Foresight TrusteesMonday February 06, 2012

Registered as blind. Has been with the organisation since being made redundant from his post in the private sector. Experienced in financial planning and development with skills gained through 20 years working in this role with a leading food processing company. Chair of the board and the financial sub committee.

Volunteer IT tutor for the organisation. Qualified Health and Safety Officer who voluntarily takes responsibility for all health and safety issues around courses and activities. Ex production manager with a leading food processing company. Qualified to A.A.T level in accountancy.

Registered blind retired self employed business woman who managed a chain of small fast food outlets. I have experience in publishing and promoting the organisation through media and the local newspaper. I have been appointed as a community governor at Cambridge Park School having previous experience as a parent governor at both Littlecoats Primary School and Whitgift Secondary School. Registered as blind.

I am married with three grown up children, Marie my daughter is an Administration Assistant at Foresight and my youngest son is currently serving in the Army. I am currently employed by Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education as a Financial Accountant; I am seconded to the E-Factor Enterprise (NEL) Ltd as the Accountant. The E-Factor project is designed to help the unemployed in deprived areas of Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham by giving them all the assistance to become self employed and get off benefits.

Previously to that I worked at Premier Training as an Accountancy / Business Studies Tutor, whilst there I gained my “A units” and “V units” enabling me to assess and verify NVQ’s to level four. Prior to that I have had various Accountancy positions based in Grimsby and the surrounding area. I have been an Accountant for over 20 years. I enjoy Football and I am a keen Grimsby Town Fan, I also enjoy swimming and going on foreign holidays.

STEPHEN RYDER

Stephen is currently the Managing Director of CPO Media where he has worked since 2004. Prior to this he was a cricket correspondent for All Out Cricket having started his career as an English and PE teacher in a midlands public school. Stephen’s role at CPO Media has allowed him to combine his background, of teaching and editorial work, to affect CPO Media’s mission of: ‘using media as a social regeneration tool’. This has seen Stephen and other CPO Media staff working closely with Foresight.
In addition to his role at CPO Media Stephen has been a board member for the Children’s Trust, helped set up the LSP Communications Group and is a Director of Channel 7 CIC. He also lectures and teaches part time at Grimsby Institute.

I am a Super Intendant physiotherapist employed by NLAG, and work within the community disability team managing a physiotherapy service to adults with learning disabilities around the North East Lincs region.

As well as having over 25 years experience working in general hospitals and community settings I am a keen golfer and organise the county junior team for Lincolnshire girl’s golf.

I am married with two teenage children and live in Broughton.

I am married and have one daughter and three wonderful grandchildren.

I am the local Development Worker for the East Marsh employed by and working for the local community. I was born and raised in the area and see my role as a trustee of Foresight my chance to give something back to the area that I am so proud of. I have immense pride in being a trustee of this organisation and the services we provide without whom I have no doubt the lives of many of our disabled residents both young and old would be all the poorer.

In my career I have experience as a local councillor, I was a senior trade union official for many years, and have spent many years working in the care sector supporting young adults with both a lack of not only social skills but also a wide range of disability.

I feel that the skills & knowledge that I have learnt from those experiences will help me to support Foresight in a wide variety of ways over the next few years. The organisation is once again at the beginning of a very challenging period as we seek funding and support within the local community to achieve our long term ambitions for the organisation. The long term sustainability of the organisation and the extension of the services and activities we provide are of vital importance in the lives of those who do and will always need them.

Qualified adult education trainer with a background in delivering training to a variety of levels of ability in a variety of subjects. Have worked for the Community Economic Regeneration Team (CERT) for the last 7 years. In those years I have worked closely with Voluntary and Community sector organisations to develop their services and provisions.

My current role involves working closely with Social Enterprise organisations to provide training and support to allow them to be procurement ready. Took on the role of Trustee at Foresight in July 2008.

I work for the registered charity The Federation of Disability Sports Organisations as the Humber Disability Development Officer. This involves supporting the development of new and existing sport opportunities for the disabled throughout North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Hull and East Riding. I have a young daughter and live in Brough.

Ron joined the Trustee board in September 2011 after volunteering within Foresight and has also been involved with many other charities previously.  Ronald is the Head Fire Steward for Grimsby Town football club and he reports directly to the Chief Officer of safety. He is responsible for the safety of around 5000 people at the football ground on match days.

Ronald also volunteers for Humberside Fire and Rescue services advising residents of North East Lincolnshire on safety within their homes. He also volunteers in the Youth hub and supports children on their activities during weekends as well as his role as a trustee.

Mandy joined the board in February 2011 as parent of Kate Bentham who attends Foresight’s children’s activities scheme. Kate has physical difficulties and the scheme has helped give her independence and become involved with social activities. 

Mandy has a strong interest in the future and developments of the organisation. Before becoming a Trustee, Mandy worked in accounts, gained an Open University degree and then went on to become a teacher and taught at Western Technology School for 15 years and now works as a Supply Teacher around North East Lincolnshire.