About Us
Our Trustees
The job of a trustee is to have overall control of a charity and be responsible for making sure that a charity is doing what it was set up to do. Here at Maggs, we’re lucky to have an array of incredible trustees who are the driving force behind Maggs. The Board boast a wealth of experience and is skilled in its drive to support the charity to continue to deliver our expert services to those who need us.
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Our Trustees
Meet our trustees
Trustee
Avril Gilmore
Charity Chair
Having worked in the Probation Service across Worcestershire for over 20 years, Avril became familiar with the difficulties and needs facing groups of transitory and homeless people. Avril transferred into health service management within Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership to develop and manage Drug and Alcohol Services for Offenders. Alongside this, Avril assisted in setting up a consortium of statutory health and charity sector providers to build an integrated drug and alcohol service for Worcestershire in 2011. However, Avril’s links with Maggs go right back to the beginning when Maggs was launched. As a newly qualified probation officer in Worcester, Avril worked shifts at the Day Centre, working with probation service clients and those at risk of offending due to homelessness, isolation, and poverty.
Trustee
Alden Taylor
Charity Vice-Chair
Alden’s spent his early years working in manufacturing, with his main focus on Operations Management. In recent years Alden has been providing rental properties for families and HMOs for students and professionals. Spending most of his time in Worcestershire and becoming familiar with people experiencing homelessness, Alden approached Maggs to volunteer in our Worcester Day Centre, cooking for our service users and then becoming a trustee in 2018. Alden works closely with our MAP team and sits on the Accommodation Project and Property sub-groups.
Trustee
Nicola Maylon
Charity Treasurer
Nicola is currently the Deputy Chief Finance Officer at NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire and includes over 20 years’ experience in the accounting industry. Nicola’s skillset boasts financial and management accounting, data analysis and financial modelling and is vital to ensuring Maggs’ finances are effectively managed to meet the charity commission’s guidelines. Nicola first pursued volunteering during Covid for a local charity in Upton which then inspired her to take on further volunteering roles post Covid. Her passion for Maggs came from the death of a homeless man in Malvern in 2019 which led Nicola to want to work in this particular field and make a difference to people experiencing homelessness.
Trustee
Rob Nichols
Charity Secretary
Rob has over 25 years’ experience in the technology industry, having built his own business developing software for public and private sector organisations. Prior to that he studied Earth Sciences attaining a Ph.D. studying the behaviour of quick sand. Rob is involved with many charities in his spare time and is passionate about the voluntary sector. Within Maggs his goal is improving operations and processes. To help the excellent Maggs staff deliver the best services to those who need a hand up.
Trustee
Dr Clive Skidmore
Trustee
After successfully publishing a book titled Practical Ethics for Roman Gentlemen, Clive’s career change started at Dudley Council in housing management and then at Tamworth Council, where he covered various roles within human resources, finance and administration, and housing development. After realising his interest sat with Housing Development, Clive worked the ranks to Head of Housing Development at Birmingham City Council and developed the Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust (BMHT) to deliver the programme of new Council houses. Clive became a trustee at Maggs in 2018 after taking early retirement and has overseen many significant developments within the charity, such as adding to our property portfolio and helping the organisation evolve during its fast-growing period.
Trustee
Jane Kemp
Trustee
Jane has over 20 years’ experience as a Solicitor, owning her own business, Adducere LLP. However her time is now spent mainly focusing on property and funding and therefore sits on our Accommodation Project and Finance sub-groups. After her many years of success, Jane has built a wealth of funding contacts throughout the sector and boasts a network of lawyers that are keen and knowledgeable in helping the charity achieve its objectives.
Trustee
Sue Osborne
Trustee
Sue has been involved with Maggs for over 11 years, whether this has been through her employment at Worcester City Council as a housing and homeless officer or as a trustee and volunteer. Alongside working in the homeless sector for 24 years, Sue is also a long-standing trustee of two other Worcester charities that provide accommodation for single homeless people in the city and then also offer the white goods, carpets and donated furniture to individuals unable to purchase these items from very limited income. Sue is exceptionally passionate about driving the best possible outcomes for our service users.
Trustee
Helen Perry-Smith
Trustee
For 14 years, Helen has worked for the NHS in patient, public and VCSE engagement. As part of this role, Helen established the ‘Health Hub’ at our Worcester Day Centre, which still effectively runs today. Helen previously worked in regeneration, planning and housing for a variety of VCSE and public sector organisations so has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to our service user’s needs. Helen works closely with our Marketing and Relations Officer to advise in all things marketing and is passionate about our service users receiving the best possible care.
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Our goal is not just to support rough sleepers in their situation, but to help them to make the changes necessary for them to change their lifestyle, by dealing with the issues that hold them back, like lack of confidence, substance abuse, or poor health, so that they can access permanent housing and return to a conventional lifestyle off the streets.
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