Carmel Allen is the coordinator of Friends of Fernglade, a role that she commenced this year. Previous to this her role within FOF, Carmel was the Youth Engagement Officer. Carmel has show amazing leadership skills, especially for someone so young (23 years old) in her roles with Friends of Fernglade. She works engaging local school children, local council and businesses, right across the board, up to liaising with federal politicians. Coordination and motivating a group of volunteers, in particularly when most of them are older than she is, can prove quite challenging. She approaches this in an incredibly mature and insightful manner for someone her age.