Meet the team

OUR STAFF

Gary Roskell – Chief Executive
Ann Dallison – Deputy Chief Executive
James Ingles – Volunteer Centre & Community Transport Coordinator
Jake Porter – Marketing & Operations Officer
Mantas Sukevicius – Administration and Finance Officer
Donna Parry – Abbeydale Community Builder
Patricia Snelling – Volunteer Centre Volunteer
Beth Osmond – Volunteer Centre Volunteer

OUR TRUSTEES

Clare Carmen

John Cochrane
John worked as a GP in Redditch for over 20 years and a then a few years in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS). After retirement he was a Justice of the Peace in the adult criminal and family courts. He has been involved in Redditch One World Link(ROWL) Emmanuel Church at the Ecumenical Centre, Redditch, YMCA Worcestershire, Redditch Children’s Centres’ Advisory Board, Redditch Interfaith Group, and Bromsgrove and Redditch Welcomes Refugees (BRWR). Outside Redditch he is on the board of a charity supporting a rural hospital in Sierra Leone where he worked for a few years in the seventies and have visited several times again recently.

Andy Hopkins (Treasurer)

Karen Jones
Karen manages Home-Start North East Worcestershire, an independent family support charity based at Community House working exclusively with Worcestershire families who may be needing support for a wide array of reasons. These may include mental health, domestic abuse, disability and many other difficulties. They help these families to tackle whatever issues they may be facing whilst offering a supportive and friendly approach which is almost exclusively delivered via the help of volunteers. As well as being a trustee of BARN she is also a trustee of Community House, Redditch.

Fiona Mitchell

Yvonne Rendell (Chair)
Yvonne is an experienced manager and consultant with particular expertise in all areas of business change management and ICT related management. Areas of business specialisation include Higher Education, Central & Local Government, Housing Management, Property Management, Payment Management, Defence, Logistics, Manufacturing, Retail and Utilities. She runs her own consultancy company, and has acted as project manager and consultant for clients such as the University of Westminster, University of the Arts London, and the Learning and Skills Council. She is an active member of Bromsgrove and Redditch Welcomes Refugees and Churches Together in Bromsgrove.