Patricia Trijbits, Yes to Life Project Manager

Patricia Trijbits - Fundraising Manager - Patricia joined Yes to Life in Summer 2006. Her previous experience has been in the commercial sector, producing feature films, and more recently in the charity sector, working as Projects Manager for an arts-based children's charity.



Kelly Walker DipION FdSc VN MBANT, Yes to Life Help Centre Manager

Kelly Walker DipION FdSc VN MBANT - Yes to Life Help Centre Manager - Kelly qualified as a Nutritional Therapist in 2006 and trained at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London.  She is a registered member of the British Association for Nutritional Therapists, the professional body for Nutritional Therapists,  which ensures that its members are fully qualified, professionally insured and bound by a strict code of ethics. As the Help Centre Manager she is developing the Help Centre services and the project vision.



Margella Salmins - Help Centre Team

Margella Salmins BSc (Hons) - Yes to Life Help Centre Operator - Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor - Middlesex University Bachelor of Medicine (Beijing) – Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The five year training included acupuncture, herbal medicine and associated therapies as well as western medical diagnostic and clinical skills.  Margella also holds certificates in Therapeutic Healing, Advanced Reiki and Macrobiotic Healing.



Maggie Holleran, Project Leader - Yes to Life Patient Partner Scheme

Maggie Holleran - Project Leader, Patient Partner Scheme - has 11 years experience running an inner city NHS GP Practice with 10,000 patients. She has extensive experience of managing and coaching clinical/admin teams, HR, setting up and running patient participation groups and training events. She trained in Personnel Management, NLP, counselling and recently qualified as a Health Creation Mentor. She has personal family experience of cancer and is passionate about raising awareness of integrated medical care and making alternative options available to patients and families.



Clare McLusky - Yes to Life Team

Clare McLusky BSc (Hons) - Project Leader, Patient Partner Scheme - Clare trained as an Occupational Therapist and has spent a number of years in the NHS and community health, during which time she has established and developed several important community projects within the statutory and voluntary sectors. Personal experience of cancer led her to the work of Dr Rosy Daniel with whom she recently trained as a Health Creation Mentor, a support service for cancer patients.



Myrren Daly, Yes to Life Financial Administrator

Myrren Daly - Financial Controller - Myrren is a freelance bookkeeper, managing the finances of a range of London businesses, who volunteers her services to the charity. As older sister to Bryony, the original focus of Yes to Life, she has extensive experience of the difficulties facing cancer patients in the UK, and is strongly motivated to support the aims of the charity.



Katharine Frayling - Research Team Lead, Yes to Life

Katharine Frayling - Online Directory Research Lead - manages the collection and collation of data for LIFE>RESOURCES, our searchable online Directory of Complementary and Alternative Medicines for cancer. As a close relative of Bryony Daly, the original focus and inspiration for Yes to Life, she has been inspired to develop this formidable project since its inception.



Nicole Feder - Yes to Life Marketing Manager

Nicole Feder-Perone – Marketing Manager - is a very experienced sales person and sales manager in the extremely tough, fast moving and pressurised world of telecommunications. Yes to Life is a cause close to her heart, as her mother died of cancer. Nicole now puts her skills and experience to use in the marketing of Yes to Life.