Safe New Futures Team
Welcome to the heart and soul of Safe New Futures – our incredible team!
We’re thrilled to introduce you to the passionate group of individuals who make everything we do possible. From the dedicated office staff and inspirational course facilitators to our visionary trustees. Each team member plays a vital role in empowering young and unemployed individuals through our transformative Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-based training.
Safe New Futures Team Staff
Nina Kelly
CEO
Nina is an experienced charity leader with more than 20 years of experience working across the international and UK non-profit sectors. Specialising in mental health, employability and people-centred organisational development. As CEO of Safe New Futures since 2015, she combines strategic leadership with strong financial control, stakeholder engagement and programme development. Her earlier career includes senior commercial roles at Denplan, where she helped grow the organisation from launch to a 500,000-strong client base. Nina is a passionate communicator, hosting the Modern Day Issues We Love to Ignore podcast to open up conversations around mental health, purpose and human connection. She is committed to building evidence-based, compassionate services that help people move from crisis to confidence and into meaningful work.
Dean Roles
Team Leader
Dean’s journey with Safe New Futures started off as a participant in our programmes. After completing the programme, he moved into employment, then went on to work as an Employment Advisor with Seetec Pluss before joining the SNF team. As Team Leader, Dean keeps the day-to-day running of the organisation steady — overseeing participant journeys from referral through to outcomes. He supports and supervises the office team, and makes sure systems, data and processes are working as they should. He represents SNF at job fairs and community events and maintains relationships with referral partners. Brings a warmth and enthusiasm to everything he does that sets the tone for the whole team. His own experience of the programme gives him an understanding of what participants are going through that shapes how he leads.
Michael Johnston
Facilitator & Safeguarding Officer
Michael joined Safe New Futures as a participant. He stayed to help others make the same journey. Now working four days a week as Facilitator and Safeguarding Officer, he leads most of our pre-course chats, delivers both the five-week programme and twelve-week Pathways workshops. He provides one-to-one coaching throughout. He has also taken the lead on developing our Pathways materials. As Safeguarding Officer, he helps make sure everyone at SNF – staff, volunteers and participants – feels safe and well supported. His lived experience of the programme gives him credibility with participants that no qualification alone can provide.
Beth Cooke
Youth Facilitator
Beth has worked in the youth charity sector for 10+ years. She is deeply passionate about supporting others, especially regarding wellbeing, employability, and career advice. Naturally warm and bubbly, she loves mentoring and motivating others, helping them to feel confident in all they have to offer. When not working, she is looking after her two young daughters and going on adventures together.
Louise Turner
Youth Facilitator
Louise joined the Safe New Futures Team and specialises in delivering Wellbeing workshops to a diverse range of people. She has previously worked with homeless and refugee communities and believes that everyone has value and something to contribute. Alongside her work as a facilitator, she is busy studying to be a therapist and loves nothing better than riding her bike in the sunshine.
Diane Morgan
Facilitator
Diane, a former schoolteacher, has built a career in training and development. She has dedicated her career to supporting vulnerable people, both young and older. Driven by her desire to add value, support, and encouragement, Diane is committed to inspiring hope and fostering positive change. Diane is proud to contribute to the SNF, which supports and equips individuals with aspirations, self-belief and practical, life-changing tools.
Adam New
Business Administrator
Adam joined the Safe New Futures Team in 2023 as a Business Administration apprentice, completing his apprenticeship in 2024. Since then, he has played a key role in supporting our fundraising efforts by researching and identifying grant makers. Adam also works closely with our course statistics, analysing and interpreting data to ensure our courses consistently meet the high standards.
John Chapman
Development Administrator
John joined the Safe New Futures Team as a volunteer after taking part in one of our programmes. Since then, he has gone on to develop his marketing skills. He manages our social media channels, creates marketing materials, and acts as our in-house photographer. He also maintains and updates the SNF website while also supporting the recruitment of new participants onto our programmes. John oversees the allocation of laptops to staff and volunteers and provides IT support across the organisation.
Lorraine Holdaway
Finance Administrator
Lorraine joined the Safe New Futures Team to ensure SNF meets its charitable and legal commitments. She holds firm to SNF values of giving people second chances and providing opportunities, support and mentoring to help them re-engage with working life.
Ann-Marie Reacord
Marketing Manager
Ann-Marie oversees our marketing and income generation. She works on developing the Safe New Futures brand consistency and overseeing all our communications from client first referral to finishing Pathways. She ensures that our website, social media, emails and marketing collateral match our values and makes messaging compelling and authentic. Ann-Marie also oversees our strategy for raising money from Corporations, Grant Making Trusts, and researches new sources of funding.
Patch
The Office Dog
Our lovely little Patch kept us company and lifted our morale up whenever we went through rough times. She made sure that people took their breaks by taking her for a walk, loved a stroke during meetings and hoovered up all the scraps after events. Her memory lives on.
Safe New Futures Team Trustees
John Richards
Chair
John is a highly experienced former NHS leader with over 30 years in senior roles. This includes 23 years as a Chief Executive and 17 years as an Accountable Officer responsible for governance, quality, performance and financial stewardship across complex health systems. A former CEO of NHS Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group, he led multiagency work to address health inequalities and improve support for vulnerable communities. John brings deep expertise in strategic planning, commissioning and partnership working. Along with a strong commitment to public value and community wellbeing. As Chair of Safe New Futures, he provides experienced, hands-on leadership to ensure the charity operates safely and ethically.
Miranda Laughton
Trustee Safeguarding
Miranda brings over a decade of experience in community safety, multiagency partnership working and safeguarding from her work with Southampton City Council. A former school governor and designated Safeguarding Lead for nine years, including four years as Chair, she has extensive expertise in statutory compliance, risk management and leading strong, values-based safeguarding cultures. Miranda is passionate about reducing social exclusion and supporting people facing multiple barriers. This includes unemployment, anxiety and depression. As a trustee, she provides thoughtful governance leadership and constructive challenge, helping ensure SNF remains safe and ethical. Firmly focused on empowering beneficiaries to rebuild confidence and move towards education, training and work.
Michael Colebourn
Trustee Finance
Michael is an experienced CEO and CFO with more than twenty years of experience. His expertise ranges in financial, commercial and operational leadership across private equity-backed, PLC and international organisations. He has a strong track record of strengthening governance, modernising financial controls and creating clear, data-driven reporting that supports confident long-term decision making. Michael has led complex restructures, risk management programmes and large-scale organisational change. Often in multisite and multijurisdictional environments. He is known for his ability to translate complex financial and operational issues into practical insight, mentor leadership teams and create sustainable systems that enable growth. His expertise brings robust challenge and assurance to Safe New Futures as the charity expands and strengthens its impact.
Tim Trew
Trustee Digital & Accessibility
Tim is an experienced embedded software architect with over 15 years’ experience delivering accessible, user-centred digital services for major organisations. Moreover, he brings specialist oversight in digital governance, accessibility, data protection and risk, ensuring SNFs’ online programmes are inclusive, secure and reliable. As a volunteer with digital inclusion charity AbilityNet, Tim supports disabled and older people to use technology with confidence and dignity, strengthening the charity’s commitment to equitable access.
Alistair Stokes
Trustee
Alistair is an experienced leader with a distinguished career across the NHS, private sector and charitable organisations. He served as Chairman of Solent NHS Trust from 2011 to 2019, providing strategic and governance leadership across community and mental health services, and previously held senior roles within regional and community health bodies. Alongside a long international career in the pharmaceutical industry, Morover, he has an extensive record of voluntary service. He is a Listening Volunteer, Shift Leader and Trustee at Southampton & District Samaritans and an active member of Southampton Solent Rotary, supporting community initiatives and international microfinance. He has also chaired and founded several charitable organisations, including Ringwood Foodbank and the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation. Bringing deep governance expertise, values-based leadership and a strong commitment to community wellbeing to the Safe New Futures Board.
Claudia Murg
Trustee
Claudia is a committed community advocate with strong roots in Southampton’s civic and voluntary sector. She currently works for Citizens Advice, supporting people facing complex social, financial and housing challenges. She is also the founder of We Make Southampton CIC, a community-building initiative that gives local people a stronger voice in decisions affecting their lives. Known as a highly trusted “people connector” across the city, Claudia brings deep insight into local needs, inclusion and community engagement. Her long track record of public interest work, combined with her values of honesty, hard work and fairness, strengthens Safe New Futures’ commitment to representing and supporting the communities we serve.