Deborah Welham, BA (Hons) (Chairman) Deborah Welham became our first female Chair of Trustees in 2017. Expand Becoming a Trustee at Reedham Children's Trust has enabled me to continue helping children who are struggling in difficult family circumstances. I have been privileged to meet many of our young people, and to watch as a new and brighter future opens up for them Deborah's background is in the commercial world. Her early career was spent creating a leading communications consultancy, specialising in brand reputation management, for national and international organisations. After 15 successful years, the company was bought by a major global communications network, and it continues to thrive under their ownership. After the successful buy out of Deborah's company, she was able to pursue another of her major passions; working to help disadvantaged children fulfil their potential. After serving as a Governor at a local school, she joined an educational charity, leading their commercial arm. She is also a business mentor for several SME's.
Jeremy Groombridge, CB, Deputy Chairman Revd Jeremy Groombridge is a Church of England minister currently serving in the Sanderstead Team Ministry. Expand Formerly a Senior Civil Servant and adviser to government ministers on welfare reform and employment policy, he retired in 2013 after 38 years of public service including ten years as Executive Director of Jobcentre Plus. He was made Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours. Married with three grown-up sons, two West Highland Terriers, one cat and a donkey, He has lived on the site of the old Reedham Orphanage for over 20 years, so has long felt an affinity with Reedhams work and mission. Jeremy sits on both the Children's Committee and the Finance and General Purposes Committee.
Peter Allen FCSI, FCMI Peter's career as a Stockbroker has spanned some 20 years. Expand I am delighted to be able to bring my experience and involvement with other Charity organisations to Reedham Children's Trust who, to my mind, are a proactive and forward thinking Charity doing some very progressive work in a much needed area Having completed his training in a firm of Stockbrokers, he joined Kleinwort Benson as a UK Institutional Fund Manager where he progressed to a Director some 10 years later, and was then subsequently promoted to the Executive Committee. He was further appointed Deputy Managing Director and ended up as Head of Client Relationship Management, before retiring from the City in 2003. Peter is a Fellow of the Chartered Securities and Investment Institute, and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. A Surrey man born and bred, Peter also carried out his education in the County. He has many and varied interests including a love of Art and Opera, and is a member of the National Trust, RHS and Goodwood Racing.
Sonia Jenkins, MA, BA, Dipsw Sonia is a registered Social Worker who is currently in private practice. Expand Serving as a Trustee and advisor for child protection for Reedham Children's Trust has enabled me to continue helping others in an area about which I am passionate. She has over 15 years' experience in Child Protection and has held senior posts in both Local Authority social work and health settings. She has strategic experience in child protection including consultation, service review, planning, inspection preparation, policy writing, change management, investigations and training. During her appointment at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust she led on service improvement following the Baby Peter, case (2008) in a key London Hospital involved in the case. Her work was commended by CQC/Ofsted joint inspections for significant service improvements based on the service review and implemented procedures and structures . Sonia has authored /quality assured over 15 Internal Management Reviews as part of Serious Case Reviews across England over last 6 years, one of which was the only IMR/SCR to be graded “outstanding “in London. In 2010 Sonia is currently pursuing her PHD in Social work at Tavistock Clinic in London and has been an invited speaker on methodology for the Doctorate in Social Work. She has a special interest in the emotional impact of child protection on practitioners.
Veronia Martin, BA (Hons), Msc, (MinstF) Veronica Martin is the Director of the Aleto Foundation Expand I am pleased to offer my fundraising experience to Reedham Children's Trust as it is a crucial responsibility of the board to ensure that the charity continues to grow so that it is able to undertake those things that make the Trust an even more distinctive organisation. Please support us in raising funds to continue the on-going care and support we provide to children. Veronica Martin is the Director of the Aleto Foundation. She has more than 25 years experience in advertising and fundraising and has advised and worked for numerous charities including Elizabeth Finn Care, the Brain and Spine Foundation, Brathay Trust and Motor Neurone Disease Association. She was also the founding Chair and Trustee of Generating Genius. Veronica is a full certificated member of the Institute of Fundraising and was awarded a Masters with Merit in Charity Marketing and Fundraising in 2009. Veronica lives in Bromley with her twin sons.
Jamie Smith, BSc MCT FCCA Jamie Smith is currently a senior Treasury Director at Smiths Group, a London based engineering and technology business. Expand I am looking forward to being part of the growth strategy of the Charity over the coming years as it achieves its aims of supporting even more children. Jamie Smith is currently a senior Treasury Director at Smiths Group, a London based engineering and technology business. He joined the Management Board of the Reedham Children's Trust in November 2016. He has extensive experience of financial, banking and treasury management having worked over more than 30 years in a range of successful companies including TNS, United Biscuits and Unilever. Jamie is also a Trustee and Honorary Treasurer of the Sea Watch Foundation, a maritime conservation charity. He is a keen runner and in 2015 completed the Windsor half marathon raising funds on behalf of CLIC Sargent. He lives in Sunninghill, Berkshire with wife Camilla and two grown up daughters, both of whom are now at University.
Anne-Marie Headley, BA (Hons), PgDip, MCIPD Anne-Marie Headley is currently Strategic HR Business Partner for Northern & Eastern Europe at Uber Technologies Ltd, a global technology company HQ in San Francisco, California. Expand What an absolute privilege to be joining the Trust at a time when they are making bold plans to future proof the work of the charity. I am pleased to bring my business transformation, coaching and consulting experience to the Trust as it continues with the important work of transforming the lives of vulnerable children. Anne-Marie Headley is currently Strategic HR Business Partner for Northern & Eastern Europe at Uber Technologies Ltd, a global technology company with its HQ in San Francisco, California.Anne-Marie joined the Management Board at Reedham in May 2017, and brings with her 20+ years' experience of talent consulting globally. She has achieved success by working with Senior Managers, VIPs, Non-Executive Directors and Boards to build organisations that can demonstrably show excellence as employers. She is a full member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Has been the Founder and President of two Toastmaster International public speaking clubs in the City of London, and lives close by the Reedham office, with her West Highland white terrier named Koko. A keen advocate of helping young people aspire to careers in Sciences, Technology, Engineering & Maths, she has worked with a variety of organisations like the Aleto Foundation, Your Future Your Ambition, STEMNet and others to provide career advice and leadership skills to young people.
Mike Nevill, APFS Mike is aged 69 and married with three adult children and two grandchildren and has been living in Chipstead for 15 years. Expand The world is a small place and I still have a lot to see, but also now is the time in my life to give something back to those less fortunate than me. Mike is aged 69 and married with three adult children and two grandchildren and has been living in Chipstead for 15 years. Mike's working life has been in the financial services industry and working with major institutions, including Prudential and Fidelity Investments, where he was one of the UK Directors. In 1991 he set up a financial planning business with a firm of accountants, developing this into a major business turning over £7.5m. In 2012 Mike took a number of his closest clients, and joined a colleague, to set up a new financial planning business. Mike is now working part-time looking after about 50 wealthy clients, assisting them achieving their their financial objectives. A keen runner, cyclist and skier for many years, Mike still competes in running and cycling events. This year Mike supported Reedham by taking part in the Prudential 100 Bike Ride. Another of Mike's interests is a passion for travelling.
Rawle Beckles Rawle is a senior manager at the Field Lane Foundation, where he leads on fundraising and communications work for the charity. Expand Rawle is a senior manager at the Field Lane Foundation, where he leads on fundraising and communications work for the charity. He was previously Director of Fundraising & Major Donors at the Honeypot Children’s Charity, and held several senior posts at RNCF and the Treloar Trust before that. Rawle has combined a long career in public life with an interest in penal reform and educational work. He was a trustee of NACRO for four years and then a foundation governor at Bishop Wordsworth's School, for three years. Rawle is married with three children.
Lucille Francis-Hume, BA (Hons) MSc This is Lucille’s first appointment as a Trustee and she feels it is important that some of the Trustees are able to bring direct experience of working with the client group that they serve. Expand “I am delighted to have been appointed as a Trustee at Reedham Children’s Trust at such an exciting time for the charity. It is thinking innovatively about how it moves forward to deliver the best impact on the young people and the communities it serves. I aim to bring my 25 years of experience of working directly with young people and a wide range of clients with complex needs. I am looking forward to the challenges, and ultimately the rewards that this new post brings” Lucille has worked in the charitable sector for the past ten years and is currently working for The Henry Smith Charity in the Kindred Grants Team. Prior to that she set up and managed a mentoring project for young people leaving care. Lucille has spent 25 years working with varied client groups, delivering group work and 1:1 interventions – including working with adult offenders and survivors of domestic abuse. After gaining her Masters in Forensic Psychology at the age of 32 she worked for the West London Mental Health Trust in Felltham Young Offenders Institute. From there she joined the charitable sector and spent eight years training people to deliver targeted interventions to young people aged 12–18 years. This is Lucille’s first appointment as a Trustee and she feels it is important that some of the Trustees are able to bring direct experience of working with the client group that they serve. Lucille is married with two children and two cats.