Archives: Our team
Teresa Storr
Julie Clayton
Mark Duffell
Mark joined the Board of Trustees in April 2021. In 2017 Mark’s Dad, Brian, spent his final days in the hospice and Mark and his family were blown away by the care, support and friendliness they were shown by all the Eden Valley Hospice team. The hospice made his family’s last few days together special … Continued
Bronwyn Kerr
Bronwyn became a Trustee in 2021. She moved to Cumbria on retirement from the NHS in 2018. After training in paediatrics and clinical genetics in Australia, she moved to the UK in 1993 to take up a position in the NHS. Her NHS roles included Consultant Clinical Geneticist, and Associate Medical Director, the latter post with a particular … Continued
Joseph Barrell
Joseph joined the Board of Trustees in April 2021 after moving to Cumbria from Essex. For the past 20 years he has worked in the Education sector as a Tutor, Middle Manager and Senior Manager. His subject specialism is Business and Enterprise, and he has a practical interest in Human Resource Development. As a qualified … Continued
Rachael Stephenson
Rachael became a Trustee in September 2019. She is a partner in a local legal firm and is actively involved in a number of local charities. She has personal experience of the significant impact that hospice services can make, and she is applying her legal and charity knowledge to the work of Eden Valley Hospice … Continued
James Porter
James became a Trustee in 2016. Although now retired, he works as a student mentor, and offers coaching and mentoring to start-ups and small businesses. He also serves in various capacities on several educational, health and voluntary organisations and charities. As a founding trustee of two charities, one concerning education and young people, the other … Continued
Christine Weaving
Christine became a Trustee in 2017, having lived in Cumbria since 1986. She has worked in the NHS since 1994, originally in a local GP practice and latterly in a wider role covering the North East and Cumbria. She applies this knowledge and experience to support the continued delivery and further development of excellent palliative … Continued