Committee
How the Trust is organised
The Trust President is Lord Thomas of Gresford OBE QC who has been resident in this village for many years. He has taken a keen interest in the Trust becoming President in 1987 and his unfailing support over this period has been greatly appreciated by all who have worked for the Trust.
Vice president: Mr V Davies
The 12 elected members for the year 2006 - 2007 are:
- Chairman
- Mrs Jenny Dutton
- Vice Chairman
- Mrs Valerie Shields
- Treasurer
- Mr Richard Williams
- Secretary
- Mrs Janet Holmes
- Project Co-ordinator
- Mrs Margaret Heaton
- Committee Members
- Mr Andrew Bailey
- Mrs Janice Barnes
- Mr Steve Daulby
- Mrs Laura McDermott
- Mrs Stella E Jones
- Mr David Pallett
- Mr Robert David Williams
- Mr Emlyn Jones
Representatives of local organisations:
| Representative | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Mrs Ruth Pearce | Gresford Womens Institute |
| Mr Steve Harris | Marford and Gresford Albion FC |
| Mr Julian Davies | Gresford Athletic FC |
| Mrs Kath Evans | Gresford Methodist Church Gresford / Marford Community Council |
| Mrs Janet MacDonald | Gresford / Marford Community Council |
| Mr Martin Pritchard | Gresford / Marford Community Council |
| Mr David Lowe | Gresford Cricket Club |
| Mr Pat Herschall | Bowls and Billiards |
| Mrs Ruth Pearce | Gresford and Marford Tennis Club |
| Mr P S Forret | Gresford Scouts and Guides Association |
| Mrs Vicki Hennesey | Gresford Pre-school Playgroup |
| Mr Peter Yarwood | Royal British Legion |
| Mrs Susan Hill | Gresford Craft Group |
| Mr Emlyn Jones | Image |
Representatives from village organisations can vary each year and we always welcome new groups. Would the present Youth groups be interested in becoming involved? If not, would anyone be interested in forming a Trust Youth Group? The Trust is keen to involve all age groups because the future of the Trust will rely on younger peoples enthusiasm, energy and commitment. Let us know what you think?
Volunteers
New people with time or particular skills to offer are always welcome. You don’t have to be on a committee to help. If you are interested in offering a few hours of your time, maybe you have a skill that would be useful to us or even if you are just interested in seeing what we do then e-mail us, talk to us, write to us. We would like to compile a list of people we could call upon – a kind of “Friends of the Trust”
Meetings
Harold Roberts chairing a Trust meeting
A management committee of approx 5 people deal with the everyday issues of running a large social enterprise. The management committee have a formal meeting one week prior to the main Trust meeting and we encourage a different member of the main Trust to join that meeting on a rotating basis. It is always important to know who has the responsibility of ordering the toilet rolls!
We have meetings in the Memorial hall on the second Thursday of each month for all the Trustees; elected members and the representatives of local organisations.
Members of the public are welcome to attend these meetings as observers and it is an opportunity for them to talk toTrustees after the meeting.
Staff
We employ one cleaner on a part-time basis who we regard as being one of the most important members of the team and we pay for other services as required. We do not have a caretaker but rely on volunteers and the goodwill and care of our regular users.
We rely on our income, applying for grants and donations for everything that we do. We do not receive any revenue funding from the local Authority or other scources. And that may come as a surprise to many people.
Apart from the cleaner everyone else is a volunteer and gives of their time and skills for the benefit of all who live here.
Objectives
Our objectives are to be transparent, honest, and fair, conduct our business with integrity and abide by the rules of the Charity Commission
No trustee shall benefit financially by being a member of the Trust
The Trusts interests shall come before the interests of their own particular club or organisation.
Constitution
We feel that our Constitution written in the 1940’s shows foresight way ahead of its time and is particularly appropriate to today’s society. We follow those principles and promote the Arts as well as Sport and social entertainment.
“for the purposes of physical and mental training and recreation and social, moral and intellectual development, through the medium of reading and recreation rooms, library, lectures, classes, recreations and entertainment or otherwise as may be expedient, for the benefit of the parishes of Gresford, Marford and Hoseley and their immediate vicinity, without distinction of sex or of political religious or other opinions, subject to the provisions of these presents”
- extract from the Constitution
Art
In accord with our Constitution we try and promote the Arts. We have paintings on display by a local artist Elfyn Jones (link) and two paintings which were gifted to us by The Arts Council for Wales from their collection. “Minewall” by Ian Tyson and “Elements and More to Come by John Dawson – Evans.
Painting by Elfyn Jones "To the promised land" purchased by the Trust in 2005
"Minewall" by Ian Tyson gifted to us by The Arts Council for Wales
"Elements and More to Come" by John Dawson - Evans gifted to us by The Arts Council for Wales
Internationally renowned quilt artist and author, Dilys Fronks
We also have on display an example of quilting from an internationally renowned quilt artist and author, Dilys Fronks who is a member of the Craft Group