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VAEL’s Chief Executive
Officer is Judith Mercer.
She is responsible for the overall management and development
of the CVS services across East Lindsey. This includes maintaining
strategic partnerships, developing new services, and supporting
the growth of the community and voluntary sector in the district.
It is also her role to ensure that the voluntary sector works
in partnership with East Lindsey District Council and Lincolnshire
County Council to build the infrastructure and be fully supportive
and active in the work that supports the county plan and to actively
encourage community participation, as well as providing a voice
for the communities of East Lindsey.
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Marian Raven is our new Volunteer Centre Outreach Officer, covering the areas around Spilsby, Skegness, Chapel St Leonards and Ingoldmells.
In addition to her work with VAEL, she is very active in her local community in Spilsby, where her family runs a high street business.
marianr@vael.org.uk
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Suzanne Cole is our Senior Community
Outreach Officer. Suzanne’s career background has
been in community development. As well as advising and supporting
groups in gaining funding, she is experienced in assessing grant
application forms and in awarding funding to community and voluntary
organisations in East Lindsey. Suzanne has also worked on various
projects including the very successful 'No Ur Rites' project in
Staffordshire.
In addition to helping groups source funding and providing support
in writing grant applications, Suzanne is able to give advice
and support in all elements of group development, including constitutions, policies,
business plans and community consultation.
Suzanne is also VAEL's External Deputy CEO
suzannec@vael.org.uk
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Sharon Hopkins has recently joined the team at VAEL as the Training Support Administrator. Sharon supports the Training Officer in his delivery and co-ordination of the VAEL training programme.
Sharon has worked in a number of payroll and accounts appointments, moving to the Adult Education field before joining VAEL in January 2009. She has been involved in a number of charity/voluntary projects and is currently involved with an animal charity in the Boston area.
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VAEL’s Publicity & Marketing
Officer is Tony Beal.
He is responsible for producing the information and publicity
materials which promote and communicate the organisation’s
functions & services across the district. He is also available
to help small, developing groups with their publishing needs.
Tony has many years’ experience of the voluntary sector,
having worked for CVSs and Volunteer Bureaux in Gainsborough,
Market Rasen, Louth and Mablethorpe since 1995. He is still a
volunteer with various animal rescue and wildlife charities. Tony is also VAEL's Internal Deputy CEO
tonyb@vael.org.uk
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Matt Hopkins is the Information
Communications Technology (ICT) Development Worker. A former
BT technician, Matt has spent the majority of his career in numerous
communications/IT-related appointments in the Armed Forces, picking
up Training and Project Management qualifications along the way.
Matt’s role is to develop IT services that add value to
groups across Lincolnshire. He is looking forward to finding out
about your needs.
mathewh@vael.org.uk
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Michael Collins is our
Volunteer Centre Officer,
presently working around most of the towns in East Lindsey. Michael’s background is in both the private
and public sectors, having trained as a Manager with J. Sainsbury
plc and as a primary school teacher through Bishop Grosseteste
College, as well as working in a small family business in Mablethorpe.
His main role at VAEL is to promote volunteering and to recruit
new volunteers across the district.
He is a true Yellowbelly and has lived nearly all his life in
Mablethorpe. He is an active member of a local Church and is Vice-Captain
of his local Golf Club at Sandilands.
michaelc@vael.org.uk
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Megan Mercer is presently our Office Manager. Her role is to support the staff of VAEL, and
of other voluntary organisations, in all administration tasks.
She has also been responsible for data-inputting and record-keeping.
Megan comes to us from the private sector, and is customer-service
trained. Her experience in the voluntary sector has been in organising
events for voluntary groups and in supporting self-advocacy for
adults with learning difficulties.
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Ken Syrett is our Training
Officer and he is responsible for the delivery and co-ordination
of all training at Voluntary Action East Lindsey. In previous
incarnations Ken was a Head of ICT at several local schools. He
has also spent time working in the voluntary sector as an ICT
tutor trainer at Teacher Training Colleges in Tanzania.
Ken is keen to develop training across the sector and to provide
courses that all people can access anywhere in the East Lindsey
Area.
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Kasia Pisarska is our Neighbourhood Management/Community Development Officer. She is working alongside the Neighbourhood Management team along the coast to improve how the resident’s voice is heard, as well as with community groups across the district within her community development capacity. Kasia’s background is in a variety of sectors, having gained experience of the voluntary sector from community projects such as ‘Get Into Reading’ in Merseyside and ‘Recycle, Now’ in Lancaster. She is currently running a small family business and volunteers with various local neighbourhood and wildlife charities.
kasiap@vael.org.uk
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James Culley is VAEL's Project Officer. He has lived in Lincolnshire since the age of 5, and has been involved in many community events in Mablethorpe whilst growing up. After studying Computers and Business & Finance at college; he later joined Lincolnshire Police as a PCSO, working on several community initiatives in the process. James is now keen to put his experience to good use by supporting community groups with the development of their ideas and projects to benefit our communities .
jamesc@vael.org.uk
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Nicki Lee is our new Events/Networking Officer.
Nicki has spent the majority of her career in a customer services led environment within the private sector. Her previous roles include travelling the world while working on board cruise ships and as a Regional Sales Manager for a large cosmetic brand.
Nicki also plays an active role in her local community organising fundraising events for the school her children attend.
nickil@vael.org.uk
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Jordan Van Dyke-Mercer is VAEL's Volunteer Administration Support Worker. Jordan first joined VAEL as a volunteer to complete her work experience in 2008, and came back this year after finishing her GCSEs, and has gone on to studies in the sixth form. She continues to be a valued volunteer at VAEL.
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Lynne Lamb is our Volunteer Centre Adviser in Mablethorpe.
Lynne meets with prospective volunteers, offers support and information on local volunteering opportunities through informal interviews.
Lynne comes to VAEL with an administrative and customer service background, having previously worked in the tourism industry, for the local council, and also as a volunteer adviser with Citizen Advice Bureau.
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Maggie Masroofi relocated to Lincolnshire in 2008 and was referred to us as a volunteer by the DWP in October 2009. She now works in our volunteering unit, as a volunteer, supporting the staff with vital record keeping and general administrative back up.
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Judith Hill has recently joined the team at VAEL as the Training Support Administrator. Judith supports the Training Officer in his delivery and co-ordination of the VAEL Training programme.
Judith has worked in the Civil Service for many years, moving to Lincolnshire as an activities provider in a care environment. She has been involved as a voluntary worker for Scope for 12 years. Judith joined VAEL in August 2009.
Judithh@vael.org.uk
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