Board of Trustees

Grahame Kerr

Grahame has a business and management background, with particular expertise in employment law, and has served as a magistrate.  He worked with a number of voluntary organisations in the West Midlands before joining Onside.  He was appointed Chair in 2010.

Lynda Bagley

A longstanding volunteer with Onside, Lynda joined the Board in 1996. She has extensive experience in the voluntary sector including being member of the Worcester & District Community Health Council. She has served as Secretary and Chair, and is currently the Organisation’s Treasurer.

Ifor Edwards

Ifor has extensive knowledge of the legal system. Including tribunals, gained from his career as a solicitor and District Judge. He joined Onside in 2002 having seen from his work with CAB then need for disadvantaged people to be able to access justice. He has been a Trustee and company secretary with Onside since 2006.

Carol Chapman

Having been introduced to Onside by a member of the management team, I was immediately impressed by the energy and passion of the staff and volunteers. I worked at a senior strategic level in large organisations, both as an employee and as a consultant.  It is good to know that my background in organisational, leadership and team development can be helpful to Onside as it continues to grow and manage change.  I joined the Board in 2011. 

Julia Adams

I worked as a headteacher for 13 years in two Worcestershire schools and took early retirement in order to spend more time with my 90+ mother and my two year old grand-daughter. I wanted to offer my skills to the voluntary sector and quickly found Onside, where I trained as a volunteer advocate.

The work is varied and absorbing; the organisation is one I feel proud to be associated with.  It is through the contact I have had with Onside’s users that I have realised just how much positive difference can be made to a person’s quality of life. As a trustee it is my ambition to ensure the continued development of the essential services Onside provides.

Annette Judge

Having worked with vulnerable people over the last 10 years I know how important Onside work is and I am committed to supporting and growing the work of Onside.

The partnerships I have had has given me firsthand experience of the benefits Onside can bring to the less able. In 1996 I volunteered with Riding for the disabled and then worked with Barnardo's from 2001 as a sessional worker taking children with disabilities out, which I still do. I went on to work full time in residential and supported living homes for 6-8 years with adults with Learning Disabilities until I retired.