CRY for a Street Child

MANAGEMENT/OFFICE TEAM

Initial requests for help in caring for Romanian orphans came through CRY's Romanian church connections. Subsequently CRY made its first purpose to serve the needy in Romania, paying particular attention to the children. Since early 1990, CRY has been involved in various acts of aid and support to Eastern Europe, including placing workers directly into children's homes in Romania. This work has hugely expanded over the years with the charity currently (08/2008) supporting some 29 programmes in 15 countries across 3 continents.

CRY was founded by Martyn Dunsford (church pastor), Christian business people and other Christians working at a senior level in the caring professions - some already involved in visiting Romania as part of a Christian mission to the people and churches there.

	EXECUTIVE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
		DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Martyn Dunsford		Martyn Dunsford BSc is pastor of Kings Community Church, Hedge End, affiliated to NewFrontiers - a worldwide family of 500 churches. Martyn has travelled quite extensively in Central and Eastern Europe and CIS nations including Russian Caucasus and Central Asia - speaking to churches and conferences to both small groups and audiences of several thousand. Martyn was the founder of CRY. Most of CRY's overseas projects involve partnering local church-supported social outreach initiatives. Local churches with which Martyn has had a long-standing relationship.

		EXECUTIVE OFFICER
David Farndale		David Farndale's previous self-employed business experience includes retailing, publishing, sales and marketing. As well as his overall management of the charity, David is responsible for business development which includes CRY Charity Shops. David joined CRY as a trustee in 1992 and was appointed Executive Officer in 1997. David is President of CRYUSA INC. and also a trustee of the micro-business charity, Kings Micro Enterprise Development Ltd (KMED). David's interests include travel, walking, eating out, the countryside and collecting Russian and Romanian stamps.

		PROJECTS OFFICER
Chris Parish		Chris Parish MA has been working for CRY since 2000. During that time he has been responsible for the development and co-ordination and review of CRY's overseas projects, ensuring that they provide high levels of professionalism and care to the children and their families. Chris previously spent over 30 years as a Local Authority Social Worker where he experienced a range of professional and managerial roles and responsibilities. Chris is married with two adult children and five grandchildren.

		FINANCE OFFICER
Wendy Clark		Wendy Clark has been working for CRY since March 2004 and qualified as an AAT Technician 6 years ago. Her interests are gardening (when the weather is good), cooking, watching films, number puzzles and she loves the F1 Grand Prix. On a day-to-day basis Wendy oversee all the income and expenditure of CRY, making sure that all the money is banked, bills are paid and each project receives all the money that has been donated by our sponsors. She has described her work as "...both exciting and demanding, with many challenges along the way - and there are always new very worthy projects to support."

	UK HEAD OFFICE TEAM
		OFFICE ASSISTANT
Sam Walker		Sam Walker is providing temporary admin support until he returns to Portsmouth University in October by which time we expect to have recruited a replacement for Jude Park who has recently joined our Board of Advisors.

		FINANCE ASSISTANT
Karen Gates		Karen Gates works with Wendy doing the financial accounts. She is a part-qualified chartered accountant and is pleased to be able to use her accounting skills for CRY. Karen first joined the charity in 2002 and worked for 18 months. After an extended childcare break she rejoined in September 2007. Outside of work, she enjoys walking her dog, going to gigs, reading and relaxing in her caravan in Devon.

		CHARITY SHOPS AREA MANAGER
Julie Baker		Julie Baker has spent most of her working life within the Nursing Profession, including District Nursing Sister, Health Service Manager, Social Services and latterly, Manager of a 51-bedded Nursing Home. Following her retirement in 2006, Julie was appointed CRY Shops Coordinator, providing support to all the UK shops and working with the Managers to improve performance. Julie likes a hands-on approach as she says "...the role has been an interesting one working with a variety of different people and gaining their trust so that we can work together".

	BOARD OF ADVISORS
		COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS
Jon Diaper		Jon Diaper FRICS has been a Chartered Surveyor for over 24 years and has worked in the commercial property market in Central Southern England for over 26 years. Jon was a CRY trustee from 1992-2008, and has provided invaluable help in the specialist areas of commercial property, lease and related legal issues and also general business and management advice. Jon is a Senior Director of CB Richard Ellis, international commercial property and real estate services advisors, and is head of the Asset Management Department at the Southampton office.

		MARKETING & EVENTS PROMOTION
Jude Park		Jude Park brings a wealth of strategic marketing and events management experience to the charity having previously worked for an international telephony, web, radio and video communications company also the UK�s leading dental payment plan provider. This has involved organising air shows, trade displays, PR, marketing, developing sales tools, client liaison and rebranding both in the UK and overseas. Her interests include travel, cooking, reading, music, eating out and spending time with family.

	BOARD OF TRUSTEES
		COMPANY SECRETARY
Ian Chiddle		Ian Chiddle is one of the original trustees of CRY and has been the Secretary from the beginning also. Professionally, Ian is a design engineer with 40 years in the industry, working for a variety of companies during this time. His experience includes concept design, problem solving, project planning, man management, and running a small business for a short while. Other skills he has brought to CRY are administration, employment matters, and financial integrity. Ian is also a trustee of a local church.

		CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
Michael Croucher		Michael Croucher is a Chartered Accountant and has had a varied career spanning over 30 years in banking, Ministry of Defence and National Health Service. He has also been an Area Manager for The Princes Trust and currently works as Secretary to Network Christians in a voluntary capacity. Michael joined the CRY Board five years ago and is currently Chair of Trustees. His experience in finance, business management, strategic planning and governance, has enabled him to provide useful consultancy, advice and support to the CRY Executive.

Margaret Walker		Margaret Walker BSc ACCA is a Full Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, has 25 years experience in daily running/ management of small and medium sized businesses; 13 years experience in charity accounts and related legislation plus small and medium sized events and office management. Margaret has been a trustee of CRY since 1992 bringing accounting expertise to the charity, and ensuring that all HMRC, Charity Commission and Companies House legislation is complied with.

Stella Haig		Stella Haig is a qualified social worker by profession with experience in the statutory child care sector, community development, working with the wider voluntary sector and the co-ordination and support of volunteers. Currently employed as the project co-ordinator for a Southampton charity CLEAR which provides services for refugees and asylum seekers. In her spare time she helps to organise a Sunday lunch for the homeless and a church 'Kids Klub'.

Melvyn Reader		Dr. Melvyn Reader has had a career that spans the private, public and charity sectors. A trained social scientist, he has served as the Senior Researcher in a number of Management Consultancies focussed on the future implications of social trends and ICT developments. He has also worked for Food for the Hungry. Melvyn is currently employed in local government, where he helps develop council strategy and policy by carrying out research and collating evidence in the areas of corporate strategy, organisational development, and local economic, social and health trends.

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