Our directors
Jacky
DirectorJacky has lived in North Warwickshire for 35 years . She was elected as a Borough Councillor for the Dordon ward in 2015 and has served as a Trustee on several national and local charities concerned with tackling health inequalities and young people’s health and well-being. Before she retired, she had a long and distinguished career as a public health doctor in Birmingham, working for both the NHS and Local Government for which she was awarded an OBE in 2008. Having gone camping and taken narrow boat holidays with her family whenever she could, Jacky wants Ruby’s yard to be a place where people can enjoy the canal, experience the great outdoors and learn to value the natural world without having to pay a lot or travel very far.
Jak
DirectorJak is a qualified Youth and Community worker with a recent background in commissioning services for vulnerable children and young people. He has a lifelong commitment to giving people, children and young people in particular, the opportunity to being creators and not just consumers, and shaping opportunities for self directed participation and achievement. “ I used to take children and young people who had never experienced an outdoor environment, on simple urban and rural outdoor activities and know how powerful those experiences can be for them.
Polly
DirectorA friend of the family, Polly has a history of working with children; from coaching kids in summer camps to teaching snowboarding on the ski slopes. Polly grew up enjoying all the extra curricular activities her mother tirelessly organised. Appreciating how important they were in developing her skills and confidence as a child, she is keen to invest in the youth of today. Now with her own business in the city, she is helping the team with their digital marketing and providing consultation where needed.
Kate
DirectorGrand daughter to Ruby, Kate has been a project manager for over 6 years for a leading conservation charity and is now lead project manager for Ruby’s Yard. Passionate about informal education and wellbeing of young minds – she is on a mission to create affordable opportunities for real connection with others and design spaces to nurture the skills that Artificial Intelligence will never replace – creativity, compassion and curiosity
Currently we are a small team but we have ambitions to grow. Would you like to join our team? We are looking for 3 young adults from the local area to represent the local youth community and join the steering group that makes decisions about what we do next. If you are interested, please get in contact. Alternatively, please check back here for job openings and volunteering opportunities.