St Elizabeths Centre Annual Report End Dec 2022 FINAL - Flipbook - Page 8
Joint Statement: Continued
crafts and horticulture sectors. Our high levels of care and support
develop social skills, communication, con昀椀dence, independence,
volunteering and work related skills. All of this is possible because of
the nursing and therapy input we provide to support our education
and therapy teams. This multi-disciplinary working enables us to
achieve outstanding results for the individuals we support. We plan
to strengthen and grow our wider community partnerships and, as we
look to the future, identify potential charitable funders to continue to
ensure our offer goes beyond meeting basic assessed need.
We have also taken steps to become more accessible online, with the
installation of an accessibility toolbar on our website.
Board and Senior Management
We were sorry to see the resignations of two of our Trustees, Jim
Conway and Richard Crean. Jim has been an excellent Chair of the
School Governors and Richard provided much needed commercial
and 昀椀nancial experience to both the Board and our Finance and Risk
Committee. We thank them for their wise counsel and their unstinting
support for the charity.
Rhodri Jenkins, our Chief Operating Of昀椀cer, resigned due to ill health
on 17th February 2023. We are delighted to welcome Mike Bibby
(Finance Director) as his replacement who started on 1st August.
Mike is a Chartered Accountant and has many years’ experience in the
health and educational sectors.
We are also reviewing our governance structure and the structure and
composition of our Board and its committees. In addition, we have
looked at our current skill set and are actively looking for members
with appropriate educational, clinical health and property skills.
Our Thanks
First and foremost, we would like to record how humbled and
encouraged we have been by the bravery of residents, families and
friends who have supported us through these changes. We are also
grateful to them for sharing their stories with us, some of which are
recounted later in this report. It is very inspiring for us to hear the
difference we have made to their lives.
Change is never easy and we owe a big thank you to our management
and staff who have wholeheartedly embraced the challenges as we
have implemented our plan with not only compassion but also scale
and pace. We have been deeply impressed by the dedication, hard work
and teamwork of our senior management, colleagues and volunteers.
We are grateful also to the charitable organisations (particularly the
Daughters of the Cross) and our local community who enable us to
support the most vulnerable in our society and make a real difference
to their lives.
Finally, we would like to thank our Board and Committee members,
all of whom are unpaid, for their support and long hours of work
throughout the year.
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