All of our staff are friendly, professional and committed to helping you.
Our team includes:
Karenza is the Director of the RRC. She can be found at both the Durham and Shields sites, as well as at the many schools, churches, and other organisations she works with. Karenza is responsible for managing resources, overseeing the centres, working with staff on creative projects, and developing training in specialist areas. She describes…
Simon is the RRC’s Membership Officer. You can usually find him cataloguing, shelving, and keeping membership in order at the Durham branch. His favourite aspects of working for the RRC are meeting people, communicating, and spreading understanding about different religions and cultures. Originally from Croydon, Simon loves to write about topics like Quakerism and local…
Colette is the RRC’s Communications Manager. Based in Shields, she deals with all kinds of publicity and communications, which means that she manages the RRC’s social media, keeps the website up-to-date, and writes articles on a wide range of topics. She loves the variety of her job and says there’s “no such thing” as a…
Deborah Logue is a Library Assistant at the RRC. Her various duties include greeting members, managing enquiries, working alongside the Godly Play network, and helping with social media. Her favourite part of the job is her co-workers, and how everybody has their own different talents and interests. Deborah grew up “round the corner” in North…
As Library Manager Sean is responsible for our collections and library management systems. He works between our sites and helps to ensure a professional level of service is delivered to all our members. He was Volunteer Coordinator and Duty Manager at Ushaw Historic House and Estate working with extraordinary people and among notable examples of…
Rachel is the RRC’s Creative Designer, based at the Durham site. For the past 4 years, she has been responsible for designing and creating new RRC resources and is involved with any new story bag, topic box, costume or prop that you see at the RRC. She takes pride in coming up with different physical…
