Supporters

Our trustees and funders

Our trustees:

Our trustees bring a wealth of experience - and enthusiasm - to the task of steering the OPEN Youth Trust's various projects. The board meets quarterly, or more frequently whenever necessary, providing strategic oversight, ensuring that the Trust meets its regulatory obligations and providing the decision-making momentum necessary for the projects to be able to achieve their goals.

Les Brown - Town Planner, Les Brown Associates
Paul Cracknell - HR, Norfolk &Waveney Mental Health Care Partnership
Graham Dacre (Chair) - Chief Executive, LIND Automotive Group
Julie Dacre
Russell Dacre - Project Director, OPEN Youth Trust
Peter Franzen OBE - former Editor, Eastern Daily Press
Robin Hall - Chief Executive, The Forum Trust
Neil Loveday - Finance Director
Sarah Mintey - Director Business/Community Initiative, Flegg High School
Gavin Wilcock - Solicitor, LIND Automotive Group

Audit committee:
Paul Cracknell
Neil Loveday
Tim Procter (non-trustee) Manager, HBOS Plc

Our funders:

We owe our funders a tremendous vote of thanks. Without them, the OPEN Youth Trust and its five core projects wouldn't exist. There would be no OPEN Youth Venue, no SOS Bus, no OPEN Road, no CLOSED and no H2O - none of these ground-breaking initiatives would be making a difference to young people's lives in Norfolk today.

Happily, we're not without them, though, and thanks to their vision and commitment we've been able to create a family of projects that's setting new standards and developing new approaches for working with young people in the UK. In fact, OPEN is about to become the first young people's centre funded by the government's flagship myplace programme.

So a heart-felt thank you to all the funders. For a full list of our funders please download our Stakeholder Report.