In line with plans to develop and grow the charity, three new trustees have joined the existing team, as well as five new nurses and a new Clinical Nurse Specialist, Heather Mitchell.
Read more about each of our new faces below….
Lisa Piper, Trustee
‘Originally from Michigan, USA I have lived in the area for nearly 20 years. The past 19 years have been spent as a Director/Company Secretary for a recycling company built from the ground up. Having dealt with serious illness and personal loss myself, I hope to bring a greater understanding of the needs of both the patient and the patient’s family. The community here welcomed me with open arms, and I feel honoured to be able to give back.
Ted Wiggans, Trustee
Edward has recently retired and lives in Broad Campden. Prior to retirement, he was main Board Director and Chief Operations Officer of Xaar Plc, a high-tech manufacturing company based in Cambridge, with a staff of 500 and a turnover of approximately £100m per annum. He has significant experience of HR and a good understanding of business operations and finances.
Edward has extensive experience in managing multi-site, multi-national operations in a fast moving, highly competitive industry. He has a proven track record in advanced manufacturing, product development and introduction and process development. He’s a customer focused, creative decision maker with a clear understanding of the need to make profits and generate cash whilst building shareholder value.
Jane Fenwick, Trustee
Jane spent six years in America, studying nursing at university before her parents moved back to the UK, before she could complete her degree.
Jane, who has lived in Campden for the last 22 years, has run an antiques business in Broadway until 2017 and her husband George is our charity shop’s ‘go to’ antiques expert. She’s an active member of the community, having worked on the Make Campden Sparkle Christmas campaign for the last three years. Jane is also Chair of Stroud Court Community Trust, a residential home for adults with autism, and is Director of Campden Business Forum.
Heather Mitchell, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Heather will be heading up our new Cancer Support Unit (more news to be announced shortly) and is a registered nurse who is passionate about the provision of community based palliative care. She has worked in Primary care for most of her nursing career as a District Nurse, Practice Nurse ad a Hospice at Home Nursing Manager.
Heather said: “We only get one chance to get palliative care right, and I firmly believe that we owe it to ourselves as professionals and to those entrusted into our care to ensure that this one chance is the only chance we should ever need. I always strive to do the right thing, while accepting this is not necessarily the easiest option and have always led by example. There isn’t anything I would ask of any of my nurses to undertake that I wouldn’t being either clinically competent of prepared to do myself.”
Heather was awarded the title of Queens Nurse in 2008, one of only 40 such nurses in the country at that time, as formal recognition of her commitment to promoting the highest standards of patient care within the Hospice at Home setting.
Jane has previously spent three years on the Executive Committee at the National Association for Hospice at Home, only leaving to spend time with her newly adopted children. She re-joined the Association in 2015 as a Trustee and took up the position of Co-Chairs last year.
Heather Mitchell, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Helen Keyte, Finance Manager
This month, we’ve welcomed Helen Keyte as our new Finance Manager who joins us from Overbury Enterprises in Tewskbury. Helen, who is a Management Accountant, has a wealth of charity experience, having worked for both the BBC and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Helen grew up on a farm between Ebrington & Hidcote and currently lives in Paxford.
Five New Nurses
This month, we’ve welcomed five new nurses to our existing team; Hello to Annabel Souther, Jacqueline Neale, Claire Walder, Gilly Kike and Diana Kane
Shown in the picture is Jacqueline Neale who joined some of the team for nurse training. From left to right are: Liz Pyment, Roberta Mathews, Julie Whitehouse, Naomi Morrey, Ann Brady, Jane Carless, Jacqueline and Emily Guest.
