Meet our Regional Activists & Movement Leadership Team. We have a shared leadership team approach to facilitate the work of the Movement.
Our Team
Dylan Barker (he/him)
Movement Enabler
I listen to the ideas, concerns, and voice of the movement and turn that into projects, resources and training. I love seeing the movement members using our resources and training to inspire young people and bring about new conversations about their faith and their world. When I’ll not working for Frontier Youth Trust, I’m being climbed on by my two children or hatching plans with the young people I work alongside on the estate.
Lauren McCombie Smith (she/her)
Movement Advocate
It's my role to connect us together and to enable us to reach out and connect with the wider community of youth work in the Uk. You can find me networking, at conferences and sorting out communications. I have been involved in youth work in some way or another since I was a teenager myself. I have worked in and outside of the church, in secular and Christian organisations, in the mainstream and on the margins. My heart for youth work was founded in my own teenage years when I helped set up and run a youth congregation. I am super passionate in raising up and investing in young leaders as I was invested in. In my spare time I am really into singing and recently joined a 1970s Disco Band.
Matthew Willmott aka Will (he/him)
Brand Ambassador - Diversity Dice
My role is to help churches and youth organisations work on what it means to be LGBTQ+ inclusive; providing training; advice and support. I also help run an LGBTQ+ organisation in Northampton, providing safe spaces for the community to meet. I have been involved in youth work for most of my adult life and LGBTQ+ youth work for the last 10 years.