Meet the team

Please see the people responsible for making the charity what it is…

Our Patrons

Gillian Reid

John Campbell

John Stone

Paul Greenan

Anna Savage

Tim Dyson

Karen Salmon

Karen Ferris

Margaret Bhatt

Peter Harris

Steve Perkins

Patsy Stone

John Stone

Tracy Underwood

Rachel Wallace

Support Manager

Lynne Hookway

Administrator

Jimmy Heath

Live in Supervisor

Amy Haines

Support Worker

Lauren Kingham

Support Worker

Sarah Calvert

Support Worker

Daniel Berghian

Live in Supervisor

Our Volunteers

We have many volunteers who generously give their time to us either regularly or ad-hoc including Shahram Najm, Sue Chapman, Alison Stanton, Liz Tucker, Brendan McGarvey, Helene Cooper and Gregory Pinto.

If you would like to volunteer with us we’d love to hear from you. Please contact us for more information.

Get in Touch. Get Involved.

Thank you for taking the time to find out about our charity, Young People & Children First. We look forward to hearing from you and will respond to you as soon as we can.

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7 Venture West
Greenham Business Park,
Thatcham,
Berkshire, RG19 6HX

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Call Us: 01635 500849

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Email Us: info@ypacf.org.uk

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Gillian Reid

Gillian Reid, JP, SRN Gillian is a mother of three and grandmother of five, was a magistrate for over 28 years and also Chairman of the Youth Bench which gave her insight and interest in the problems of teenagers and young people. Gill was a Trustee for many years before taking on the role as Patron.

John Stone

Co- Founder & Trustee Patsy and John set up Children 1st West Berkshire in 2008. They have 3 children and 4 grandchildren and were foster carers for over 20 years. Patsy is very ‘hands-on’ supporting the young residents, the live-in mentor and live-out manager. Patsy and John work tirelessly for the charity every day to date and have great satisfaction seeing its growth and the many successes of the young residents. John did the lion’s share of the initial administration in setting up the charity and continues to work on a daily basis within the charity in a variety of roles, including practical hands-on aspects of the fabric of Cornerstone, and working in the office managing the top level organisation of the charity and the workload of the office staff.

Tim Dyson

Chair of Trustee Board and of Fundraising and Marketing Committee. Tim’s career began in sales before progressing into leadership roles in the high technology business to business sector. Since retiring he has devoted much of his time to working with young people as a mentor and business advisor. He joined YPACF as a trustee in January 2019 and took over the role of Chair in July. He is a member of Thatcham Rotary Club, a keen singer and a poor golfer.

Karen Ferris

Karen Ferris is a highly experienced senior HR professional who has held leadership positions in a range of different business sectors, including professional services and not-for-profit, and founded Professionals in Partnership HR Consultancy in 2016. She joined YPACF as a Trustee in July 2020 and as an HR Specialist, Karen provides support to the CEO, the Finance Committee as well as the main Board of Trustees. In addition to running her business and being a Trustee, Karen is an Enterprise Adviser with the Swindon and Wiltshire Careers Hub and a Committee Member of the Marlborough Chamber of Commerce.

Margaret Bhatt

Margaret worked as a qualified Social Worker for Berkshire (in Slough) for 13 years working in different child care teams including assessing foster parents and adoptive parents together with guardian and child protection work. She gave up work to foster a little boy – for 2 years before being able to adopt him. She then adopted a girl placed at just 6 days old so she has been on both sides of the fostering placement process. She returned to work and spent 20 years as an Education Social Worker often working alongside the main Social Work teams so she understands some of the pressures on both foster carers and social workers. Margaret works very closely with the young residents.

Patsy Stone:

Co-Founder Patsy and John set up Children 1st West Berkshire in 2008. They have 3 children and 4 grandchildren and were foster carers for over 20 years. Patsy is very ‘hands-on’ supporting the young residents, the live-in mentor and live-out manager. Patsy and John work tirelessly for the charity every day to date and have great satisfaction seeing its growth and the many successes of the young residents. John did the lion’s share of the initial administration in setting up the charity and continues to work on a daily basis within the charity in a variety of roles, including practical hands-on aspects of the fabric of Cornerstone, and working in the office managing the top level organisation of the charity and the workload of the office staff.

Tracy Underwood

Tracy Underwood has over 10 years’ experience working in the healthcare and charity sectors, within the National Autistic Society and most recently working for Sue Ryder as National Service Improvement Manager. In this role she was pivotal in leading Hospices across Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire to achieve their Outstanding CQC Inspection rating. Tracy grew up in Newbury, spent many years touring the world working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office before returning to the UK and finding her ‘calling’ working in the charity sector.

Meet the team

Our Patrons

Gillian Reid

John Campbell

Our Trustees

John Stone

Paul Greenan

Anna Savage

Tim Dyson

Karen Salmon

Karen Ferris

Margaret Bhatt

Peter Harris

Steve Perkins

Our Founders

Patsy Stone

John Stone

Our CEO

Tracy Underwood

Our Staff

Rachel Wallace

Lynne Hookway

Jimmy Heath

Amy Haines

Lauren Kingham

Sarah Calvert

Daniel Berghian

Our Volunteers

Get in Touch. Get Involved.

Gillian Reid

John Campbell

John Stone

Paul Greenan

Anna Savage

Tim Dyson

Karen Salmon

Karen Ferris

Margaret Bhatt

Peter Harris

Steve Perkins

Patsy Stone:

Tracy Underwood

Rachel Wallace

Lynne Hookway

Jimmy Heath

Amy Haines

Lauren Kingham

Sarah Calvert

Daniel Berghian