The staff at the Samson Centre are more than just employees: they are the heart and soul of the Centre, deeply committed to the Group's members, and without them life would be poorer for those unfortunate enough to be affected by MS in South-West Surrey. They are:

Linda Eburne   Linda Eburne

Linda took over as the Samson Centre’s Lead Physiotherapist in September 2009.

She was brought up on a farm in North Wales and qualified as a Physiotherapist in 1987 at Manchester Royal Infirmary. Since then she has worked in Wrexham, Barrow-in-Furness, Salisbury, Godalming, Fleet, Basingstoke and now Guildford. She specialised in neurology about 15 years ago and has generally worked in that area ever since.
She is married with two children.

Boo Emrich   Boo Emrich

Boo, who joined the physiotherapy team at the Samson Centre in 2006, trained at St. Mary’s Hospital, London. After qualifying, she specialised in neurology work at The Royal Hospital and Home for Neurological Disability and The Wolfson Centre in London. She is trained in cranio sacral therapy which she feels brings an extra dimension to her work. She is married with two sons.

Rachel Macrae   Rachel Macrae

Rachel grew up in Scotland, and has gradually made her way south, including a short detour to work in Toronto for a couple of years.

She trained as a physiotherpaist in Sheffield, and also has a Masters degree in Rehabilitation Studies from the University of Southampton.

She lives in Horsham with her husband and two daughters.

Becca Hofmeyr   Becca Hofmeyr

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Helen Russell   Helen Russell

Details to be added shortly
 

Yasamin Pain   Yasmin Pain

Yasmin studied BSc (Hons) sport and exercise science at the University of Bedfordshire, graduating in 2008. She is a qualified athletics and exercise coach and in the last few years has been working as a performance analyst in sport and exercise using video techniques.

She moved to Guildford in 2011 and is now a Gym Instructor and Physiotherapist Assistant at the Samson Centre.

Claire Hubbard   Claire Hubbard

Claire trained at the Farnborough College of Technology in Sports and Leisure, teaching exercise to music. She can be found in the gym most days, having joined the Samson Centre team in 2007 as personal trainer and gym instructor.

Jackie Payne   Jackie Payne

Jackie Payne joined the MSTG(G) as Samson Centre Manager in November 2009 after more than 21 years in financial services, in a variety of HR and management roles. She is delighted to make the move into the charity sector and is really looking forward to the new challenge and to working with everyone at the Samson Centre.

Jackie lives locally and is married with 2 children who are at secondary school in Guildford.