Tarner Trustees
Meet the Tarner Community Project committed, skilled board of trustees who oversee governance, financial stability and strategic direction for the charity. Trustees meet bi-monthly to support the CEO to ensure the charity meets its objectives and make progress with future endeavours. Trustees are from a mix of charity and corporate sectors and bring their expertise to the organisation on a voluntary basis and therefore this work is unpaid.
Bill Puddicombe
Chair of Trustees
Over a forty year career in the voluntary sector, Bill Puddicombe has led many different charities as Chair and Director. These include a national provider of services to people with substance misuse, a number of housing associations and a regional provider of services to people who are homeless and/or with mental ill health. Most recently he was the Executive Director of the HIV charity, the Sussex Beacon, between 2018 and 2022.
Angelika Rusbridge
Vice Chair
Angelika is a Support Coordinator for the Clock Tower Sanctuary Day Centre where she developed and implemented their current volunteer systems. She is passionate about person-centred working and the positive impact that prevention can have for communities and families. Angelika has a deep love for the city of Brighton which she, her two cats, and her one husband, have called home since 2011.
Chloe Sharp
Treasurer
Chloe is a senior accountant in a local accountancy firm. Having lived in Brighton her whole life she is incredibly passionate about the city and supporting the amazing work of local community projects.
Julia Harrison
Trustee
Julia has been working within the Charity sector for over 30 years and recently left YMCA DownsLink Group after 19 years where she became their Head of Safeguarding following managing and developing their Youth Advice Centres across Sussex. She is a qualified and Social Work England registered Social Worker and prior to working for the YMCA her background was within the substance misuse and housing fields. She is extremely passionate about supporting and providing opportunities for children, young people and their families to reach their potential. She has lived and worked in Brighton and Sussex since 2000.
Ruth Lumley
Trustee
Ruth has been a journalist for 18 years and worked on weekly and regional daily papers before moving to The Press Association, the UK and Ireland’s leading news agency. Her work has appeared in The Independent, The Guardian, The Sun, The Mirror, the Metro, Red Bull, Sky and BT.com. For the past three years she has worked as a freelance journalist, copywriter, PR manager and social media strategist/manager working clients including charities, a children’s rights advocate, and fashion and food brands. She moved to Brighton 15 years ago where she lives with her husband and three children.
Tom Goulden
Trustee
Tom is a local parent to Tarner with a 20+ years youth work career. His trustee role revolves around supporting the Youth and participation work that Tarner offer to the community. With years of dedicated work alongside young people on street art projects Tom will be found at most events supporting Tarner on their youth arts offer.
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