The Board of St Leger Homes of Doncaster is made
up of 10 members. Board members are paid and receive
expenses.
The Board consists of:-
1 Chair
3 Tenant/Leaseholder Board members
3 Independent Board members
3 Councillor Board members
Sub-Committees
Within the structure there are 3 sub-committees
which are the Audit Committee, Employment Committee and the
Quality Committee; their membership is exclusive to the Board of
Directors.
St Leger Homes Board & Committee Structure
Tenant Board Members:
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Rodger Haldenby
Rodger is a tenant and lives in Intake. After
securing his City & Guilds in Painting and Decoration at 20, he
served nine years in the Royal Air Force Provost Branch. Managerial
positions followed with Shell UK Oil, Cleveland Coin International
and Retail Outlets in the USA. He is currently with the Northeast
Doncaster Citizens Advice Bureau in Thorne as a volunteer adviser
and supervisor. He is secretary to the Intake High-Rise TARA and
has had affiliations with ICE (Intake Community Enterprise) and
Intake Action group.
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Michelle Heeley
Michelle is a tenant in Scawsby and is involved in many
activities throughout Doncaster. She is a Committee Member of
The Doncaster Federation of Tenants and Residents Association as
well as the Chairperson of the Latin Gardens/Emley Drive Area TARA,
Scawsby and the West Area Forum. She has been a Magistrate
for 6 years, is a Governor at Rosedale Primary School and is also a
Community Crimefighter for Doncaster West. Michelle qualified
as a Counsellor last year and practices weekly on a voluntary
basis.
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Linda Teasdale
Linda was born and brought up in Mexborough, and recently became
a tenant in Barnburgh. She became an independent member of
the West Area Board of St Leger Homes when it was first set
up. She became a Tenant Board Member in November 2010.
Linda has always had an interest in housing and completed the
Chartered Institute of Housing National Certificate in Housing and
qualified as a Housing Practitioner.
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Independent Board Members:
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Alan Tolhurst OBE - Chair
Alan first became connected with Doncaster in
1983, when he commanded RAF Finningley. Amongst his other
senior RAF appointments he was the Air Adviser to the British High
Commissioner to Canada and Personal Staff Officer to a NATO
Commander. On leaving the RAF he became General Manager of
Universiade GB Ltd, the company which organised the XVI Universiade
(World Student Games) in Sheffield. In 1991, he started his
own Management Consultancy and was appointed as Chairman North
Nottinghamshire Health Authority; he has chaired NHS organisations
ever since. He holds a variety of charitable appointments as
well as being, since 2005, Chairman of Doncaster/Sheffield Airport
Consultative Committee. In 1992, he was appointed a Deputy
Lieutenant for South Yorkshire and was made an OBE in 2008.
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Jayne Brown OBE
Jayne is a resident of Doncaster and was educated at the then
Thorne Grammar School. She is presently Chief Executive of
NHS North Yorkshire and York and was previously Chief Executive of
NHS Doncaster. Jayne joined the NHS in 1990 and has held
numerous senior management posts in both trusts and health
authorities. Prior to joining the NHS she worked in local
government and in the private sector specialising in human resource
management and organisational development. She was awarded
the OBE in 2004 for services to the NHS.
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Linda Christon
Linda has worked in the public sector for over 23 years.
She has extensive experience in housing and social care services,
and was formerly the Regional Director for the Commission for
Social Inspection (now the Care Quality Commission). She has
also worked as a management and organisational development
consultant. She has a law degree and post graduate
qualification in housing administration and property management and
a Masters degree in business administration. Linda lives in
Barnsley and has spent most of her working life in the Yorkshire
and Humber regions. She is currently a non executive director
of Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust.
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Suki Jandu
Suki has lived and worked in Yorkshire for the last 20 years in
a range of roles within social housing, regeneration and
regulation. Commencing in a front line housing service role
working with homeless households, Suki has led the successful
development of housing services and new homes, developed projects
improving the quality of life for local people, and currently works
as an independent consultant supporting services managers and
organisational leaders to develop and deliver their strategic
aims.
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Councillor Board Members:
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Barbara Hoyle
Barbara has been a Conservative Councillor in Doncaster since
1999 and serves the Torne Valley Ward. She is a member of the
Overview and Scrutiny Management Board, Healthier Communities
Panel, the Licensing Committee, and is a member of the South
Yorkshire Police Authority Liaison Committee.
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Chris Mills
Chris has been a Councillor for the
Conisbrough and Denaby Ward since 1999. Chris chairs the
Healthier Communities and Vulnerable People Overview and Scrutiny
Panel and sits on the Overview and Scrutiny Management
Committee. Other roles include Chair of Governors at Rowena
Nursery and Infant School, Vice-Chair of De Warenne Academy and a
member of the Governing Body of Dearne Valley College. Chris
has a great interest in housing matters and has held a variety of
responsibilities connected to housing during her period of office
on the Council.
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Deborah Hutchinson
Cllr Hutchinson is a Labour
Councillor and represents the Great North Road Ward which is
Highfields, Scawthorpe, Scawsby, York Road and Cusworth. She
also sits on the panel of Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the
Re-generation and Environment Committee and is a Board Member for
the Great North Road Children's Centre at Scawthorpe. Cllr
Hutchinson works part-time at B&Q and has been employed there
since December 1999.
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