Many of you will be aware that Rev Laurie Bond has retired as Chairman of the Trust along with two of our longest serving committee members, Mike and Kate Harley, who have recently moved from the area. All three have given a huge amount of their time, expertise and guidance to the work of the Trust over many years.

I am now Chairman of the Trust, having been on the Management Committee for a number of years and more recently becoming a Trustee.

Ros Page, one of our three schools workers, resigned from her post in July due to other commitments. However the Trust have been very fortunate in appointing Hannah Musa as a new schools worker with effect from September.  Hannah comes with lots of experience having done similar work in the West Country and more recently worked with young people in Kenya. You can read news from Hannah in this newsletter! Linda Willbe agreed to step down as a schools worker in July which enabled the Trust to appoint Hannah for four days per week.  

Both Ros and Linda have done excellent work for the Trust and we have seen the work grow with their hard work and enthusiasm. I am delighted however that they both have agreed to continue their association with the Trust as Volunteer Workers and Linda joining the Management Committee.

The Management Committee are now planning to develop the work of the Trust over the next three years to meet the huge demand from our schools. I will give more detail of these plans in future newsletters. In the meantime I want to thank our partners, ie local churches and individuals, for all the prayer support and financial support that you give. Without your continuing support the work of the Trust would stop.

With best wishes,

David Williams (Chairman)