs. Sue manages the Life Skills Project and the Life Course at the Gateway Centre.
Matt Prescott
Matt joined the staff team in 2016 having been a volunteer, and leads various groups and activities, both in person and online. He has a degree in graphic design and an MA in animations.
Anthony Ward
Anthony joined in 2015 and has a background in business improvement, management and training, as well as in property and furniture restoration.
John Stauber
John joined the team in 2016. Previously he's worked as a project manager for school's ICT and in the solar panel industry. John looks after warehousing and transport for the Furniture Project and Bath Foodbank.
Denise Weikert
Denise has been with Life Skills since its beginning in 2006. She manages various activities, groups and workshops at the Gateway Centre. She has a Bachelor’s degree and a Post Graduate diploma in Health Promotion and has lectured in Health Promotion and Health Studies. Prior to that, she taught home economics and food studies for ten years.
Kelly Hall
Kelly joined in 2017 with over ten years experience in the charity sector. Previously, Kelly worked on funding major projects at Wells Cathedral.
Hilary Long
Hilary's first career was in the army. She settled in Bath with her family and began volunteering in 2016 before taking up her current staff role.
Ed Major
Ed joined the team in March 2021. He has previously worked in education: teaching English as a second language and as a lecturer in theological colleges. He has lived in the Czech Republic, Austria, Romania, the USA and Norway and has a degree in Communications.
Grainne Moher
Grainne moved to Bath from Ireland in 1996 and has a background in the hospitality industry. She started volunteering at Bath Foodbank when it first opened in 2011 as the Foodbank Centre Co-ordinator and then joined the staff team in 2019.
Emma Drew
Emma joined the team in July 2021. She previously worked for International Development charity Send a Cow, based outside Bath. Emma first came to Bath to study Creative Writing at Bath Spa. After graduating, she worked for a number of independent Bath businesses and also began volunteering with Genesis Trust’s soup run.
Sally Roberts
Sally joined the staff team in 2021 and has many years of experience in the not for profit sector. She has worked for various charities and she was also the Parish Administrator for a large London Church. After working in London she moved back to Bath to start her family in 2015.