Xenia was founded and run for many years by a group of local women who all volunteered their time, vision and passion to get Xenia to the stage where it could employ people and set up a trustee board - they are: Theo Cadbury, Ioanna Korfiati, Anna Aitken, Emma Wakeling, Lisa Stewart, Dawn Plimmer, Makena Lohr, Paulina Tamborrel, Faithful Conteh and Iona Lawrence.