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 Viv Davies
Vice president: Mrs Margaret Heaton
The 12 elected members for the year 2012 - 2013 are:
- Chairman
- Mr Emlyn R. Jones
- Vice Chairman
- Mr David Pallett
- Treasurer
- Mr Richard Williams
- Secretary
- Mrs Janet Holmes
Committee Members
- Mr Steve Daulby
- Mrs Jenny Dutton
- Mrs Valerie Shields
- Mr Robert Williams
- Mr. Andrew Bailey
- Mr. Bill Barker
- Mrs. Fran Cook
- Mr Mark Perry
Representatives of local organisations:
| Representative |
Organisation |
| Mrs Gwen Strong |
Gresford Womens Institute |
| Mr Steve Harris |
Marford and Gresford Albion FC |
| Mr Steve Harris |
Gresford Athletic FC |
| vacant |
Gresford / Marford Community Council |
| Mr Barry Macloskey |
Gresford Methodist Church |
| Mrs Beryl Blackmore |
Gresford / Marford Community Council |
| Mrs Janet McDonald |
Gresford / Marford Community Council |
| Mr Graham Owen |
Bowls |
| Mr Geoff Jones |
Snooker |
| Mrs Janice Barnes |
Gresford Scouts and Guides Association |
| Mrs Vera Hall |
Gresford Pre-school Playgroup |
|
| Mrs Susan Hill |
Gresford Craft Group |
| Miss Marian Williams |
IMAGE |
| Mr Barry Roberts |
Royal British Legion |
| Mr John Bell |
Gresford Cricket Club |
| Mrs Jill Roberts |
Gresford All Saints Church |
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
The Trust Management Committee meets at the Memorial Hall on the
second Thursday of each month to deal with matters of policy and
other matters as they arise. Decisions and recommendations made by
the Committee are then executed by the smaller Administration
Committee comprising the officers and representatives from the main
committee.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the the Trust
Committee meeting as observers and it provides an opportunity for
them to talk toTrustees after the meeting.
Staff
The Trust employs one Administrator and one Cleaner on a
part-time basis, both of whom we regard as being 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 which may come as a surprise
to many people.
Apart from our Administrator and Cleaner everyone else is a
volunteer giving of their time and skills for the benefit of the
whole community.
Objectives
Our objectives are to be transparent, honest and fair and to
conduct our business with integrity and abide by the rules of the
Charity Commission as set out in our Business Plan.
No Trustee shall benefit financially by being a member of the
Trust
The Trust's 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 Gresford Craft Group