Carella has worked in the voluntary sector for over 35 years, and at the Daventry Volunteer Centre since 1995, developing infrastructure support services for local voluntary and community organisations, and promoting community cohesion through inclusive volunteering.

Her background in counselling, youth work, and Voluntary Organisation Management, and positions as Co- Chair of the Daventry and South Northants Forum, Chair of the Daventry Area Voluntary & Community Sector Forum, and board member of the West Northamptonshire Health & Wellbeing Board, allow her to play a leading role in promoting partnership and collaboration across the sectors, and ensuring local VCSE groups have their voices heard.

As a volunteer she is Secretary to the Daventry District Welfare Foundation.

Isabel joined as a peer support volunteer for Milk&You back in 2020. Since then, she has been a project worker for COVID Support and Recovery project within Daventry Volunteer Centre from 2021-2022. A new project within Milk&You was formed at the end of 2022, called MUM Support, which helps pregnant and new mums with smoking cessation and stress relief support. Isabel supports families by offering guidance and friendship, and through peer support to stay smoke free. This can involve cafe meet-ups, buggy walks, phone calls, texts, coming along to groups, donation bank, buddying up with one of our MUM Support Volunteers and more.

Hannah is the Horizon project Coordinator, overseeing holistic, person-centred support to people with additional support needs. Her background is in social work.

Anne-Marie supports our volunteer recruitment and helps DVC place new volunteers with volunteer opportunities. 

She also co-ordinates the Daventry Time banking project.

Michelle coordinates the Milk&You Peer Support Project; a Public Health and NHS funded service to support families to breastfeed. Her main roles include strategic planning, recruitment, training and leading the project’s staff and volunteer teams, supervision of volunteers and relationship building with partner organisations.

Michelle also takes an active part in the County’s breastfeeding strategy group and maternity workstream pathway groups alongside her role, while also running support sessions and events with the teams across Northamptonshire.

Bethany is the Daventry and Towcester Peer Support Coordinator for Milk & You. She mentors volunteers and coordinates their roles, placing them in groups or with families for 1:1 support. She ensures parents are aware of the other branches of the service such as the donation bank, pump loan and buggy walks. Bethany has been a peer supporter since 2015 and has a wealth of knowledge to offer both parents and peer supporters.

Kayleigh is the Corby and Kettering Peer Support Coordinator for Milk&You.

Her background is within a hospital infant feeding team environment, and she has now been offering breastfeeding support for over 6 years. Kayleigh provides support to the project coordinator in planning and providing the services within the Corby, Kettering, and surrounding areas. She mentors her team of volunteers, supports them through training, and provides on-going group support. Her main roles are to coordinate volunteer support groups, buggy walks, pump loans service, and  provide1-1 support for families. 

Inese joined the Milk & You team in September 2023. She is providing administrative support to project management and coordinators, helping with the Breast pump loan service and data processing, and providing Wellingborough Penrith Drive Children's Center group with support for breastfeeding mothers.

Emma joined Milk & You as a Peer Support Volunteer in 2020, and has been employed as Project Worker since 2022.

Her role includes administration, receiving phone calls and messages, welcoming new volunteers into their roles, and supporting families at weekly Milk & You Infant Feeding groups.

Annie has been the head chef and volunteer support worker for the New Street Café for over two years,  overseeing the Café breakfasts, weekly Community Lunches and supporting and training a team of volunteer helpers.

In addition she works with the Horizon Project as a part time activity support worker.