Belinda’s early career in teaching was where her passion to combat bullying began.

From Northumberland she moved first to Ireland, then to Belgium and on to London, enjoying the opportunities to work with children and help protect the more vulnerable amongst them.

Returning to Northumberland, Belinda saw an opportunity to tackle bullying on a widespread basis when, in a conversation with app developer Tod, the concept of BullyCam was created.

As co-founder of Right to Resist, she now devotes most of her time to the charity.

Jane is a director at Gibson & Co. Solicitors Limited, working in their Newcastle upon Tyne office. She has been a solicitor since qualification in 1994. She has always worked in private practice, first at Allen & Overy (in both their London and Hong Kong offices) for 11 years before joining Gibson & Co. as a partner in 2003.

Her area of expertise is commercial disputes, including advising on a wide range of problems in connection with financial transactions. This is her first appointment as a trustee and she is keen to see the charity going from strength to strength.

Anna has lived in rural Northumberland for the last 40 years running her own business. She has always been involved in the local community and has been a trustee of varying organisations including the Community Foundation of Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.

Lord John Stevens came from an aviation family, but a sight defect meant he could not pursue flying professionally (although the defect turned out to be temporary and he later qualified as a pilot).

But his grandfather had been in the police. Stevens joined the Met as a constable (at the now defunct Tottenham Court Road police station). He moved up the ranks and became asst chief constable in Hants and Cambridgeshire, then chief constable in Northumbria before becoming HM Inspector of Constabulary.

He was appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 2000 and retired in January 2005. He headed several high-profile official enquiries. He has investigated anti-terrorism matters on three continents; and lectured at the City University, New York. Ongoing (2005) is his official inquiry into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed.

Tod is a creator of innovative applications.

In the 1980s he worked in the record industry, licensing music videos for video jukeboxes, cartoons for kids and sports videos for pubs and bars.

He went on to be the first to run on-screen ads and messaging at Gatwick Airport, live news programmes on Docklands Light Rail and satellite data networks for fuel retailers.

The idea for a personal safety app came out of a conversation with Belinda; based on Tod's current video inspection app platform, the service now known as BullyCam was built and the rights assigned to the charity named Right to Resist, founded by them both.

University of Durham, Chartered fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute. David worked for Brewin Dolphin in the Newcastle office for over a decade. Been involved with volunteering for many years particularly in promoting sports.