Our trustees

As a registered charity we are governed by a Board of 10 Trustees. They have ultimate responsibility for our work and together with the workforce and young people set our strategic direction.  In practice this means that they are there to scrutinise our work; ensure that we remain true to our charitable objectives and work to keep our focus on developing services that really make a difference. To further this we are really fortunate to also have YPoD – Young People of Devon working alongside our Board.

Trustees are there to scrutinise our work; ensure that we remain true to our charitable objectives and work to keep our focus on developing services that really make a difference

Tony Wardell (Chair)
Newly appointed as Chair April 09. Previously group managing director of Swallow field PLC. Previously head of marketing & communication for Cadbury's Schweppes UK.

Steve Keable (Treasurer)
5 years as a Trustee. Board Member of Active Devon the countywide sports partnership and Creating Excellence. Chair of the Funders Forum and Co-Chair of Funding South West. Volunteer worker with a number of key charities in Devon including trustee for CEDA (disabled young adults), Playlines (childcare and development), Pathfinder (learning & skills) and Community Action (youth work).

Mike Beard (Vice Chair)
10 years as a Trustee. Previous employment in the Devon Local Education Authority, focused on the development and delivery of training for health and education professionals working with vulnerable young children, has previous experience of working within the Criminal Justice Service and at a strategic level within the Connexions service. Director of REM State Ltd, providers of therapeutic interventions and services & providers of training for health and education professionals throughout the UK. Associate Trainer for (and consultant to) 'BEAT' (formerly the national Eating Disorders Association). Teaches as part of Exeter, East & Mid Devon's Hospice care training programme.

Linda Pow
New Trustee. Linda is a mother of two young adults who still manage to make me laugh with their antics. She has lived in North Devon for most of her life, moved from Scotland when she was very young. She has been lucky to have met many families, children and young people through her work and feel very privileged to continue to do so. She has had many jobs most connected in some way with thinking about the challenges that children and young people can face. She is passionate about the rights of children and young people and is looking forward to being a part of Young Devon.

Paul Stanton
Two years as a Trustee. Paul Stanton has spent thirty years in Youth and community work in a variety of roles. Prior to retirement he ran Direction Training & Management for sixteen years. Paul's interests and skills include: counselling-coaching-innovation-understanding change-teamwork-assertiveness-Trustee development-management and business skills and bereavement and loss.

Roger Kirk
2 years as a trustee. Recently Chair of the Devon Secondary Heads Association (DASH) – 2008 and now works as an independent education consultant. Chair of the Scout Association (Devon) Established The Helen Foundation, to promote the arts of all kinds among the young people of Teignbridge.

Jim Corben
20 years as a Trustee. 38 years professional service in Youth and Community work, including Principal Youth Officer with Brighton, Somerset, and Surrey LEAs, Vice Principal of the National College for the Training of Youth Leaders and Head of the Youth & Community Work Training Section at Manchester Polytechnic, now Manchester Metropolitan University. Local District Councilor in Somerset sat the age of 21 and served on number of major voluntary bodies since including Chair of the Executive Council of the National Youth Bureau (the predecessor of NYA), the National Consultative Group on Youth & Community work training and Manchester University settlement.

Julian Seaward
2 years as Trustee. Joined TDR in 2004 from DB Capital Partners. Before working in private equity he was a Partner at McKinsey and worked at Price Waterhouse. He graduated from Cambridge University with an MA in Mathematics and Management Studies and is a Chartered Accountant.

Dudley Booth
20 years as a Trustee. 25 years of youth work experience, and still keep active because of the enthusiasm of the young people. Currently also a trustee for a number of youth Charities in North Devon.

If you want to get in touch with any of the Trustees please contact:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or phone 01752 691511.

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