HARPENDEN MENCAP - Key Persons
Caroline worked as a Bi-lingual PA to Senior Executives/Chairs within the financial and commercial sector, switching to the Voluntary Sector spending a very fulfilling five years at The Children's Society.
Caroline and family have supported and been actively involved with Harpenden Mencap for 16+ years. Since living in Harpenden, their eldest son also been a service user for many years now within Supported Living at Stairways, Douglas Road.
Caroline continues to keep up with her French and, just about, with her children. She is an active parish member at Our Lady of Lourdes, Harpenden and is one of their catechists
Claire is our Community Services Manager, she joined Harpenden Mencap in 1995 and has worked in various settings throughout the organisation.
Claire is committed to ensuring our services fulfil the vision of people living the life they want.
In her spare time Claire enjoys spending time with her family, travel, antique and vintage shopping and holidays by the sea.
Gary has spent over 45 years working it the Construction Industry. His experience encompasses operational contract and commercial management, interaction with a full range of business financial partners and the sale, purchase and rent of commercial property.
Gary and his extended family have supported and been involved with Harpenden Mencap for over 30 years.
Gary Lives in Harpenden with his wife Julie and they have four grownup children. He enjoys watching football and has a Liverpool season ticket. His other hobbies include sailing and bee keeping.
Julie was a civil servant working for the DOE at Warren Spring Laboratory and left to have her family. She has been involved with Harpenden Mencap since 1987 joining after her eldest son was born.
She served on the general committee before becoming a trustee and subsequently became chairman in April 2015. She also is part of the fundraising team helping to organise events.
In her spare time she is learning to speak Spanish, enjoys baking and has been an Arsenal season ticket holder for the last 38 years.
Job Titles:
- Nurse
- Residential Services Manager
Leigh has been an active member of Harpenden Mencap since 1992, gaining experience from the Children's service, outreach scheme, night and day shifts in the residential service and Manager of the charity shop when it first opened.
Leigh is now the Residential services Manager and supports a team of dedicated staff. In the past Leigh trained as a Nurse and worked in this field for 5 years.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Treasurer
- Trustee
Nick's son was a service user at Harpenden Mencap for about 10 years and was one of the final ones to go through the children's services before it was ultimately decommissioned in 2016.
Nick is a Chartered Accountant and has worked in the property and the not for profit sectors as his day job.
Nick was appointed Trustee and Treasurer in 2016 but had been involved for some time before that. Nick lives in St Albans and has taken up running for charity, quite often with his son.
Peter has 20 years corporate HR experience and has held senior roles at Sabre as EMEA HR Director, Vice President HR at TomTom located in Amsterdam and recently Global HR Director for Lombard Risk Management plc.
He has a Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning Studies and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Peter lives in Hitchin with his wife and three daughters.