The Trustees bring considerable vision and enthusiasm,
commitment, professionalism, knowledge and skills....

Trustee 1

• Experience of working in voluntary/community sector (paid 4
  years, volunteer 30+)
• Experience of working for local authorities (as employee 5
  years, as elected member at district level 7 years and parish 9 years),
  including partnership working with voluntary/community sector
• Some experience of assisting with successful funding
  applications
• Strong commitment to community development

Trustee 2

• 40 years experience in voluntary sector both as a volunteer
  and paid employee
• 16 years experience at senior management level of Rural
  Community Councils and national voluntary organisations
• wide experience of community development especially in
  rural areas, finance management, funding negotiations, project
  management, partnership working and staff management
• strong commitment to working with local people and
  community groups

Trustee 3

• Fifteen years of charity management
• Diverse experience of strategic governance at
  Board/Committee level
• Diverse employment background - statutory, commercial and
  voluntary sectors
• Commitment towards optimising the human potential of the
  voluntary/community sector
• Strong belief in the value of volunteering and the
  realisation of human potential
• Broad understanding of community development in rural areas
  in the southeast and south west of England

Trustee 4

• Ten years senior management experience in local government
  at executive board level
• Experience of local government research, policy development
  and evaluation in the civil service.
• 20 years experience of the voluntary sector as a manager,
  local government officer working with the sector, and as a lay
  member/trustee
• Experienced university teacher and researcher specialising
  in management learning and public service management.

Trustee 5

• 30 years of charity management
• Diverse employment background in both statutory and
  voluntary and community Commitment towards optimising the potential of
  the voluntary/community sector
• Wide experience in the grant giving field both at a local
  and a national level
• 10 years experience of community development in rural areas
  in the southeast and south west of England
• Published researcher in the voluntary and community sector

Trustee 6

• 12 years experience in the voluntary sector in a range of
  community development and management roles, latterly working with the
  trustees and staff of larger charities in the SW region to support
  their organizational development..
• Experience of involving users and other stakeholders in
  service development.
• Interest in participatory approaches to evaluation
• Recently completed MSc in Policy Research