our board of executive trustees

Trust in Children is managed by a board of Executive Trustees, responsible for both the strategic direction of the charity and making sure its aims are delivered in a cost-effective way. They meet regularly to discuss decisions on grant awards and policy and to plan fundraising events. Together the trustees have extensive experience in coordinating the work of international and domestic charities, managing and running complex organisations and

We have no paid staff – all Trust in Children staff are volunteers. This is in line with Trust in Children’s key aim of making sure as much of our funding as possible is spent directly on our beneficiaries.

Iain Forbes (Chair)

Iain is the Chair of the Board of Executive Trustees and leads on ensuring the overall delivery of Trust in Children’s strategy. He works in the public sector, providing strategic policy advice on environmental issues. He has experience in policy design and delivery, project management, corporate finance and strategic planning.

Richard Tomes (Treasurer)

Richard is Trust in Children’s Treasurer, responsible for financial monitoring and reporting. He ran his own technical publishing and publicity company for more than 30 years, and brings experience in a wide range of business-related activities. He lives in Sunbury on Thames, where he has been involved in a number of local fundraising projects.

Alice Williams (Secretary)

Alice is Trust in Children’s Secretary, responsible for ensuring the proper planning, recording and communication of Board decisions.

Helen Borg

Helen has been a trustee for Trust in Children since 2004 and enjoys helping develop TiCs international objectives, contributing to fundraising events, promoting members to Pick Up A Piece and seeing TiC deliver amazing results with no paid staff. Helen works in the public sector, specialising in Middle East and Asian foreign policy issues.

Chloe Darlington

Chloe joined Trust in Children as a trustee in 2004 and has enjoyed being able to get involved in organising events, promoting the charity, and particularly getting to know some of the projects receiving TiC grants. Chloe has always worked in the charity sector, previously at young people’s helpline Get Connected and currently at the co-operative youth movement Woodcraft Folk, where she helps young people develop campaigns and communications. If you have any suggestions or comments on TiC communications, she would love to hear them – email chloedarlington@hotmail.com.

Alex Hanratty

Alex joined Trust in Children as a Trustee in October 2010 and is responsible for managing grants. She has been involved in the charity sector for a number of years and works as part of the senior management team of an educational charity in North Kensington which supports local children and adults to achieve further education, training or employment.

Siobhan Horisk

Bio to be added soon.