As we are a registered charity and company limited by guarantee we are technically owned by our members who elect Trustees. Since we are a very new charity we are still setting up our membership. However we have a number of Trustees who govern the centre and work with the centre's manager to ensure we do our job properly.
Our trustees
At our AGM on 16 September 2011 we elected several new trustees, plus five of our exisitng trustees were re-elected.
Trustees continuing in their role 2011 to 2012
- David Broadhead
- Rosemarie Temple
- James Ross Dean
- Louise Bone
- Janis Broadhurst
New trustees re-elected in 2011
- Lizzy Ferguson
- Jackie Chapman
- Sarah Furness
- Nick Sinclair
- Janet Rollinson
Here is a bit more about some of them.
David Broadhead (re-elected)
David joined the Royal Navy after leaving school and spent the next 15 years with them, during which time he obtained a BSc in Engineering. In 1998, he became involved in a local Charity as a Trustee, and has been the Chair of this organisation from 2007. He is therefore familiar with Charity Law and Charity Commission compliance. He stepped down as Chair at the end of October, and will step down from the committee at the end of the year. Keen to keep busy, he has also completed a part time “Introduction to Counselling” course at St John’s College, a Distance Learning MA Degree in Archaeology at Leicester University, and recently received an honorary doctorate in Archaeology from the University of Tehran. His wife has recently had two operations for cancer, and this has given him an interest in carers issues.
David has been a Trustee of York Carers Centre for three years, and was our Chair until April 2011.
Rosemarie Temple (re-elected)
Rosemarie was born and bred in Leeds, and spent almost all of her working life at Leeds University in an administrative capacity, gaining a BA in Business Management in 2002. Now retired, she lives with her partner and two dogs in Tadcaster, and runs a small cake-baking business from home.
Rosemarie has been very heavily involved with Girlguiding for most of her life. Her particular passion is for the international aspects of guiding, and the benefits they can bring to girls and young women both at home and abroad. Through Girlguiding she became involved with an Indian Centre for disadvantaged women and children, and spent several years as a trustee of a support group for the Girlguiding World Centre in India.
She is a past President of York Ebor Soroptimist Club, part of an international organisation for women that helps to improve the status of women throughout the world. It was through Soroptimists that Rosemarie first came into contact with the Young Carers, and she looks forward to her involvement with them and to giving them as much support as is needed.
Rosemarie has been a Trustee of York Carers Centre for three years, and has been our Vice-Chair since April 2011.
Lizzy Ferguson (new trustee)
I am committed to raising the profile of both services user and carer involvement within mental health services and beyond!
I came to York aged eight and have briefly lived in Manchester at university, gaining a BA degree in English Literature. I have worked in forensic mental health services setting up an involvement structure, in a department of health pilot for women coming out of secure services. I moved to The Retreat in 2010 as the manager of the involvement team. I am responsible for ensuring the implementation of an involvement and carer’s strategy, importantly strengthening regional and national networks.
Jackie Chapman (new trustee)
Hi - my name is Jackie Chapman, I am 73 years old, a widow, I had a full time job until I was 65 during which time I was carer (12 years) for my husband who died just over 3 years ago from emphysema. I have been a carer from the age of 9 having to take over the care of my 3 siblings due to my mother’s illness. I also cared for my father and mother in law in the latter part of their lives. Because of this I have always felt passionately for the care of carers, and at the moment very concerned about the fate of ex carers who on the whole are forgotten.
When I reached the age of 50 I decided that I needed to plan for my retirement somehow or other I found myself volunteering for The MS Society in York. I started at Woodlands Respite Care Centre, helping to take the guests out, making coffee, listening and talking, helping behind the bar on an evening. Then hey presto I was on the committee of the local branch, I have been secretary, fund raiser, part of our support team and help run the MS Café every Friday at Oaken Grove Community Centre Haxby and I have been Chair of the branch for the last two years.
Due to my connections with the MS Branch I am now involved with a few other groups:
- York Carers Forum (one of the founder members)
- York Carers Strategy Group (YCC)
- York Health Carers Support (York Hospital & PCT)
- SPRU (Group at York University - consulting carers and users in research projects)
- SUPA Group (carer/ users helping in training programme for potential Social Workers)
- York Link (Steering Group) looking at health & social problems in the City of York—we have just set up a pilot scheme at York Hospital using A Health Passport for people with Neurological conditions and their carers when entering hospital.
- North Yorkshire & York Regional Neurological Alliance
I feel with my experience I could offer quite a bit in being a Trustee of the Carers Centre and look forward to being a trusttee.
Sarah Furness (new trustee)
My name is Sarah Furness and I have lived in York most of my life. I have spent approximately 22 years working with young people in various settings from residential care homes to youth clubs both in York and in London. I qualified as a Youth Worker whilst living in London and have a DipHE in Informal and Community Education. On my return to York in in 2000 I took up a job with the York Detached Project supporting young people between the ages of 16-25years on housing issues. I have also worked as Regional Co-ordinator for One Parent Families Support and Information Network, supporting lone parents on issues such as parenting and benefits. From here I have worked with Future Prospect and Youth Enquiry Service, now Castlegate; this where I still work. My work brings me into contact with young carers and their families and from this I have tried to gain an understanding on how life can be isolating at times for these young people and their families.I was lucky enough to have been seconded from present job (last year) to work within the Children Trusts Unit based at Mill House as an Integrated Working Development Officer. This work was fascinating and interesting and covered all aspects for the Child Index. During this time I was placed at Ashbank which offered an insight to how work is allocated and assessed.
I have gained a lot of experience and understanding of the issues that can affect young people and their families. I have experience of the Child Index and the Common Assessment Framework and some of the processes within Social Care.
I would welcome the opportunity to become a trustee for York Carers Centre and would like to think that my experience and knowledge of working in York would be useful to the Centre and its team.
We are a network member of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers.
