Board

Resident directors

Name: John Giddins
Resident Director: Netherhall and Chair of the Trust Board
Theme champion: Community Engagement
Time lived in the area: 22 years
NDC Board Member since: 2004
Occupation: Branch Development Organiser for the University and Colleges Union (UCU)
Homelife: Married with two boys.
What you hope to bring to the Trust: To engage with local residents and help them tackle the issues that affect them, making improvements.
What you hope the Trust will bring to your area: To allow the purchase and ownership of capital assets and create various job opportunities; providing us, as NDC residents, with a vehicle for continuing work in our areas.

Name: Therese Kennedy
Resident Director: Woodfield, Balby and Vice Chair of the Trust Board
Theme champion: Housing and Environment
Time lived in the area: 34 years
NDC Board Member since: 2003 Trust Director: January 2008
Occupation: Retired
Homelife: Three sons and two grandsons
What you hope to bring to the Trust: To make a difference to all NDC residents, living in all five communities.
What you hope the Trust will bring to your area: To improve it even more so and create an environment that local residents are proud of for years to come.

Name: Pete Beresford
Resident Director: Hyde Park
NDC Board Member since: 2010

Name: Michael Hinks
Resident Director: Doncaster Town Centre
Theme champion: Crime
Time lived in the area: 6 years
Trust Director since: 2008
Current Occupation: Student
Homelife: Single
What you hope to bring to the Trust: Knowledge and experience on subjects of community regeneration, identities and change.
What you hope the Trust will bring to your area: More community cohesion, less crime, working aspirations, feel good factor and assets for community usage.

Name: Ahmed Rashid
Resident Director: Netherhall
Theme champion: Health
Time lived in the area: 40 years
NDC Board Member since: 2001
Occupation: Local businessman
Homelife: Married with four children
What you hope to bring to the Trust: To be a passionate voice for improvements in the area; taking forward the problems of local residents and turning them into solutions.
What you hope the Trust will bring to your area: A community venue that will allow members of the community to integrate and access training.

Name: Mohammad Shabir
Resident Director: Netherhall
Theme champion: Housing and Environment
Time lived in the area: 22 years
NDC Board Member since: 2001 Trust Director: January 2008
Occupation: Self-employed local business man.
Homelife: Married with four children and have one grandchild.
What you hope to bring to the Trust: To ensure the sustainability of the NDC area and to help ensure that residents are satisfied with the area.
What you hope the Trust will bring to your area: For NDC to fall below the national average of crime, deprivation and unemployment; making sure the people who live here, want to stay and for those who left, to want to return.

Name: Bev Stoddart
Resident Director: Woodfield, Balby
Theme champion: Housing and Environment
Time lived in the area: 44 years
Trust Director: May 2009
Occupation: Full time mum, member of various community groups and governor at local primary school.
Homelife: Three school age children and partner Ian.
What you hope to bring to the Trust: I am passionate about equal opportunities for all residents across the NDC area.  I am especially interested in education, environmental issues and housing.
What you hope the Trust will bring to your area: I would like to see the Trust improve housing opportunities and also for the Church View site to become a hub for Doncaster which provides an international centre for small businesses and community use.

Co-opted directors

Name: Chris Brewster
Time lived or worked in the area: Lived and worked in the area for 47 years
Trust Director since: 2010
Occupation: Self Employed Builder
Homelife: Live with my partner Kate. Most of my home life is taken up by work, community volunteering and the grand kids
What you hope to bring to the Trust: Integrity, a good understanding of business and the need to make the business succeed but along with this an under- standing that the needs of the community out there are the most important part of the Trust.
What you hope the Trust will bring to the area: A better standard of living for the community.

Name: Arnold Drakeley
Theme champion: Health
Time lived or worked in the area: 65 years
NDC Board Member since: December 2006
Occupation: Recently retired Head of Strategic Partnerships, NHS Doncaster
Homelife: Married, two grown up children.  Interests: family and home, enjoy travelling and seeing other countries and cultures. Manchester City season ticket holder for the past ten years. (for my sins)
What you hope to bring to the Trust: An understanding of the way that health systems work, through a long career in the NHS, with a large part of recent work being around public health strategic partnership issues.  Strategic planning, project management and of programmes delivery experience
What you hope the Trust will bring to the area: As Doncaster is my home town, I was born in Rossington but now live in the town centre, I have a great desire to see it continue to grow and improve. The DCDT area is the heart of Doncaster and it is important that it plays its part in the continuing development of all aspects of the town, its infrastructure and people.

Name: Ian Hanks
Theme champion: Worklessness
Time lived or worked in the area: 2 years
NDC Board Member since: Dec 2008
Occupation: Civil Servant, External Relations Manager, Jobcentre Plus, South Yorkshire District
Homelife: Married, two grown up children.  When not at work I enjoy crosswords, Su Doku, listening to the Archers and collecting single malt whiskeys.
What you hope to bring to the Trust:  An appreciation of the nature of worklessness and an understanding of how Jobcentre Plus working with partner organisations can support people back into work.
What you hope the Trust will bring to the area: The effective use of its assets in order to maximise the benefits for the residents of the area served and Doncaster as a whole.

Name: Moira Hood
Local Ward Councillor
Time lived or worked in the area: Born & brought up in Wales but lived locally since 1974.
Trust Director since: February 2009
Occupation: Elected member since 2006
Homelife: Married to Brian with 3 grown up sons and 4 young grandchildren.  Much of my time is taken up with work as a councillor but I enjoy time with my family, gardening, reading and community involvement.
What you hope to bring to the Trust: An open minded approach and ability to listen and take on board the views of others to achieve the best outcomes possible to improve the lives of residents & businesses and achieve the aims of the Trust.
What you hope the Trust will bring to the area: Change people’s perceptions of the area by improving the physical environment and making a positive difference to the everyday lives of people living and working in the area.

Name: Alison Telford-Simms
Time lived or worked in the area: Lived and worked in the area for 41 years.
Trust Director since: 2010
Occupation: Residential Property Consultant
Homelife: Married with three children.
Living in the heart of the town centre, my family and I use our leisure time to take advantage of the towns excellent facilities and venues.
What you hope to bring to the Trust: Trust and strength; my role is to bring my commercial skill sets to the board and provide strong guidance with particular emphasis on the housing regeneration projects.
What you hope the Trust will bring to the area: Fairer opportunities, a safe environment and a forward thinking community.

Name: Nick Whitehouse
Theme Champion: Crime
Time lived or worked in the area: 6 years worked in area
Trust Director since: 2007
Occupation: Chief Inspector S Y Police
Homelife: Married, three children
What hope to bring to Trust: improved inter-agency partnership working; knowledge of community safety issues.
What you hope the Trust will bring to the area: improved community safety, support to raise aspirations for all in the current and future generations who live and work in the area.

We are currently looking for a new co-opted director to help us take forward our plans.  We would particularly welcome applicants with financial management or legal knowledge, however a commitment to regularly attend and work between meetings is just as important, and we will judge every application on merit.  For more information contact Ben McCall, Chieft Executive on 01302 735762 ben.mccall@doncaster.gov.uk

A-Z of key NDC staff

Anne Aitchison, Research and Performance Officer

Lisa Davis, Admin Assistant

Ellie Foster, Monitoring Officer

Gizela Maria, Cleaner

Ben McCall, Chief Executive

Helen Parker, Admin Assistant

Karen Shorthouse, PA to Chief Executive and Board

Jeremy Sherlock, Head of Assets

Joanne Thikell, Office Manager

Katie Wall, Grants Officer

David Wride, Monitoring Officer

John Wright, Head of Enterprise