We are Community Resource

Warren joined Community Resource as a Trustee in July 2024 and became Chair in October 2024. A Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire since 2020, he is committed to helping the charity grow and gain wider recognition for its support services across the county.

He spent 35 years in the Royal Air Force, retiring as an Air Vice-Marshal, before becoming Chief Operating Officer of a large independent school. Now a leadership and management consultant, he brings expertise in strategy, finance, HR, and business partnerships in charity and education settings.

Outside of work, Warren enjoys digital photography, playing bass guitar, and keeping fit.

Amy is an experienced strategic communications consultant, advising public and private sector organisations on market engagement; stakeholder relations; marketing communications & public relations.

She has successfully created and led local authority, community and public/private sector partnership campaigns aligned with Government priorities, as well as commercial campaigns for global businesses and a raft of UK scale-ups.

Amy is now managing director of Newport-based Be Bold Media, a strategic communications company founded with her husband in 2010.

In her free time, she can be found cooking up a storm for her big family, walking off the excess with her two dogs and cheering on Wolves FC from the Molineux stands.

Simon joined the BBC as a trainee studio manager direct from music college and worked in radio production and new service development before moving into the Academy. There he headed up operations for the Talent and Leadership Development team and, amongst other things, developed and launched a range of apprenticeship programmes across engineering, journalism and production.

Since he took early retirement in 2020 he has been developing a number of interests including singing with the region’s premier barbershop chorus, the Telfordaires, watching sport and walking / litter-picking around his home, just by the Wrekin.

Nicky studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and is a Chartered Public Finance Accountant. She has worked in both Local Government and the National Health Service and is now retired.

For the final 15 years of her working life she held Board level positions in a diverse range of NHS organisations that both commissioned and provided services. As well as being accountable for financial management her remit has, at various points, included strategic planning, information and IT, estates and capital development, governance and risk management.

Nicky has also been an independent member of a large housing association’s Audit and Risk Management Committee. She is currently a school governor and treasurer of her local church.

Rachel has been involved in community development and funding throughout her working career. In her current role as External Funding Bid Writer at Walsall Council she leads on a range of funding bids to benefit residents in the Borough, and she has also worked across different areas related to funding including direct applications, assessing applications and advising other groups and individuals on making applications. She is also an experienced business development and project manager.

Rachel enjoys cycling in her free time and has raised thousands of pounds for good causes through completing cycling distance challenges. She is also an active musician, playing cello, piano and a range of recorders with a recorder orchestra, as well as singing in choirs.

Lindsay is an experienced relationship banker that has worked in a number of management and leadership roles throughout her career.

Lindsay is currently the branch manager for the Shrewsbury branch of Handelsbanken, where she is responsible for all aspects of operations including HR, premises credit quality and customer selection.

In her free time, Lindsay is a member of Brockton and District WI and also a committee member of Shrewsbury Flower Show.

Mark was a Director of Marches Care Limited, an independent nursing and dementia care business employing 140 staff and supporting 81 older people with challenging life conditions. This follows a career as a geotechnical consultant, where he gained extensive international experience in ground engineering consultancy and construction management throughout the UK, Africa, Australasia and the Far East.

Mark is a Board member of Friends of Lord Hill’s Column and a professional reviewer for Institute of Civil Engineers. He is also chair of Leighton Village Hall, a community building member of Community Resource, as well as a parish councillor.

In his spare time Mark performs in the Shrewsbury Morris Dance group.