Nicola Baboneau has led responsibility for Community and Partnerships in the Learning Trust, a private, not-for-profit company managing education in the London Borough of Hackney. She was a head teacher in Hackney for ten years and then worked for three years across Education, Health, Social Services and the Voluntary Sector, with lead responsibility for Hackney’s Children’s Services Plan. Her current remit is wide and includes working in partnership on the strategic planning and implementation of a number of government programmes including Creative Partnerships, Healthy Schools, Safer Schools Partnerships and Teenage Pregnancy.

Sarah Wright is Head of Events for Barclays. Her professional experience will ensure that the Trust organises excellent fundraising events and activities that help the Trust meet its aims and objectives of making a difference to young people’s lives in Hackney while keeping Stu’s friends connected. “My aim is that the events will be fun, will be shared by the many friends that Stu had from his different walks of life and will reflect his wonderful spirit and passions”.

Steve Herbert is currently a project manager for the programme ‘Schools at the Heart of 2012 Games’. Previous to this, Steve was Learning Mentor Co-ordinator working for Excellence in Cities Project at the Learning trust. Steve has also taken youth groups on exchanges and has visited counties such as USA, Ghana and Sweden to look at democracy issues and setting up youth councils. Steve has a real interest in working with challenging young people and has trained in the area of anger management and managing behaviour.

Ian Barney is MD of Twin, an international development charity, and a Director of Divine - a Fair Trade chocolate company. His experience will help to ensure that the work of the Trust is innovative, adds real value to young people in Hackney and that members of the Trust become active participants in the work of the Trust. “As a life long friend of Stuart’s I am honoured to have been asked to Chair The Stuart Feakins Trust and help to keep Stuart’s spirit alive”.

Razaq Douda was born and raised in Hackney. He moved to Nigeria, where he studied Law. On his return to Britain, he worked in the Greenwich Law Centre and the Serious Fraud Office. He later joined Hackney Education and subsequently, the Learning Trust. He currently works in behaviour support focussing on excluded pupils. He has a keen interest, in the social condition of disaffected and disengaged, children and families. He shares Stuart’s passion in helping young people to achieve and make positive contributions to society.

Warren Keeys was a close friend of Stuart’s for over 30 years, since meeting him at the school football team. Warren has worked in advertising for over 20 years, in both the USA and the UK. At present he works for a Shoreditch design agency. Football is still one of Warren’s passions, along with gardening and art.

Charis Thomas is a Management and Systems Accountant at The Learning Trust. For the past 5 years she has been a mentor to young people in Hackney. “I’m enthused and excited to be part of The Stuart Feakins Trust and hope to support the board with financial information and control and, ultimately, to help make a difference to young people in Hackney.”

Dorothy Feakins is Stuart’s mother. Her adult life began as a secretary way back in the dark ages when shorthand and the Imperial Typewriter were used in business! She married Norman in 1959 and Andrew and Stuart arrived in 1964 and 1966 respectively. She has always enjoyed theatre and was a member and a player at the Eltham Little Theatre and later The Brentwood Festival Players. At 40 she began teaching speech and drama. On retirement she began work in films and TV. She enjoys yoga, walking, gardening, reading and recently dabbling in art. “I am honoured to be one of the Trustees of The Stuart Feakins Trust and all the family would like me to express their gratitude for all the hard work of the committee, colleagues and friends for keeping Stuart’s memory alive”.

Peter Passam has been doing voluntary work for over 30 years but in particular in Hackney Education for around 16 years. He is a Non-Executive Director on the board of The Learning Trust and a governor of several schools and PRU's. Peter has been a dynamic, challenging and enthusiastic campaigner for the rights, voice and opportunities for all, but especially for children and parents. His main areas of interest are Education, Inclusion, Special Education Needs, Healthcare and Community Work. "When I was asked to become a trustee of Stu's Trust I was very honoured and jumped at the chance. Stu was a great guy who had a real passion for helping children in any way he could, he would never give up on some of the most needy children and I believe this lives on in the vision of The Stuart Feakins Trust. Knowing Stu was a real privilege as is caring on his work through the Trust.