Below is a short biography of each member of the team that make GenR8 happen. 

Shelley Dring

Shelley is the phenomenal artistic force within GenR8 and drives a lot of the visual and dynamic art that is seen in various GenR8 activities.  She has designed banners and artwork and also leads art-based activities on the events.  However, her creativity in planning the events is a huge strength and she often comes up with more ideas than there is time to do!
Shelley is an accomplished dancer and has led prophetic dance at worship events such as Spring Harvest, Spirit in the City (Leeds), and others.  She has used this talent in GenR8 events, and most particularly in Worship through Movement Workshops she runs under the banner of NorthStar. 
Shelley is also an accomplished musician and will join Kathryn in leading the music on events.  She is also a key figure during the events in leading activities, prayers and also giving talks on the theme.  Her professional career as a primary teacher and now Educational Officer within Leeds City Council is invaluable in ensuring that GenR8 maintains its ‘all-age’ accessibility.  She now runs 'Northstar' - which provides dance and art workshops to churches and schools
She is married to Nathan.

Nathan Dring

Nathan brings another creative slant to GenR8 from his talents and experience as part of Red Balloon, the schools-focussed wing of Saltmine Christian Theatre Company.  He is a huge asset to the team as an enthusiastic and engaging speaker and he has an enormous desire to preach and share the Good News of Jesus Christ - he is most definitely the upfront evangelist of the team.
Nathan has a great love for and knowledge of scripture which enables GenR8 to be true to its founding aims of being Biblically-based in all it does.  He also brings with this a fantastic attitude of joy and fun which invigorates not just the planning, but also the events themselves.  He is a Lay Reader in the Church of England.
He is married to Shelley.

Kathryn Thompson

Kathryn is part of the creative team in planning the events - suggesting ideas and programmes for GenR8 to produce.  She is an accomplished musician and her primary focus before and during the events is to lead the  planning and provision of the music used throughout the worship (whether sung or not).  She also takes on a full role like the rest of the team in leading talks, prayers and other aspects of the events.
She has a real heart for ensuring that there is full inclusion by all people attending the events and actively looks for ways in which the ideas and plans can be flexed to enable everyone to engage with the worship in some way in each and every event.  Most of all, she is a fervent advocate for encouraging everyone to be able to participate fully in worship and come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour and sees GenR8 as a unique means of achieving that aim.
She is married to Richard and has two children, Joel and Hannah.

Richard Thompson

Richard brings an experience of planning and implementing projects in a business context.  He is keen to maintain the professional approach that GenR8 has adopted from the start and works on the communication channels and pre- and post-event publicity in line with those initial high standards.  He is responsible for the website pages and email links and looks to forge links and relationships with other individuals or teams where GenR8 can help them or benefit from them.
Like the rest of the team, he brings some creativity to the project as well.  He is working on improving the graphics and images used by GenR8 as well as being responsible for much of the available material that GenR8 produces.  He is also part of the event planning and contributes, like others, in creating the events ‘from scratch’.
Richard is involved in other aspects of the events from speaking on the theme, leading prayers or providing the welcome at the beginning of the event, drawing on his experience as a business trainer and presenter.
He has attended many conferences on leading Christian groups, including the “Equipped to Lead” course produced by Jeff and Kay Lucas.
He is married to Kathryn and has two children, Joel and Hannah (obviously).

Steve Scaife

Steve is responsible for sound during the events.  He and Terry provide the technical input for events and help to make sure that everything is wired up and working correctly.  However, the team has recently been making great use of his skill as a worship leader as well and this has had a huge impact on the events.  As a Lay reader in the Church of England he is an excellent communicator and also provides invaluable thoughts into the planning and execution of the events.
He is married to Sue.

Sue Scaife

Sue is one of our two main hosts for the events and therefore has responsibility for the hospitality.  Her primary aim in this is to welcome everyone as they arrive and make them feel at ease.  The role of host is that they are usually the first members of the team that people see and therefore are vital for the atmosphere of the event itself.
She is married to Steve.

Terry Crabtree

Terry is responsible for visuals during the events.  He and Steve provide the technical input for events and help to make sure that everything is wired up and working correctly.  He also brings some fantastic insight to the events and has often been able to provide prophetic words or images to the events.
He is married to Lynn.

Lynn Crabtree

Lynn is the other main host for the events and stands alongside Sue in this role.  Together they provide refreshments before and after the events, but more importantly they give everyone the friendly welcome to GenR8 which is so important in enabling people to relax and therefore worship fully.
She is married to Terry.