Meet the Team

I bring a wealth of business experience, a sound knowledge of administration, skills in staff management, as well as expertise in sales and marketing. In addition, I have 7 years experience as a carer and dealing with the Local Authority, Adult Social Care, and the NHS.
I have a degree, other qualifications, and tremendous experience, and yet I found difficulties in dealing with bureaucracy. As a result, I want to offer help, through Care & Repair, to those less fortunate than I.

I first found out about Care & Repair when I was asked to advise the organisation about the intellectual property issues relating to the Leeds Directory service. I agreed to become a Trustee of Care & Repair because I was impressed with the outstanding work of the organisation and wanted to help support and promote it, particularly amongst my friends, family, medical and legal community. I also felt I could bring a different skills set and approach due to my legal training and knowledge, and also contacts within the legal industry that may benefit Care & Repair.
Also, I help to care for a number of elderly relatives, and we are doing all we can to ensure they continue to live independently at home. Hence I understand and am committed to the ethos and aims of Care & Repair.

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I became a Trustee of Care & Repair to learn about the not for profit sector and to understand how I could share my business knowledge and experience with others. 7 years later I am still learning and sharing my business insights. Equally, I am humbled by the unwavering dedication and determination of the team at Care & Repair to improve the quality of life for others.

As academic lead for the University of Leeds Health Services Innovation Hub, I focussed on helping to develop collaborations between the University and Charities in Leeds to promote the use and sharing of information to help develop and improve services.I hope that my expertise will be of use to Care and Repair, and that I will be able to help this excellent organisation keep on providing the wonderful support it gives.

I qualified as a dentist in 1985 at Manchester University and have spent most of my career working in the NHS at a senior level. I have owned and managed a leading dental practice, and set up and managed a large chain of dental practices which was floated on the Off Exchange (OFEX). I have also worked for Leeds Primary Care Trust as a dental adviser. I live with my family in Leeds and am currently writing a novel.

I love the work that the Care & Repair charity does, supporting vulnerable people to stay in their own homes. I want to support their amazing and valuable work in any way I can.

I am honoured to have been asked to join the Board of Trustees of Care and Repair. I have had a long and successful career within the Trading Standards profession in West Yorkshire and most recently as a Director of a compliance firm in Harrogate. My extensive knowledge of consumer trading law both as an adviser to consumers and businesses will enable me to help and support the organisation. In addition, I am a qualified auditor so policies and procedures are in my DNA!

Some time ago I was faced with organising care for an elderly relative and understand what a daunting task this can be. As such I am passionate about allowing people to live independently in their home environment for as long as possible and I look forward to contributing to the future development of this outstanding and dedicated organisation.

As a Trustee of Care and Repair, I aim to assist the organisation with my expertise in human resource and organisational management.   Having worked in the Not for Profit and 3^rd Sector for the past 25 years in a variety of roles supporting and empowering the lives of individuals, I am enthused to be working with Care and Repair in their mission to deliver quality services that enable people to live independently.

I am Vice-Chair of Leeds Older People’s Forum and sit on the UK Advisory Forum for Ageing. I have well developed inter-personal, networking and communication skills, and have an inside knowledge of how central government operates, maintaining useful key contacts at senior level in DWP and some other Government departments. I was invited to be a Trustee of Care & Repair in view of my background, and believe that this places me in a strong position to be an advocate for the role of Care & Repair in the health, housing and social care agenda, both locally and at a national level.

I’ve worked in the operations department of funded services for the last 5 years at Citizens Advice – focusing on performance management, data and impact analysis and stakeholder engagement. I wanted to become a Trustee of Care & Repair so that I could become more involved in the Leeds community and contribute towards developing the organisation in line with its excellent values. I hope my insight and perspective will be beneficial to the Board.

I qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1984 and I have worked for Leeds City Council for 30 years. I am a Disability Team Manager, working closely with Health & Housing and Care and Repair, recommending adaptations and equipment enabling disabled people to remain as independent as possible. I also manage the hospital discharge scheme that is run by Care & Repair Leeds which provides minor adaptations to enable customers to remain in their own homes or to prevent them having to stay in hospital. I am an Observer on the Board reporting on behalf of Adult Social Care.

I live in Seacroft and have been in Leeds since 1979 and worked at the Trade Union Resource Centre [Leeds TUCRIC].  I’ve been a community worker and then manager at East Leeds CAB before I retired in 2015, which is when I volunteered to support my MP with surgeries which I have done until the pandemic. I became a Councillor in May 2018 and was re-elected in 2021 serving till 2024.  As well as being appointed as member representative on the Care & Repair Board, I’m also the member representative on Leeds Older People’s Forum, Seacroft Local Care Partnership, Outer East Local Housing Advisory Panel, and Seacroft Manston Cluster.  I look forward to being involved with Care & Repair and the valuable service it provides to the communities of Leeds.