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The Longridge Team

Trustees

The Trustees, all staunchly committed to Longridge and with a range of coaching and management skills, have agreed an ambitious renovation scheme to take Longridge into its next fifty years and well beyond.

Howard Mann (Chair)

Businessman with an International General Management and Sales and Marketing background. Recently retired as President and CEO of McCain Foods Ltd the global French fry company, prior to which he was managing director of Ranks Hovis Mcdougall plc. He was awarded the O.B.E. for services to the Food Industry.

He is a riverside neighbour of Longridge and as such has observed at first hand the activities and training that the organisation offers young people.

He provides advice and support on a wide range of business and management subjects.

James Lee (Deputy Chair)

I first came to Longridge through their fireworks night which I was encouraged to go and support by my wife who believed that longridge was a good place for young people to experience outdoor activities; I was extremely impressed by the operation and its potential future.  Amanda persuaded me that I could help Longridge  so here I am trying to help.

I have been building and designing restaurant and hotel kitchens for the last twenty five years.  I work as an independent design consultant and project manager, I am also involved in a company that imports commercial catering equipment from all over the world and am a director of the Hinds Head PH in Bray and a director of Racine restaurant in Knightsbridge. I have some experience of the 3rd sector as I have for the last eight years been a  Trustee for the Percy Bilton charity.

Ross Faragher (Development)

Managing Director of St George PLC. BCU level 5 Coach in inland kayak and canoeing adviser to Surrey County Scout Council. Involved with Longridge as a leader and water sports specialist for over 20 years.

Julian Fulbrook (Legal)

Barrister and Dean of Graduate Studies at the London School of Economics. BCU level 3 Coach in open canoe and DofE Award expeditions’ supervisor. UK Technical Advisor for The Scout Association on Canoeing. GSL of 8th Holborn Scout Group in Central London.

Asghar Majeed (Community Relations)

Asghar is 43-years old and was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire and lived there for most of his life.  He is a widower with three children - all boys.

The elder of this two boys are at University doing degrees and the youngest is in his first year of his A levels.

As well as working for Siemens as a Senior Business Intelligence Consultant, he is a Councillor in the Royal Borough of Maidenhead and Windsor.  Asghar initially came to Longridge regarding a council issue and was so impressed with the facilities, aims of Longridge and the team's enthusiasm that he agreed to become a very valued part of our Trustee Team.

Martin Plain (Company Secretary & H.R. Director), ext. 209

Until recently Martin was responsible for activities at Longridge but has moved up to greater things as our Company Secretary. As a highly qualified and respected BCU Coach with an impeccable pedigree of working with charities, Martin is a a great benefit to the team. He also organises our annual firework display - which is by far the best in the area.

Longridge Team

• Amanda Foister (CEO) ext. 204
• Mark Campbell (Activities Director) ext. 208
• Simon Evans (Finance Director)
• Chris Milbank (Deputy Activities Director) ext. 214
• Sue Mackay (Business  Manager) ext. 212
• Shae Stanford (Site Manager) ext. 210
• Savananh Catherine (Catering Sherriff) ext. 211
• Nicolette Smith  (Bookings Team Leader) ext 200
• Adam Burke (Community Sports Coach) ext. 210
• Gerald Cooper (Bookings) ext. 200
• Margaret Shelley (Finance Controller) ext. 206
• Bret King (Head of Rowing) ext. 212
• Heidi Nugent (Development Coordinator) ext. 207
• Becca McGowan (Special Forces) ext 200

Volunteer Support

• Phil Rush (Activity Advisor)
• Megan Young (Reception)
• Rob Thorne (Reception)
• Richard Williams (Volunteer Coordinator)
• Pauline Howe-Davis (Event Planner)
• Tom Amos (Bookings & Sports Development) ext 200

Crew Managers

• Dan Scurlock
• Jo Creech
• Lydia Hall
• Vanessa Goodwin

We have a rotation of four age groups for our crew weekends and volunteers are welcome to join in monthly, quarterly or perhaps just once a year.  The choice is 14 - 18; family; adult or young adult. If you are over 14 and would be interested in joining the Longridge Team, e-mail richard.williams@longridge.org.uk  

2012 Seasonal Instructor Team

Joe, George, Chloe, Harri, Alex, Callum, Gareth, Guy, Ben, Brittany, John, Matt, Jake, Bella and Ruby

Volunteers from Springhill

Some members of the Longridge Team are serving inmates of HMP Springhill, an open prison on the far side of Aylesbury.As an Open Prison, Springhill does not take men that have got any history of sex offences, harassment or arson on their records.  All of the prisoners are in the last 2-years of their sentence and to be referred to an open prison have worked extremely hard to prove themselves to be appropriate inmates.In order to be considered for work at Longridge, the prisoners will have been through stringent risk assessments and security checks by the prison authorities that are over and above the checks that would be carried out on any team member that is not a serving prisoner.  The management team and trustees are persuaded that the inclusion of serving prisoners of Springhill poses no risk to any of our visitors, contractors or other team members.To find out more about how Springhill and Longridge are working together to benefit our community, please contact either Paul Chadwick at Springhill on 01296 445000 or Amanda Foister at Longridge on 01628 483252.