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About Us
Key Objectives
Events
Publications
Blog
Newsletter
Endorsements
Governance
Membership
Supporters
Contact
Governance
Board Members
Professor Cecile Wright (BA, Ph.D)
Chair
Professor of Sociology, University of Nottingham,
Chair of Derby’s Windrush Planning Group
Trustee of Derby Counselling Centre,
Board of Director, Positive Action Training Agency(PATRA)East Midlands
Former Non Executive Director for Kingsway Mental Health Trust.
Former Vice- Chair, Hadhari Women’s Refuge, Derby
Former Chair of Hallmark Housing Association, Derby
Former Secretary of Derby West Indian Cultural Association
Former Board of Governor for Derby College of Further Education, Woodlands Secondary School, Markeaton Primary School and Central Nursery
Former lay member of Derby Council For Racial Equality.
Former member of the Derby Community Liaison Group for Derbyshire Police , Ripley
Former Advisory Board member to the Jamaican Government For the Jamaica Diaspora
Rev John Augustine
Director, Vice Chair
Sophia Brown
Director, Vice Secretary
Director of Blackrock Recruitment Ltd
Children and Young Peoples Independent Sexual Violence Adviser
Dr Valerie (Val) Watson (BComb Studs, M.Ed, MSc, Dip Couns, Dip Sup, Dip RPiO, PhD)
Board member
Current Executive member BACP Coaching Division (from November 2020)
Current Racial Justice Forum Facilitator – Downing College Cambridge (from December 2020)
Former Head of University Counselling Service (University of Nottingham)
Former Executive member -BACP Heads of University Counselling Services
Former Chair of BME Staff Network (University of Nottingham)
Former Board Member Nottingham Counselling Service
Former Governor Long Row Primary School
Sheila Cole- (LLB Law Hons, Dip ESW)
Board Member
Co-Chair – Black Minority Employee Network Group- Derbyshire County Council
Diversity & Inclusion Lead
Childrens Services Practitioner
GMB Union Representative
Former Human Resources Officer
Former Education Welfare officer
Former Residential Social Worker
Former Youth & Community officer
Vivene McCalla
Secretary
Roger Dale (MSc, LLB (Hons), BA (Hons), MCIPS)
Treasurer
Treasurer of Unite the Union (RR Staff Union – Derby, Hucknall and Annesley)
Trustee of The Learners’ Trust
School Champion – Brookfield School
Alumni Fellow – Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
Company Secretary – Derby’s Community Radio
Rev Paul Gordon
Vice Treasurer
Natasha Cover
former Treasurer
Staff Members
Natasha Cover
Project Organiser