Behind the scenes - keeping us safe and legal!
As a Charity, we have to fulfil certain legal requirements to keep us accountable and safe. To help us with this, we have an amazing team behind the scenes:
Martin Harrison - Chair of Trustees and Director of Youth Shedz
Martin Harrison has an engineering background and is an independent management consultant who specialises in helping small businesses and social enterprises with between 5 and 200 staff to grow, develop, and improve their efficiency and profit. His work is split between helping businesses in North Wales and helping development NGO’s and hospitals in less developed countries. He has been the Chair and the anchor in helping Youth Shedz become established since it started in 2017, and has the patience of a saint with the team offering his experience and pastoral care.
Martin loves travel, kayaks and paddle boards, growing vegetables, and scooting off with Elaine on adventures in the campervan.
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Alison Hill - Youth Shedz Charity Manager
Alison Hill has considerable and varied experience gained working in the Third and social purpose sectors. She was a Charity CEO for 22 years at Bolton CVS and then Caia Park Partnership in Wrexham. For the last 6 years Alison has worked for Capacity LLP a public services redesign consultancy based in Liverpool, firstly as a Senior Consultant and then as Operations Director. She has expertise in governance, organisational legal structures, bid/tender writing, social enterprise development and people and operational management.
Since February 2024 Alison has become a freelance consultant working with brilliant organisations that make a real difference to their communities. We welcome her as Charity Manager at Youth Shedz Cymru.
Elaine Harrison - Youth Shedz Book-Keeper!
Alex Webster - Trustee
Joanne Matthews - Trustee
Anthony Jeremy - Trustee
Peter Caldwell - Trustee
Safeguarding is our top priority - keeping our young people safe, whether in person or online. You can read our safeguarding policy here or our online and digital safeguarding policy here.
All our staff, volunteers and Trustees have advanced DBS checks, and we receive advice and guidance on all safeguarding matters from thirtyone:eight.
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Here are some reliable links recommended by thirtyone:eight for finding out about keeping safe online :