LRDT Staff Team
The heart and soul of LRDT is the fantastic team that work here. As we are a small charity, hardly any of us are full time employees, but instead come in around our other jobs, businesses and projects to pull together as a team, all of us are very willing to get stuck in to what ever is going on.
Christie Street
Marketing & Communications Manager
Christie started with us in 2021 and is now responsible for providing the look and feel of our many different projects, getting the word out about them all along with LRDT as a whole. She is also in charge of our website & social media platforms. You may see her out and about engaging with other organisations and our local community.
Carole Packman
Finance Assistant
A valued member of the team since 2003, Carole looks after all the day to day finance needs here at the Trust. Carole has seen many of the transitions and developments LRDT and so she brings with her a great deal of understanding and knowledge of where the Trust has come from and how it's grown.
Juliet Mann
Operations & Property Manager
Juliet joined the team January 2025. With a background in hospitality and extensive management experience, Juliet now oversees the charity’s property portfolio ensuring our buildings remain well-run and income-generating. Her focus is now on supporting the community through effective property and operations management.
Claire
Marketing and Admin Assistant
Claire joined the team in April 2025, bringing over ten years of experience working in administrative roles including Charity Administrator for a local skydiving business, more recently working in the education sector as a TA Claire has returned to her role in the office and looks after the admin and marketing elements of LRDT.
Our Trustees
Our trustees come from a wide range of work backgrounds and careers. They have been teachers, business leaders, nurses. We're lucky to have such a great group of people from our community willing to give up their time to help and shape LRDT so it can best serve Lyme Regis.
SUE HOWARD
In 2018, after a lengthy chat with another of the LRDT trustees, it became apparent that I was very interested in getting involved in what the Lyme Regis were doing and I joined as a Trustee in 2018.
I have worked as an instructor, a manager and advisor. I also run my own business and I believe all of these things have given me skills, knowledge and experience that I can pass on through my work as a Trustee. Throughout my working career I have dealt with multiple groups of people, often within niche demographics. This has given me a wider perspective on socio-economic outcomes and my experience relying on empathetic analysis.
I feel that LRDT is starting to make a mark on our town once again, with a great enthusiastic team driving forward new and exciting projects. I look forward to enabling and being part of the future of LRDT.
NEIL CHARLETON
Neil is the latest recruit to our board of trustees, but is a long time friend! Having worked with us as a lead volunteer on our flagship projects - The Seaside Store and our community cafe, The Old School House. Not only that, Neil is a key contributor on our community radio station, Lyme Bay Radio, presenting three shows each week including a weekly broadcast with local chef, Mark Hix.
Neil comes to us in his retirement from a fascinating 38 year long career as a pilot with British Airways! He is now an integral part of his community in nearby Charmouth alongside his duties as a trustee, volunteer and radio presenter.
TOBY GUIDUCCI
I was introduced to LRDT by my lifelong friend Dot Wood. Through her evangelising about their good works and conviction that my skills could add value, Dot persuaded me to join the property management team back in 2019 and since then I have become a Trustee.
Although having gained a degree in Archaeology and qualified as a Scuba diving instructor I have always been employed within professional commercial services. From running the Police and Criminal Justice arm of IBM's premier storage partner in the private sector to creating the Digital Commercial division of the Met Office in the public. Until two years ago my wife and I ran an award winning, eco-centric bed and breakfast in Lyme Regis and I have recently spent 18 months’ project managing the construction of our new home in the town.
Working with the LRDT allows me the opportunity to give something back to a town, that over my life has given so much to me.
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