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Our Trustees

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Charles Wade, Chair

Charles Wade, Chair of Trustees, Community Family Care
Charles joined us after over twenty years serving as a full time judge in the west of England. Much of that time was spent concentrating on cases involving the welfare of children until he retired in 2014. 

Through his experience of dealing with children – both personally and professionally – Charles has always been interested in their development and welfare.

​He is acutely aware of the difficulties facing families in crisis and the need to develop appropriate strategies to help children to reach their full potential.

Derek Conaty, Trustee

Derek Conaty, Trustee, Community Family Care
Derek is married with three adult daughters and four grandchildren.

He and his wife have lived in Gloucester for 31 years and Derek was a GP in Brockworth for 28 years until he retired in 2013.

As well as being a GP, he also worked part time in the Learning Disability services of the 2gether NHS trust.

Jennie Dwight, Trustee

Jennie Dwight, Trustee, Community Family Care
Jennie joined our board of trustees in the summer of 2015 and has considerable experience working in the public sector across Gloucestershire.

She spent eight years as a police constable in the county before undertaking a degree in teaching.

​Jennie has taught in primary schools in the Gloucester, Cam and Stroud areas and in 2006 became Head Teacher of Staunton & Corse C of E Primary School.​

Elaine Haines, Trustee

Elaine Haines, Trustee, Community Family Care
Born in Gloucestershire, Elaine returned with her family in 2010, after spending nearly 30 years away studying and working in Cambridgeshire. 

Her own life and work experience means that she believes investing time in listening to people, particularly young people, can be extremely rewarding.

She remains committed to making a difference to the future of young people whilst also working as Business Development and Marketing Director for Harrison Clark Rickerbys.

Joanna Jensen, Trustee

Joanna Jensen, Trustee, Community Family Care
Joanna and her husband were previously foster carers for Community Foster Care.

​They retired as foster carers in October 2014 and Joanna was pleased to change her position on the board from Carer Representative to Trustee, with a new role as Children’s Ambassador.

She looks forward to meeting more of the children and young people we work with and hearing their views.

Mariana Straton, Trustee

Mariana Straton, Trustee, Community Family Care
Mariana joined our board of trustees in June 2011.

Her background for many years has been frontline social work, however more recently she has moved into working at a strategic level for local authority services.

Mariana is extremely child-focused and offers the board a current view of services for children and young people and an understanding of the challenges faced by public sector services.
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People’s Postcode Trust is a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Our charity received a £4,000 grant from the Trust to go towards IT equipment and to cover training and recruitment costs for five new sessional Family Support Workers.

www.postcodetrust.org.uk
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Community Family Care
Unit A Kingsholm Mews
76 Kingsholm Road
Gloucester
GL1 3BD
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01452 840999
info@communityfamilycare.co.uk
  • Community Family Care is part of Community Foster Care
  • Community Family Care is Investors in People accredited
  • Charity Registration Number: 1084124
  • Company Number: 03719101
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Vision, Mission & Values
    • The Team
    • Our Trustees
    • Testimonials
    • Work For Us
  • Our Services
    • Family Group Conferences >
      • FGC Information for Kids
      • FGC Information for Family & Friends
      • FGC Information for Professionals
    • Working For Families
    • BoA Youth
    • Art Journal Project
    • LifeCoach
    • Story Explorers
    • Family and Child Support for Schools
    • Chill and Chat
  • News And Views
  • Useful Links
  • Contact Us