MALDON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE - Key Persons
Carly started with Maldon and District CVS just a few weeks before the first lockdown. During this time whilst working from home, Carly ran many different online weekly zooms to keep people connected. Carly ran online Coffee Mornings for Parents and Children, Bingo, and a General Meet-up to see how people were coping and if there was anything Maldon and District CVS could help them with.
People could see that those who weren't online at the time missed out on these opportunities and therefore the need for Digital Support in the Community grew!
Carly is happy to say that she is now out in the community where she is happiest. Carly is a complete people person and loves what she does! Carly runs and supports several different groups within the District and helps people with the use of smartphones, tablets, and just generally with anything they need help with online.
Claire is the Admin Officer at Maldon & District CVS. Her role involves ensuring the smooth running of the office, DBS checking, signposting, managing IT and phone systems in the office, and the CVS vehicles. She also provides support to members of the team in their respective roles. Claire manages our member events such as our Meet the Funder, and Networking Breakfast Meetings and works to maintain our service user, volunteer and membership databases. Claire provides a first point of call for telephone and email enquires to the service. She can be contacted to book onto any of our events and to get help to find the service you're looking for.
Donna started with the MDCVS Team in August 2024 as a Project Officer with Community Hub Support, the aim being to meet local residents and provide them with information, offer support, and signpost to other agencies.
Jenny is the Finance Officer at Maldon & District CVS. Jenny's daily role is to ensure all the supplier invoices are paid in a timely manner and ensure they are allocated to the correct project budgets. Other parts of Jenny's role includes ongoing monitoring and reporting of all the numerous project budgets, producing forecast budgets and assisting with the preparation of the year end Financial Accounts.
Justine started working with MDCVS in 2023. She is passionate about being outdoors and the impact that nature can have on our physical and mental wellbeing. Alongside her role at MDCVS she works with children in schools and the community facilitating forest school sessions and environmental education.
She is currently working on our Community Connector Project, helping people to find activities within their local area to support them with their physical fitness. She is spending time visiting local community groups and clubs. If you are looking for support to find an activity that suits you, or if you are an activity provider and would like to share what you have to offer, please do get in contact.
She also oversees our Walks for Wellbeing and works with the gardening volunteers and walking buddies.
Job Titles:
- Communications Officer
- Maldon & District CVS' Communications Officer
Lisa is the Maldon & District CVS' Communications Officer, playing a key role in promoting the diverse range of activities and services offered by Maldon & District CVS. She is responsible for developing social media and media content that raises the profile of the CVS, while actively supporting the promotion of volunteering across the Maldon District.
In her role, Lisa oversees the creation and sharing of event information and volunteer opportunities, working to inspire local residents to get involved, as well as keeping Maldon & District CVS members informed through regular newsletters. From managing the CVS website and social media to coordinating promotional materials, Lisa ensures that the voice of Maldon & District CVS is heard across both digital and non-digital platforms.
Job Titles:
- Social Supermarket Coordinator
Peter began his career as a teacher before moving into school improvement and then working for local government. He moved into the charity sector 7 years ago, spending the last five years leading a local charity.
He has joined Maldon CVS as Social Supermarket Coordinator and will be working closely with local partners to ensure this new provision of reduced cost food enables local residents to afford to purchase food despite the rise in food prices impacting everyone due to the cost of living crisis we find ourselves in.
Rory started with the MDCVS team as a Sessional Worker for the CGI project. He has since become a Projects Officer for CGI and worked with the project to modernise and revitalize it, helping to spread its reach to other areas.
Rory also works with the Business Resilience project helping businesses throughout the District provide their staff with the best resources for their health and well-being.
Ryan has been working in Community Development for over 5 years and has a wealth of experience in positive partnership working and leading on local projects to better support the needs of the community and local residents.
Within MDCVS, Ryan oversees the projects and line manages the team as well as leading on various projects himself including crisis response work, safe spaces projects for residents to socialise and find out more about support in their area which supports the risk of social isolation and youth-based physical activities.
Other areas of work include -
Falls Prevention support such as Slipper Upgrade sessions.
Micro volunteering opportunities and support across the organisation.
Leading on the Maldon Volunteer Centre.
Building positive relationships with local community partners and organisations to be able to further develop the support we are able to provide to the residents of Maldon District.
Project development
Job Titles:
- Sessional Worker - Community Gaming Initiative ( CGI ) / Projects Officer
Sharon began working with MDCVS in December 2022 as a sessional worker for the Community Gaming Initiative (CGI). In a typical session she logs attendance for safeguarding purposes, supports the project lead and works alongside the volunteers in ensuring the young people have a good time and a listening ear. Her son is a keen gamer and attends regularly, where playing Smash Bros with his friends is an exciting battle! She enjoys the opportunity to interact with colleagues and young people.
Since the beginning of 2024 Sharon has also taken on the part time role of Projects Officer. She has begun supporting our Community Hub Support project funded by Cadent. She enjoys attending local community groups, food banks and coffee mornings, providing information and advice across the Maldon District.