Chairman
Paul Shotton BA(Hons)

Paul is a senior manager for a London borough council. He has worked in housing organisations for 34 years including 10 years in housing advocacy. Paul is experienced in performance monitoring and related IT systems.

Treasurer
Stephen Foster BSc PhD ACA

Stephen has been a chartered accountant in practice since 1990. He is the principal in his own general practice employing 7 staff members. Wide variety of clients from small sole traders to large million pound turnover companies. Also has a small number of charities as clients. He is also the Treasurer of two other charities.

Secretary
Derrik Copeland FCIS

Derrik was the Company Secretary with BP in Rhodesia. He remains a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administration. Derrik is married with two grown up married daughters and five grandchildren. He is an active member of his local church, a member of a walking group and member of the Westbury and District Probus Club. His other interests include cooking and travel.

Maggi Bader MA MBA

Maggi has a BA Degree in Sociology and post graduate degree in Management. She has been the Director of Charitable Company since 1987 with a client group for enduring mental health and complex needs (Care in the Community). Maggi is extensively travelled. Prior to her involvement in the 3rd sector, Maggi was an experienced teacher/manager at a bilingual school for 14 years. She was also a Social Worker for 10 years. Maggi also served for 10 years as a member of the Community Health Council and is a trustee for three other charities.

Rev Chris Brown

Cindy Ervine LLB

Cindy has been practicing as a solicitor specialising in family law since 1996. She is a member of the Domestic Violence Forum, Chippenham Contact Centre, and the Law Society Family Law Panel. Cindy also loves cooking, yoga and swimming in her spare time.

Alison Irving

Alison has spent over 30 years with the NHS, 23 years as Parish Councillor and 8 years as a District Councillor. Alison is experienced in chairing meetings at all levels. She is a trustee of several large charities and Chair of trustees at Fairfield Farm College (a residential specialist college of learning for people with disabilities). She is a founder member of Westbury Community Development Trust, has experience in Community Planning and is involved in many village activities. She is a mother, grandmother, smallholder and co-owner of a successful family business.

Nora

Sheila Kimmins JP

Sheila is married with 2 grown up children and two grand-children. For the past 23 years Sheila has run her own Boarding Cattery and Animal Feed Supplies business. In 1995 she joined the West Wiltshire Bench as a Magistrate; and is currently a Bench Chairman, Chairman of the Family Panel and Mentor Coordinator responsible for new magistrates joining the Bench. Sheila enjoys walking, handicrafts and local interests.

Rosie MacGregor

Rosie has experience as a Town Planner working in Local Government and previously in the private sector for more than 30 years, during which time she has been actively involved in the Trade Union movement. She was for many years on the advisory panel for Civic Trust Awards in Wiltshire. She is currently South West Regional Convenor for UNISON, Co-Chair of South West Provincial Council and sits on the South West Regional TUC. Her hobbies include writing a weekly column in the Bath Chronicle on world music, and she is also a folk singer who regularly plays in clubs, concerts and festivals throughout the UK.

Cllr Janet Repton

Janet taught art and design and art history for 31 years as Head of Art department for Inner London Education schools. Janet has served as a local Town and District Councillor for 16 years and has a keen interest in the environment, planning and housing.

Barbara Taylor

Barbara is a Litigation Executive with a firm of local solicitors, and has specialised in family law for over 25 years. She has previous experience as a trustee of a local women’s refuge and is currently a member of the local Domestic Violence Forum. She is experienced in working with people suffering family breakdown including separation, divorce, domestic violence injunctions, children’s issues (contact and residency) and the financial effects of relationships ending. She has built good relationships with a number of outside agencies, local charitable providers and statutory services.

Vacancies

See here for further details on vacancies for our board of trustees.