Our Team

Centre Manager and Youth Manager

Seeking a career change from retail management, Leroy started at The REDI Centre as a volunteer in late 2014, where he helped with the delivery of several youth sessions.

Working from the ground up and learning from the best, Leroy’s role became more and more prominent and he began to develop his youth work skills, branching out into 1-1 mentoring and targeted work.

Leroy is now the centre manager, taking care of the day to day running and leading our youth team.

Lead Centre Assistant

Sian first attended the REDI Centre as a 13 year old at one of our youth clubs. Even after moving to Birmingham, she always stayed in contact with us.

After leaving school she attended university, studying Early Childhood Education, where she graduated in 2022.

After working in early years for a while, Sian noticed via our newsletter that we had a vacancy at the REDI Centre, applied and was successful!

Sian is now our Lead Centre Assistant and is familiar friendly face at the centre where she ensures the day to day running is as smooth as possible.

Founder of RYCE and Former Chair

The conception of RYCE started with Ray.

Recently retired from a career as a senior marketing manager for international companies including Mitsubishi Electric PC Division and Charles Schwab Europe., Ray led the development of the vision for RYCE and the REDI Centre establishing, a strong network of stakeholders and supporters since he became Chair in 2012.

After the closure of Redditch Youth House, Ray was determined to give the youth of Redditch the provision they deserved. He worked hard to secure the REDI Centre as a venue and in turn, created not only a provision for young people, but a hub for the whole community.

A truly inspirational man.

Acting Chair of RYCE

John has over 25 years of building management experience from large schools (with over a thousand pupils) to Colleges, Community Centres, and Swimming Pools ensuring that the health and safety code of the chemicals and materials used was adhered to.

Vice Chair

Giselle moved to Redditch from Devon. An information security specialist for a top retail supermarket, Giselle has been a volunteer at RYCE for the last seven years. Giselle supports our youth groups and oversees GDPR and data security requirements.

Catherine has over 25 years of Health, Safety and Quality standards experience, working with a diverse range of organisations including local government and high security systems manufacturers. Catherine is NEBOSH qualified and also a qualified Mental Health First Aider (MHFA).

Samantha has over 25 years’ experience of working in the third sector and public sector managing community-based projects and grant programmes. Samantha is a trained practitioner for PRINCE2 and Social Return on Investment (SROI) and is currently a Programme Manager for a national charity. Samantha leads on the development of policies and procedures for RYCE.

Peter Rose is an experienced organisational development professional, with a background in community development, youth social action and public service management.  Peter has lived in Redditch for 20 years and led the initial feasibility study and funding bids for RYCE’s ambition to redevelop the REDI Centre in 2014. He continues to act as an independent strategic advisor to the RYCE committee.