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Governance

The Conservation Volunteers Chief Executive – Darren York

Darren joined TCV in 1996 as a Volunteer Officer and has worked across many parts of the organisation in roles including Project Officer (Nottinghamshire), Operations Manager (Yorkshire & East Midlands) and Operations Director (England, Northern Ireland and Wales).

Darren has a deep understanding and appreciation of TCV and, is proud to lead the charity in its work to create healthier, happier communities for everyone.

Our Trustees

The Conservation Volunteers is governed by a Board of Trustees elected by our members. The Board meets around four times a year. It is responsible for setting overall policy for The Conservation Volunteers and monitoring progress towards achieving our goals.

We are always on the lookout for new trustees – especially those with a financial or management background – and would particularly welcome interest from people from minority ethnic communities and other under-represented groups.

The Trustees are elected by the members of the trust:

Professor Tony Crook CBE FAcSS FRTPI – Chair

Anthony Crook is former Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor of The University of Sheffield and Emeritus Professor of Town & Regional Planning.  He is currently Deputy Chair of the Orbit Housing Group, a non executive director of a regional house-builder, a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute Trustee Board and Chair of its Education Committee.

Tony has held many former non executive and trustee roles in housing regeneration and education organisations including past chair of the Shelter Trustee Board, a former trustee of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, a former council member of the Academy of Social Sciences, and former chair of Sheffield Homes Ltd.

He was also a member of the Lloyds Banking Group Housing Commission, the independent chair of the review of governance in Rotherham, and a commissioner of the Housing Commission for Northern England.

In 2004 Tony was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of his standing as a social scientist and his contribution to public policy. Tony was appointed CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours for his services to housing and to the governance of charities.

Tony is keen to support TCV drive forward its new strategy and its work to connect people and green spaces to deliver lasting outcomes for both. He was attracted to TCV by the way it engages with volunteers to help improve the environment and also helps them to develop both their skills and capacity to build careers and help their local communities thrive.

Tony Burton CBE

Tony Burton began working life as a local government Planning officer. By 2001 he was Deputy Director of the Council for the Protection of Rural England, later he became Director of Strategy and External Affairs at the National Trust, Chief Executive of Civic Voice and director of Policy and Communications at the Design Council. Currently freelance, Tony is a vice-chairman of the Big Lottery Fund and Executive Chair of Sustainable Homes Ltd amongst other posts.

Tony is attracted to the reimagining of TCV that is under way and the ambition evident in the “Business Head, Charity Heart” plan. Tony’s passions lie in the connections between communities and local places and how these can transform lives and help secure a sustainable future for our environment.

John Mallalieu

John is CEO of The Bank Worker’s Charity. From a career in retail banking John has held a range of senior leadership roles across Health and Social care delivery for public sector, private sector and third sector organisations.

John holds a lay role with NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group and is also the Lay Chair of the Primary Medical Services Committee.

John additionally chairs the Department of Work & Pensions Mental Health & Work Group for the Welfare Minister and is a member of the Psychological Wellbeing & Work Expert Advisory Group.

Roger Perkin

Roger Perkin spent 40 years at Ernst & Young, including over 30 years as a Partner, working with a wide range of clients before specialising in financial services and retiring in 2009.

Roger has significant global accounting experience and financial services expertise, which he has brought to TCV as Trustee and the Performance, Audit and Risk Committee as Chair. He served as an Independent Non Executive Director for companies including Nationwide Building Society and Friends Life Group. He now has a portfolio of Trustee positions, including the Charities Aid Foundation.

Simon Rennie MBE

Simon is Chief Executive of the Central Scotland Green Network Trust and holds non-executive positions in Forestry Commission Scotland, Falkirk Community Trust and Paths for All. With a degree in Forestry, Simon started his career in private sector arboriculture overseas then after working in the UK for many years he moved to the Central Scotland Forest Trust in 2001, which later became Central Scotland Green Network Trust where he is still currently employed.

In his current post Simon pursues passionately objectives close to the heart of TCV, namely, improving the physical environment with the purpose of enhancing local economic conditions and people’s lives.

Julie Royce

For over 20 years Julie has been actively volunteering in her local community of Thames Ditton.  She looks after a stretch of the River Thames for the National Trails Office as a conservation monitor, helps to run the local theatre and has organised many street parties to celebrate big national events.  Julie was also a ‘Games Maker’ and ‘London Ambassador’ during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.

Employed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, known as NICE, which provides guidance for the UK health and social care sector, Julie leads a team who help users put NICE guidance into practice.   Prior to this Julie held various senior management positions in the NHS, a small marketing agency and Unilever.

Julie first came into contact with TCV when joining a tree planting event to mark the success of the volunteering effort for London 2012.  Becoming a TCV trustee seemed the perfect opportunity to develop her keen interest in conservation and enthusiasm for volunteering, and to draw from her long career in health.

Richard Stiff

Richard’s career path has taken him from teacher in Bognor Regis to Chief Executive of Angus Council via Deputy Chief of Education, Executive Director of Childrens’ Services and other posts in local government. Richard has extensive experience of working in rural and urban environments in England and Scotland and of public and private sector partnerships.

At Angus Council Richard is deeply involved in engagement with volunteers and third sector organisations for the benefit of communities. Much of this work brings the aim in line with that of TCV to empower local people to take responsibility for local places. Richard sees great potential for TCV to raise its profile while working in partnership with public sector organisations and local authorities.

Our Patron

The Conservation Volunteers’ Patron is HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG, KT

President and Vice-Presidents

The Conservation Volunteers is also supported by our President and Vice Presidents who help to champion our interests and raise public awareness of the organisation.

President of The Conservation Volunteers – Sir Jonathon Porritt CBE

Sir Jonathon Porritt, the leading sustainability expert, has taken over the Presidency in April 2014 from The Lord Norrie.

Jonathon was a Vice President of TCV, and has supported the organisation in many capacities over time. He is the co-founder of Forum for the Future, and is an eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. Established in 1996, Forum for the Future is now the UK’s leading sustainable development charity, partnering some of the world’s leading companies.

He has previously spent nine years providing high-level advice to Government Ministers as Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission. In February 2012 he was installed as the Chancellor of Keele University in February 2012.

Jonathon received a CBE in January 2000 for services to environmental protection.

The Conservation Volunteers Vice Presidents

  • Sir David Attenborough
  • Prof David Bellamy
  • Dr William Bird
  • Andrew Brown
  • Prof Michael Dower
  • Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
  • Dr Rupert Evenett
  • Roger de Freitas
  • Baroness Miller
  • Rob Morley
  • Bill Oddie

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