Governors and members

Fi is passionate about high quality, patient centred care.

She leads one of our home first teams. These teams work with people who want to stay at home when they are ill. They also help people to return home quickly after a stay in hospital. Fi helped to set the service up in mid and east Cornwall. Fi believes it is vital that health and care services are integrated. She is studying for a degree in integration.

She became a Governor to represent the interests and views of the staff. She believes putting the wellbeing of our staff first, brings the greatest benefit to our patients.

Ian is chief executive of the charity, Volunteer Cornwall.

Ian and the team at Volunteer Cornwall work to help people become active and self-reliant citizens. This includes training and recruiting volunteers. The charity also supports the most vulnerable members of our community. They work with us and other organisations to develop and deliver public services.

Ian works with us to ensure we engage people in an equal and pro-active manner to coproduce the solutions we need for a resilient future.

Barry is a Cornwall Councillor representing Camelford and Boscastle. He has held the position of councillor since May 2021.

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Stephanie has been a Staff Governor since 2017, after joining the Trust in 2014. Since becoming a Governor, she has taken on the extra role of Lead Governor.

She is passionate about the health and wellbeing of her colleagues. This is something she also supports in her role as fundraising manager. To enable her to support her colleagues and help them to reach their full potential she has trained as a transformational coach. She is also a mental health first aider.

Sophie is our coaching and talent management lead. She’s been employed by both NHS providers during her career.

She enjoys working alongside operational colleagues; often joining inpatient or community teams on shift. This approach gives her insight into the experiences and challenges faced by her colleagues.

Through her work Sophie is supporting the development of a compassionate and just culture.

Hannah has a foundation degree in health and nutrition and a degree in human and behavioural sciences.

She volunteered with the Trust in 2020 before joining our flexi team as a health care support worker. This experience allowed her to work across many areas of the Trust for psychiatric to physical healthcare. This has given her a diverse insight into how different areas of the Trust work and the variety of skills our staff need.

Mike describes himself as senior citizen.

He is president of the Padstow Lions Club. He has previously been welfare officer for the Newquay Lions Club and chair of Newquay Mind. His involvement with Mind spanned 25 years, during which he was chair and president. He also support the running of the drop-in centre and undertook outreach work for the charity.

He has an NVQ level 3 qualification in mental health (promoting independence). He also holds 3 health and safety qualifications.

Zoe grew up in Falmouth. She has a passion for mental health care and breaking down stigma. She became a member of the Foundation Trust while at school. She then went on to study at the University of Exeter. Hannah’s dissertation placement year focused on the genetics of psychiatric disease and autism spectrum disorders.

She works on the University’s Penryn Campus, helping students to resolve their academic and personal problems. Her role as a Governor helps her direct students to local services and support.

Hannah’s passion for mental health care was heightened when a close friend was diagnosed. Supporting her friend highlighted to Hannah the importance of local services ensuring people know how to get help when they need it.

Nigel joined us as a Governor in 2018. He is an advocate of a just culture where everyone is able to speak up without fear.

He has previously been the Cornwall Council executive member for adult care. Nigel is a volunteer advisor to Disability Cornwall and Cornwall People First. His role as volunteer advisor enables him to advocate for vulnerable people and their families.

Nigel is a member of his GP surgery’s patient participation group and a Trustee of Trelya and Cymaz Music.