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Staff & Volunteers at Nutritious Minds Trust

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Hayley Bassinet,
Creative Events Director

Hayley has worked with Nutritious Minds Trust since 2017 and first met Rachel in 2013 when they both worked together at Kid's Company. She is a curator, creative events director, and front-of-house team member, and is passionate about art, natural medicine and the wellbeing of children and young adults. Hayley also has dyslexia and believes that contributes towards my creative outlook. 

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Melanie Davey,
Corporate & Community Fundraiser 

Melanie enjoyed working in PR at one of the UK's leading agencies before relocating back to her home on the Suffolk coast. She is extremely passionate about supporting neurodiverse children, especially as she is a mum to a son with ADHD. Melanie joined the NMTC team as a volunteer to assist with fundraising and events. Mel also leads our Suffolk Adult ADHD Support Group! 

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Estelle Sophia Gow-Lumbard 
Front of House Events Coordinator 

Estelle is the front-of-house event coordinator and has assisted at every event since the initial launch at Cannizaro House, West Side Common in 2017. She has a background in PR/Marketing, social media account management and hospitality. Estelle has also assisted at Nutritious Minds Trust Charity and Raver Tots fund-raising events. She has previously worked as a nanny and with primary-school children during school holiday clubs. Estelle loves art, crafts, photography, film and creative outlets, and trained in ballet from the age of 2.5 to 15 years and also enjoyed musical theatre, singing and acting. 

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Andy 
Audio, Visual Technical Events Manager

Andy is the Events Audio, and Visual Technical Manager and joined Nutritious Minds Trust in 2019. He is also responsible for the overall set up of events, and day-to-day activities. He is passionate about music, art and love to travel.

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Sidonie (Sid) Knight 
Events & Community Art Day Volunteer

Sid graduated from the University of Leeds with a first-class degree in Fine Art. Since then, she has been working in a range of roles, for example, providing educational support and art lessons, and implementing creative therapy for a child with special needs. She has developed business development skills in communication, organisation, problem-solving, upselling, and strategic planning. She volunteers for the Nutritious Minds Trust Charity at our events and school/community art days. She is passionate about ADHD advocacy and children's education. 

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Coco Das
Event Photographer & Visual Designer 

Coco Das is the Events Photographer and Visual Designer for Nutritious Minds Trust Charity and founder of Visionary Underground. One of our longest-standing team members, Coco has supported the charity since 2017, capturing our events and helping shape our visual identity through photography and creative design.

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