WHAT WE DO
Our Trustees are the people in charge of our charity. They play a vital role, volunteering their time and working together to make important decisions about the work we do.
The full Trustee board meet quarterly. The Grants Sub-committee meet three times each year to consider grant applications and make decisions in relation to our grant funding and projects. The Finance & Governance committee meets quarterly to discuss financial and general management issues for recommendation to the main board. The Land & Property committee meet quarterly to discuss everything related to our land and property portfolio. Certain matters may be delegated to staff officers for approval, such as small grants.
The day-to-day management of the Charity is delegated to the Chief Executive Officer. There are four other members of the staff team. These include an Education and Arts Officer, a Land Manager/Ranger, an Administrative Officer and a Communications Officer. The CEO and Administrative Officer work full-time, while the other officers work on a part-time basis at our charity.
MEET OUR STAFF
Beth Gardner
Beth is our CEO, providing operational leadership of our charity and direct management of our staff team.
Katie Bradbury
Katie deals with all the marketing and communications for CBLC and our One Chippenham website.
Laura Graham-May
Laura is our Education and Arts Officer who deals with all the community grants and arts related work of the charity.
Faye Latham
Faye manages CBLC’s 70 acres of land within Chippenham to enhance the benefits for the local community and the environment.
Ben Saint
Ben aids the smooth running of our charity by providing administrative support and facilities management.
OUR TRUSTEES
We currently have 7 Trustees who play a vital role, volunteering their time and working together to make important decisions about the charity’s work.
All Trustees serve an initial term of office of up to four years and no longer than a maximum of two full terms of office. After two full terms of office all Trustees retire but may apply to be re-appointed after a period of two years from their retirement date.
The body of Trustees normally consists of six Nominated Trustees and up to seven Co-opted Trustees.
The Nominated Trustees are appointed, where possible, as follows:
1 Chippenham Burgesses Guild
1 Chippenham Chamber of Commerce
1 Chippenham Churches Together
1 Chippenham Town Council
1 Community
1 North Wiltshire Citizens’ Advice
Jenny Budgell
Chair of Trustees
Chippenham Town Council nominated trustee
Linda Candy
Co-opted Trustee
Jim Cook
Chair of Land & Property sub-committee
Co-opted Trustee
Annette Foster
Co-opted Trustee
Sue Linacre
Burgesses Guild Trustee
Geraldine McKibbin
Vice Chair of Trustees and Chair of Grants Committee
Co-opted Trustee
Jill Shadwell
Co-opted Trustee