FOUNDER

CHAIR OF TRUSTEES

VICE CHAIR OF TRUSTEES

A mum of 3 grown up children, granny to 3 grandchildren - not forgetting my Staffy, Edmund - I grew up in Burnham-on-Sea and have been living back in the area since 1997.

The biggest part of my working life has been as a volunteer, frontline worker and manager of domestic abuse, substance misuse and family support charities. 

For 9 years I managed a Home-Start Bristol, but since 2017, I have been a Funeral Celebrant, delivering Services and supporting bereaved families. 

Being local and with my work life experience I am keen to support ICM, a local charity -  at a time when there is such a huge need for mental health support and awareness, especially among young people.

Doug’s experience with mental health began with growing up with a close family member having a major chronic mental illness.

He trained as a Registered Mental Health Nurse and worked in various health care settings, from in-patient admission to psychiatric intensive care wards and later moving to community settings within the NHS including assertive outreach where he led and supervised a team of professionals involved with the care of clients who had a history of difficult engagement with mental health services. Also worked in the private sector for a while in both, forensic mental health care and elderly care.

Doug became involved with ICM near the time of its inception, as although retired from nursing and the direct delivery of care he still felt passionate that people need good and prompt mental health care. As a trustee of ICM he also is able to offer some clinical guidance to the board and when needed can advise the clinical staff.

Rob is a social worker by training who has worked in the charity sector for over 20 years.  He was previously CEO of Age UK Gloucestershire for 7 years.  Rob currently works part time in charity strategy and advice, as well as working as a funeral celebrant. Rob lives in Burnham on sea with his wife and two sons - his eldest was a couple of years behind Charley at school.

As a board it is our job to oversee charity accounts and operations, provide long-term strategic direction, hold senior management to account, and help steer the fundraising and public relations work that we do.

Our Trustees come from a wide variety of backgrounds and careers spanning from Education, Accountancy, and Third Sector Management, all the way to Mental Health Nursing and Wellbeing & Fitness. This excellent range of expertise means that our Trustees bring wide and fresh approaches to both day-to-day and strategic management of ICM. 

If you are interested in sharing your knowledge and experience as a Trustee then please write to us to begin the application process.