Trustees
Our board is responsible to Support Volunteers, Meet quarterly as a minimum + AGM, Manage and support paid staff and report to Charity Commission annually.
Teresa Jackson – Charity Trustee
Specialist area : Refuge , Asylum and Adult Education
Born in Belfast I’ve always had a passion for education as an important path out of poverty and a way to contribute to the greater good of all people.
Trained as teacher in Newcastle Upon Tyne and teaching there and in deprived communities in Cumbria raised more awareness of the effects on children’s education and the challenges they faced. Involvement in the Justice and Peace Commission of the Leeds Diocese, a fact-finding exposure visit to the Philippines and Central America reinforced the importance of education and developing local communities to bring about effective change.
Teaching in Secondary Schools, A sixth Form College and as a PGCE Tutor has given me a broad appreciation of the challenges faced in the education sector. As a volunteer with charities in Bradford which support Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Baisan and Abigail Destitution Project in particular) introduced me to the voluntary sector and the vital role and effective support organisations such as Safety F1rst can give to a wide range of people.
It is a privilege to be involved in supporting Safety F1rst and the first-class team of people who work there.
Tina Butler- Charity Trustee
Specialist area: Health and Care
‘I have over 35 years of experience of working in the public sector, third sector and across the health and care landscape within the Bradford district.
I am active in Bradford – as a busy CEO in a local third sector charity, Relate Bradford & Leeds, which provides therapeutic counselling services.
Volunteering is really important to me and in my spare time, I am a chair of a governing body of an inner-city primary school and also a trustee with Safety First. For many years, I was also an independent visitor with Calderdale Council.
I am driven to make a difference in ensuring equality, for people to live happily, healthily and well. I want Bradford to be a good place to live and work.
I am a strategic, positive, visionary thinker, with a solution focused, practical, common-sense approach and I am passionately committed to help to make a difference in the district that I used to live in, that I work and volunteer in.’
Our staff are managed by the board of Trustees with day to day supervision undertaken by Chris Graham.
