Chair of Trustees: Mo Smith, MBE, FRSA Mo has been involved in community work for over 40 years and her experience has included providing Community Care projects, working for ACET (AIDS Care, Education and Training), The Shaftesbury Society and Regenerate.com.  She was co-founder of Regenerate.com with her son Andy Smith, co-founder of SHINE Again (Support and Healing using the INtegretativE arts) with her daughter Debbie Thwaites and founder of Rise n Shine Community Transport CIC. with Ray, her husband.    Mo was awarded an MBE for her work in the community of Putney and Roehampton and was pleased to receive it from the now King Charles.   She had a very successful knitting book published across the world by Dorling Kindersley called "Teddy Bear Knits" and another one called Noah's Ark Knits.  She also has had two songs published by Kingsway Music in the early eighties that were sung in Churches across the UK.    Her hobbies include the theatre, music, crafts, creative design and enjoys her two gorgeous grandchildren of 10 and 11 years of age.

Ray Smith:   Ray has also been involved in community work for many years and has retired from being self-employed in the car industry - which was and still is a great asset to Regenerate-RISE's fleet of minibuses.  Ray volunteers regularly for RISE by doing general handyman work around the Platt Mission.  He is now a Volunteer Driver for RISE Woking on three days a week.   He has been involved in pastoral care and attends Welcome Church in Woking.  His hobby is attending rally cross events and he too enjoys spending time with his very special grandchildren, Charlotte and Oscar. Ray has transformed one of our minibuses to be Dementia - friendly with a TV monitor, inside lights and colourful headrests.

Nick Oakes joined the Board of Trustees early in 2017 and has a history in housing, benefits, support, skills project and budget management.  He has been an advocate for the marginalised, youth and elderly and lives in Cobham, Surrey.  His hobbies include travel, gardening, sport and helping others.  He enjoys travelling to Spain on a regular basis and has experience of being a Trustee of another charity that provided services for older people in the Cobham area.

Julia Przetakiewicz is Canadian Polish and was initially an employee of Regenerate-RISE with various roles including Chief Operating Officer and Centre Manager. On resigning as an employee Julia became a Trustee with a great knowledge of how the organisation performed.   Previous employment included conducting research for the International Business Leaders Forum in Hong Kong, Research Consultant and Workshop Facilitator for "Supply Chain Risk and Reputation - Business and Human Rights" roundtables working with Doughty Street Chambers, Beechwood International and Mazars. Julia has a MSc in Communications and Media and a BA in Modern European Studies. She speaks French, Polish, Spanish and is learning Mandarin.  Her volunteer roles include being Advisor for Feeding Hong Kong and REDRESS Hong Kong and her hobbies are hiking, skiing, tennis, travel and the arts.

David Trowbridge is Managing Partner of his own Company, Newverus and is a Business Management and Recruitment Consultant, having had 30 years experience in the industry.  He has worked for Walbrook International, NP Group and Intuit among others and also volunteers for Spear and Glassdoor Homeless Charity.  He is married with a family and lives in Fulham, South West London and attends St Dionis C of Church in his neighbourhood.