“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed people can change the world, indeed it’s the only thing that ever does.” – Margaret Mead.

Samantha Stein

After reading about Camp Quest in ‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins, Samantha volunteered at Camp Quest Michigan in 2007 where the idea for bringing Camp Quest to the UK was first discussed. Since 2008 she has run the organisation and been Camp Director for each camp. She graduated from York University with a BSc in Psychology and did a Masters in Religion in Contemporary Society at Kings College London.

An avid writer, Samantha runs a personal blog, and a gluten-free cooking blog. Her other interests include travel, psychology, philosophy, food, and watching cat videos on YouTube.

Samantha is a freelance writer and lives in London with her boyfriend and kitten. She considers herself an atheist, but also doesn’t believe in many other things like leprechauns, fairies and Justin Bieber. She is both socially and economically liberal, but isn’t yet sure whether that makes her a “real” libertarian or not. She has some very interesting conversations with Dianna!

Dianna Moylan

Dianna Moylan is Chair of Governors in a Primary School in Milton Keynes. She runs regular sessions of Philosophy for Children within the school with children from seven to eleven. She has always had an interest in working with children and young people, through drama, music theatre and youth work. Her main career was teaching in Secondary Schools, but she has dabbled in many fields.

An enthusiastic member of local ‘am-dram’ groups as performer and director, Dianna also teaches some piano, does one-to-one tutoring with children approaching KS2 SATs, and has written musicals for children to perform. With her son, Paul, who is a composer, she has worked on four musicals, being mainly responsible for the lyrics and the book for each show. She is editor of a Web-site called Champions Club Community, to which she contributes each week, whilst organising and overseeing editorial policy, and might be accused of being a bit of a tekkie.

Dianna, who has two wonderful grand-daughters, believes in people, thinking clearly and is a socialist and atheist. Her sense of humour has carried her through all kinds of disaster. She loves to travel.

Paul Edkins

Paul started leading groups of young people when he was a kid growing up in South Africa, teaching English to younger pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.  He was lucky enough to be a part of two life-changing Lions International youth camps in his late teens.  After graduating from Warwick University in mathematics and physics, he stayed there to study to be a maths teacher and to lead the world’s largest student-run international festival, One World Week.  And he was a senior mentor for Warwick’s International Gateway for Gifted Youth in 2009.