I started working as a Receptionist/Conference Co-Ordinator in June 2021.

This entails booking meetings via email or over the phone, greeting people at reception, showing clients office spaces and meeting rooms, dealing with IT issues and replenishing coffee machines.

When I’m at home I like to go for walks round MK lakes, knitting, and creating new art items: I’ve made a planter out of a cut down tree trunk, I have plants growing in it. I’ve just completed 2 Fir Cone Xmas Trees 1 in Gold & 1 in Pink; my next task is making a cone out of Xmas Bauble Baubles.

Emma joined Milton Keynes Community Foundation in May 2023 as the Centre Manager. Emma oversees the conference team, and the conference centre, FairspaceMK. She is looking forward to working with others within the Foundation to grow this area of the business and  to support the Milton Keynes Community. When not at work, Emma can normally be found watching Formula 1 racing or playing D&D with friends.

Jonathan is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and joined the Foundation to bring a renewed commercial focus to the Property Portfolio to help the Foundation meet its philanthropy goals and to continue to support the many charitable organisations that work within our buildings.  Jonathan spends his spare time with family and friends and enjoys lots of healthy exercise!

Lauren joined the team in September 2022 as our Business Administration Apprentice. Lauren supported Janet with the key administration functions for the Foundation. During the end of her apprenticeship, she applied for our Conference Co-Ordinator role and has worked as part of the Fairspace MK Conferencing Team since January 2024. This entails booking meetings, greeting guests at reception, showing clients office spaces and meeting rooms, general upkeep of the building and preparing meeting rooms. Outside of work, Lauren is passionate about kickboxing, in which she is a blackbelt and holds European Title. She also helps her dad teach Kickboxing lessons and enjoys playing with her cat, Aries.