• Ensure that the BBWCS operates to the highest standard, as part of the Board• Hold the Chief Officer to account, as part of the Board• Represent the BBWCVS at events, and within the wider community• Contribute to policy making and operational decisions• Lead Trustee for social inclusion and mental health

Our aim is to grow the organisation and to register as Charity. I currently chair meetings and manage our online presence, as well as liaising with partners and statutory bodies.

• Overseeing Trust governance and policy, as part of the Board of Trustees• Signing off on budgets, as part of the Board of Trustees• Influencing policy and decisions, as part of the Board of Trustees• Help to shape the future of the Trust, ensuring growth and sustainability• Served as Vice Chair 2017-2020 during the Trust start up.• Member of the finance, audit and risk committee

Formerly responsible for ensuring good governance and best practice. CASE has merged with Braintree, Halstead and Witham to become CABSE. This will mean night driving across Essex to attend meetings, which is not practical or safe for me because of my multiple sclerosis. My only choice was to resign my position.

• Played a pioneering role in founding the charitable company, through serving as Chair of the Steering Committee to developing and implementing the operational framework and objectives from scratch• Significantly slashed running budgets operated by the former occupying charity, without compromising service• Gained City and Guilds accreditation• Managed all projects from conception to completion• Managed daily running of the organisation• Managed the day to day running of the charitable company, making every day operational decisions• Taught the City and Guilds course to disabled and disadvantaged students, with a 100% pass rate, and was Internal Verifier• Wrote and delivered workshops to various groups within the studio• Wrote and delivered courses at other education establishments, from primary level to university level• Planned and managed budgets and wrote all of the funding bids• Recruited and managed staff and volunteers• Led all projects and wrote, produced and directed all video projects and undertook some editing and camera work• Produced all reports for Charities Commission, Companies House, Funders and Stakeholders• Handled all commercial video contracts• Act as Chair when necessary and be the ‘Face’ of the organisation, achieving good working relationships with stakeholders, service users and local authorities alike• Managed the wind down process, when the charitable company became no longer viable, ensuring a solvent closureWas nominated and shortlisted twice for the Queens Award for Voluntary Service

• Made decisions, as part of the Trustee Committee• Managed centre bookings• Managed volunteers• Served as Vice-Chair of the Fundraising Committee• Undertook daily centre administration

• Maintained the company accounts on a computerised system• Produced monthly accounting and banking reports• Ensured all sales invoices were up to date and sent out• Ensured sales, purchase and nominal accounts were settled in a timely manner• Helped to develop new accounting software• Managed the office whilst other team members worked on location