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Governance

Help the Hospices work is governed by our Board of Trustees.

They make sure that we fulfil our objectives and adhere to the organisation’s philosophy and values. They do this by making sure that Help the Hospices operates in a manner that:

 

  • lets us fulfil the objectives set out in our constitution

  • uses assets and resources for charitable purposes

  • gives due attention to charitable and company law

  • adheres to the organisation’s philosophy and values

  • upholds the reputation of the organisation.

 

75 percent of our trustees of Help the Hospices have been elected from within and by member hospices, with the remaining 25 percent being co-opted.

 

Who they are

Founder and president

Our president is Anne, Duchess of Norfolk CBE, who founded Help the Hospices in 1984.

 

Vice presidents

Our vice presidents are:

  • Michael Bayley

  • Martyn Lewis

  • Mick Thorpe

  • Hilary McNair

  • Hugh Scurfield.

 

Trustees

The chairman of our Board of Trustees is The Rt. Hon. Lord Howard of Lympne, CH, QC, the deputy chair is Peter Holliday, chief executive, St Giles Hospice and our treasurer is Sally Taylor, chief executive of St Luke’s Hospice, Plymouth.

 

The rest of our trustees are:

  • Bay Green, vice chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort Investment Bank

  • Paul Dyer, non executive director, Towergate Partnership

  • Dr Ros Taylor, hospice director, Hospice of St Francis Berkhamsted 

  • Ros Scott, director of organisational development, Children's Hospice Association Scotland
  • Marina Phillips, deputy chief executive and finance director, St Joseph’s Hospice
  • Isabelle Whaite, trustee, St Catherine’s Hospice, Preston
  • Peter Ellis, chief executive, Richard House Children's Hospice

  • Shaun O'Leary, chief executive, St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley

  • Sue Newman, chair of trustees, Rowcroft - The Torbay and South Devon Hospice.

 

Each trustee sits on at least one board committee, and some also sit on organisational reference groups.

 

Constitution

You can find out more about the governance of Help the Hospices in our Articles and Memorandum of Association.

Lord Howard of Lympne, CH QC, Chair of Help the Hospices
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