Ciara grew up in Beadnell and was a student at Our Lady’s Convent, then the Duchess High School in Alnwick before graduating from Manchester University. She then spent 11 years working in a management role for Marks and Spencer before embarking on a career change into the voluntary and community sector in 2005.

Her work brought her back to the north east, where she covered such diverse roles as volunteering with asylum seekers, to tackling racism in schools, working closely with Sure Start in some of the region’s most deprived neighbourhoods as well as with officials from Brussels to highlight the challenges facing parents living in poverty across the north east.

Ciara joined the trust in January 2012.

Graeme joined the Trust in November 2008 and his work has included the following projects and activities:

Market Town Welcome - A tourism development project for Seahouses. Promoting the locality, helping local tourism businesses with marketing and branding, and developing improvements to the visitor experience. This project is a collaboration with Northumberland Tourism.

Employability Project - A project to help local people find employment, training, and advice on self-employment.

Seahouses Festival - Seahouses' yearly cultural festival, held in mid-June.

'The Village News' Newsletter - Bi-monthly 8 page newsletter for the Seahouses, Bamburgh and Beadnell area.

seahouses.org website - Seahouses tourist portal and community website.