Trustee Information
Board Members
Geoff Urwin has been involved with the charity since 2002 and is the current Chair of Trustees. Originally from Newcastle, Geoff has lived in Cheshire for the past 42 years spending stints in Oxford and London beforehand. Geoff is married, has three children and four grown- up grand children. His past work roles include Chartered Engineer, Personnel & Development Manager, Director and Company Secretary across a number of industries – Defence, Electrical, Motor Vehicles and Gas. His hobbies include contributing to community affairs, walking, cycling although nowadays he looks back fondly at fitter excursions – such as getting to the top of Lake District hills.
Robert Bradley – YMCA President. Bob is a founder member of the YMCA, he has overseen all building construction and is active in the community with other groups and is able to offer advice on new initiatives happening in the community.
Welcome to our newest Trustee Anne Clarke, Anne is a Retired teacher with Senior Management Experience. Responsible for managing a team and working with Social Care in my role within school.
Able to liaise effectively with people and agencies as part of my role as SENCO, able to organise meetings and take minutes etc
Experience of Team Leadership – Have volunteered with a local rugby club for over 40 years, mainly in the kitchen but also involved in other aspects of the club. Currently volunteering with a local Contact Centre for children so that they can meet parents, I also volunteer in a couple of schools as I enjoy teaching and this gives me the opportunity to still use those skills.
Allan Smith, I am the Director of B2B Technology. Having worked for both specialist IT & software companies over the last 25 years supporting a base of over 3000+ different businesses from every sector possible there is nothing I have not yet come across or seen when embraced with technology problems.
I provide business critical services to SME’s throughout the UK, including leading edge IT Support, Communications Services, Networking, iCloud Backup and Web Design. My personal philosophy is to maintain exceptional standards in my dealings both professionally and personally. As a result my company, B2B IT Limited, has transformed the way technology is used in hundreds of organisations in the UK.
Trustee Information
All registered charities in the UK are required to have trustees – volunteers who share the ultimate legal responsibility for the organisation. Anyone can be a charity trustee, although it is unusual for trustees to be under-18.
What do trustees do?
While it’s easy to explain the basic role of a trustee – setting strategy and making sure that the charity’s funds are effectively and appropriately spent – the precise nature of the work will vary between organisations.
You will be expected to come to meetings every month, and read the relevant paperwork beforehand. There might also be sub-committees and events.
The main roles for trustees include to:
- Set and maintain vision, mission and values
- Develop strategy
- Establish and monitor policies
- Set up employment procedures
- Ensure compliance with governing document
- Ensure accountability
- Ensure compliance with the law
- Maintain proper fiscal oversight
- Select and support the chief executive
- Respect the role of staff
- Maintain effective board performance
- Promote the organisation
What skills do we particularly require?
We would welcome Trustee applications for people with a Human Resource, Marketing or Fundraising background. If you are interested do not hesitate to contact us.
