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	Sylvia Cliffe, Chairman Sylvia practiced as an Occupational Therapist from 1963 to 1970 working in all areas of mental health. From 1970 to 1975 she practiced in physical medicine and care of the elderly. The British Association and College of Occupational Therapists awarded Sylvia a Fellowship in April 2003. She retired on July 4th 2003. Sylvia then became a governor of Eastgate school in 1998 and has been the Chair of governors since 2005.
	Mike Brown Mike is a retired Bank Official who has been involved in the Voluntary Sector for many years. He currently serves on WNVCA Finance Committee. Mike is the Treasurer of Mencap King’s Lynn along with several other local organisations. He also runs King’s Lynn & District Holiday Play Group. He is part of the children’s worker team at his church.
	Tim Cara Tim is a former solicitor who began working in social care in 1994. Tim has managed the Forward Day Centre since 1998. He is responsible for its rapid growth in size and range since then, starting with incorporation and charitable registration. The service is entrepreneurial in culture, and has successfully pioneered social enterprises in community composting in Norfolk, and is currently developing a self-employment project for people with learning disabilities.
	Marion Coleman Marion is the current Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Finance Committee for WNVCA. Marion is the Operations Manager and Company Secretary of the West Norfolk Community Transport Project.
	Margaret Cook Margaret was a trained librarian, but worked most recently in Housing and Community development in London Boroughs and Slough. Marion moved to Norfolk having taken early retirement in 1999. Currently, as well as WNVCA, Margaret is a Board member of Broadlands Housing Association. She chairs Difficult Patients Panel & Dental Disputes for Norfolk Primary Care Trust and chairs Section 3 Reviews for the Mental Health Trust.
	Gordon Dawes Gordon is retired and is the representative of Age Concern West Norfolk to the board. Gordon also serves on the Finance Committee.
	Tess Glider Tess manages a Hotel for disabled people on the Sandringham Estate. She has been a school governor for the past 12 years and is presently Chairman of governors at KES. She is Vice Chairman of the West Norfolk Tourism Forum and Chairman of the Holidays for All consortium. Tess also attends the British Hospitality Association in East Anglia, the Advisory committee for people with disabilities in King's Lynn, and also Soropitimist International King's Lynn.
	Pat Kavanagh Pat has worked for the Norfolk Constabulary where he is currently responsible for minority and ethnic liaison as part of the domestic violence and hate crime unit since 1988. He previously served with the Royal Air Force from 1980-1988. Pat is contracted to the College of West Anglia where he teaches on the Uniform Services National Diploma Course.
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	John Sweeny John joined the Royal Air force straight from school and enjoyed a 24 year career starting at the bottom and working up through the ranks as an electrical / electronic engineer and finishing as a Chief Technician. John has always been involved in voluntary work mainly working for a variety of children's charity but also with the British paraplegic team from 1979 to 1986. He has for the last 6 years been heavily involved in the Scout Association and is currently the District Commissioner and Chair of Trustees for South West Norfolk District Scouts which covers a large geographical area of Norfolk.
	Anne Truman Anne trained as a State Registered nurse at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. She continued to work in nursing until she began to work as a part-time lecturer at the Norfolk College of Arts and Technology in 1984. She took up a full time post in 1987, and subsequently completed the Certificate in Further Education in 1990. In 1996 she moved to the Department of Childcare and Education and was employed as Head of Department until 2000. From then until her retirement in 2006, she was employed by the Council for Childcare and Education as an External Moderator.
	Eddie West-Burnham Eddie took up the post of Chief Executive of West Norfolk Mind in March 2006. Before this he had enjoyed an eclectic range of experiences including qualifying as a Psychiatric Nurse, working on an oyster farm in New Zealand and spending a number of years working in the USA. He has a BA in Health Studies and MSc in Health Promotion from King’s College London, where he still works as a visiting lecturer and has recently been published.

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