Meet the team

  • Lee Ingham

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  • Claire Lovatt

    BEA TEAM MANAGER

  • Dominique Dunand-Clarke

    COMMUNITY ACTIVIST COORDINATOR

  • Beth Cook

    ACTION MANAGER

  • Zoe Parker

    VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

  • Nicola Thornton

    BEFRIENDER COORDINATOR

  • SIMON PRICE

    OUTREACH WORKER / SUPPORT WORKER (MEN’S DAY)

  • SHAUNA LEDGER

    MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT WORKER

  • Mandy Moran

    MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT WORKER

  • REBECCA DURRANT

    TRANSPORT COORDINATOR

  • TONY HOLMES

    TRANSPORT WORKER

  • WAYNE GILBOY

    TRANSPORT WORKER

  • Julia Hutchinson

    TRANSPORT WORKER

  • SALLY HARDIMAN-DOUGLAS

    BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

  • CHLOE WOODS

    FACILITIES SUPPORT WORKER

  • Wendi Haithwaite

    CARETAKER

  • Graham Sharratt

    CARETAKER

  • Bill Sunshine

    MAINTENANCE

  • VACANT

    FINANCE OFFICER

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  • Brendan Peacock

    Brendan has been committed to the voluntary and community sector since the mid-80s. Brendan’s experience ranges from providing support and advice to homeless and vulnerable adults to a number of director roles within housing and shelter. Brendan has vast strategic experience in service development, improvement and regulatory compliance and more recently trained as a social worker and is now a Social Work Team Manager in Settle.

  • David Hastings

    As a businessman, David says business has given him the skills needed to help the excellent staff of BEA/OWLS to build on its great work, assisting them in fulfilling its vision of creating a world where older people have the best possible quality of life and involvement within their communities.

  • Jane Dawson

    Jane has lived within four miles of Bramley Elderly Action her whole life. Jane’s most recent occupation has been with Anchor Hanover Housing at Rossefield Manor, Bramley, for the last 19 happy years. From there Jane has been able to see the fabulous work of BEA and OWLS on the doorstep; especially throughout the ongoing challenges of Covid19, when community and inclusion is more important than ever.

  • Laura Elson

    Laura lives, works and volunteers in Bramley and is passionate about supporting her local community. She has worked in the charity sector for 14 years and for the last three has been working as an independent consultant, advising a range of national and local organisations on strategy, governance, volunteer involvement and fundraising.

  • Jean Hollings

  • Toby Parsons

    Toby joined the board in 2018, having moved to Headingley from Cambridge the previous year. A big advocate of local community spirit and identity, Toby is delighted to serve as a trustee, having spent much of his career working in passenger transport with a particular focus on accessible/community transport services.