Cath is the Lead Youth Worker, having joined CTC in January 2022. Cath comes to CTC with over 30 years post qualifying experience as a youth worker, including as a Youth Work Manager for DCC Youth Services.  Most recently Cath worked at Exeter College as a Safeguarding Officer.  Cath brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the team including a passion for inclusion.

Cath works 3 days per week.  Cath is engaged in face-to-face youth work 2 days per week and spends one day a week in the office on strategic and developmental activities, including fundraising.

Cath is the Designated Safeguarding Lead for Crediton Town Council.

Cath lives in Crediton with her family and loves being outdoors in woodlands or on the beach, and enjoys gardening, sewing, and creative journaling when at home. 

Sara joined the youth work team as a Part Time Sessional Youth Worker in June 2022 and brings a wealth of expertise in SEN and inclusion as well as a passion for creativity. 

Sara has completed Initial Youth Work training with Space. Sara is just starting her Level 3 JNC Youth Work qualification.

Sara lives in Crediton with her family, and enjoys dog walking, the outdoors and curry.

Youth Support Worker:
Nicky Love 

Nicky joined the youth work team in November 2023. He currently works with the Senior Youth Club. Nicky works on Tuesday and Wednesdays. Nicky is a qualified first aider.

Initially clowning with Patch Adams MD and Maria's Children (art rehabilitation project for orphans in Russia), then a young person's homeless shelter, and the mental health charity Mind, Nicky has been working with young people, and adults experiencing mental health issues for well over 20 years now. 

Nicky enjoys teaching outdoor living skills, inspiring and encouraging confidence and competence with tool work. He also enjoys research into longevity and neuroscience and plays stringed instruments (notably banjo, to his daughter's annoyance).

Dee has lived in Crediton for thirty-five years and joined the Youth Work Team in February 2024. Dee works on Tuesdays.

Dee is passionate about supporting neurodiverse children and their families. She has over twenty years’ experience of parenting and working with children with autism and other additional needs. Her last role was a 1:1 Special Needs Teaching Assistant at Landscore Primary School. She has volunteered for Vranch House School in Exeter and is currently the Chairperson for the Crediton & District Playscheme for Children with Additional Needs.

Dee loves spending time with her family, walking in the countryside, cycling and sunny beach days. She enjoys going to the theatre and singing in a choir and has recently rejoined the Brown Paper Bag Theatre Company after a break of twenty-three years Her other love is cats.

Youth Support Worker:
Kai Barkla

Kai is a qualified first aider and has just completed his Level 2 Youth Work Qualification.

Kai moved into Crediton late 2023, and at the beginning of the new year joined as a volunteer in the Crediton Youth Centre. Kai has previous experience volunteering at the Exeter RAMM as a visitor guide, this is the first time he has worked in an environment specifically catered towards young people. Kai is looking forward to learning not only from the Youth Centre itself but also from the young people themselves. 

Kai has a background as an academic, doing an undergraduate course in Anthropology and Archaeology at Lampeter, UWTSD. He attended the BVAR summer field school in 2019, volunteering in Belize to help excavate Maya sites. Kai then did a masters course in Experimental Archaeology at Exeter University. He specialises as a Mesoamericanist, focusing on the Maya.

Kai has many other interests, but those most relevant to the Youth Centre are storytelling, cooking, game design and fieldcraft.