TRUSTEES

I have been actively involved with the TRLRT since January 2017, when I helped organise the first regular, exciting events held in the newly converted building, and have continued on the Events Committee ever since, bringing excellent artists to perform at the Tetbury Goods Shed Arts Centre.

I have, with a lot of help from a great team of committed volunteers, recruited and trained dozens of the volunteers we need to run the Arts Centre. I became Company Secretary and then a Trustee, serving as Chair for a year until December 2019.

Like our army of helpers, I am very proud to be closely involved with such a positive and vibrant place of entertainment and culture on our doorstep, and a focus for Tetbury and its community,. I am very keen to see it develop and thrive in the future.

Richard spent all his working career in financial services specialising in risk and compliance matters – trying to keep the businesses he worked for on the straight and narrow.

His roles towards the end of this time at work included the Nationwide Building Society (which brought him west from his previous home in Kent), an IFA business near Cheltenham, and finally a Risk Management consultancy, Crowe UK.

Richard has a love of music and the arts, and he intends to use his experience to bring some of the business disciplines necessary to ensure the Goods Shed is well controlled, understands its obligations and can continue to grow offering a wide variety of events for the people of Tetbury. He knows that it is important that in his role as a Trustee, he also ensures the Charity meets its objectives – including returning a profit that can be used to further develop the Goods Shed’s plans to be a great place to be entertained!

Richard has been leading the Cinema Group deciding what films to show, which is quite a challenge as the Goods Shed wants to be able to offer diverse selections, as well as the ‘blockbusters’, but also it needs to cover the licensing costs etc.

Richard has been asked to take on the Chairman’s position for the period December 2019 – December 2020.

Douglas retired from the MoD as a programme manager, specializing in risk and corporate governance. He also serves as a Trustee elsewhere in both the health and arts sectors from which he can bring knowledge and experience in working with charities and other organisations to contribute effectively to the future of the Goods Shed. He lives in Tetbury, with his partner.

Tetbury Town Councillor since 2002 and a Trustee of the Goods Shed since XXXXX. In all that time my objective has been to ensure that our town continues to grow and prosper and to help make Tetbury a better place to live and work.

I am fully involved in a number of other town organisations and continually enjoy the challenge to make things happen for the benefit of others.

Hobbies, what hobbies? I support Huddersfield Town Football Club, wear an anorak when it comes to railways and make the occasional cake and I am told produce Victoria Sandwiches par excellence. My wife Sue is chief gardener of Tetbury in Bloom an organisation that does wonders for the appearance of Tetbury.