Meet the team

We care about our communities.

We have over 140 full and part-time staff working for the Foundation, supporting 20,000 people a year across Sunderland, South Tyneside and County Durham.

We are led by a dedicated, knowledgeable board of trustees who have a passion for making the North East the best it can be.

They, alongside a number of board committees, steer our Chief Executive and senior leadership team on strategic direction, who lead our employees in carrying out the day-to-day activities of the organisation across the region.

Royal Patron

Her Royal Highness Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, GCVO

Our Trustees

Sir Bob Murray CBE (Chair), Steve Cram CBE (Treasurer), The Rt Hon The Baroness Estelle Morris of Yardley PC, Kate Adie OBE DL, George Clarke, Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE DL, Colonel The Hon James Ramsbotham CBE DL, Sir Tim Rice, Martin Hibbert

Education and Skills Advisory Committee

The Rt Hon The Baroness Estelle Morris of Yardley PC (Chair), Lynda Brown (Vice-Chair), Audrey Bolam, Jill Colbert, Dean Marshall, Karen Marshall, Alison Maynard, Graeme Thompson, Ian Green, Ian Kershaw, Denise Taylor, Jamie Wright