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  • Home
  • Great Day Out
    • ACC Attractions
    • Quarry Cafe
    • Open Farm
    • Events
    • Ticket Prices & Opening Times
    • Annual Memberships
    • Camping
    • Children's Birthday Party
    • FAQ's
    • Find Us
  • Support Services
    • Supported Employment
    • Support Workers Direct
    • Training & Learning
    • Advice & Guidance
    • Gr8 Support
    • Housing >
      • Referral Process
      • Vacancies
    • Support in the Community >
      • Creative Arts Studio
      • LOL - Living Out Loud
    • Care Quality Commission Ratings
    • Safeguarding
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our People
    • Jobs >
      • Current Vacancies
      • Employee Benefits
      • What our Staff Say
    • Volunteering >
      • Meet Our Volunteers
      • Become a Volunteer
      • FAQ's
    • Accounts & Annual Review
    • Campaigns we're fighting for
    • Aldingbourne Trust National Partnership
    • Covid 19 >
      • ​Aldingbourne's Scavenger Hunt
      • Aldingbourne Country Centre
      • MAKE & Gig Buddies
      • No 73 Drop In
      • Supported Living
      • Top Tips
      • Thank You
      • Volunteers
    • Find Us
  • Our Businesses
    • Venue/ Room Hire
    • Long Bench
    • Tree Seat Scheme
    • Gig Buddies Portsmouth >
      • Gig Buddies Application
      • Gig Buddies FAQs
    • Plants@Aldingbourne
    • Wood@Aldingbourne
    • Educational Visits
    • Make
    • Seasons Nursery School
    • Other projects
  • News
    • Aldingbourne Blog
  • Fundraising
    • Donate
    • Fundraising Events
    • Start Fundraising
    • Support a Fundraiser
    • Aldingbourne Lottery
    • Adopt an Animal
    • Join the Friends of AT
  • Online Shop
    • Annual Memberships Product
    • Long Bench Slat
    • Tree Seat Scheme
    • Miscellaneous Services

Our People

The Aldingbourne Trust would be nothing without its people. Staff, volunteers, parents and carers, visitors, customers and the people we support all make us a vibrant award winning charity that’s changing lives for the future.
Our Senior Managment Team
 ​Leading by example is the motto of our senior team and you won’t find a more committed bunch to the Aldingbourne Trust’s goals.

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Sue Livett - Managing Director

Sue joined us in 1997 as General Manager and was appointed Managing Director in 2003. She had previously developed three innovative schemes in the voluntary sector, including supporting women with forensic psychiatric support needs, a parent-led nursery and ex-offender accommodation. Sue has degrees in Psychology and Business Administration and a diploma in Forensic Mental Health and her voluntary work has included prison visiting, supporting people who are alcohol dependent and the Independent Living Association. Sue is currently a Trustee of Bognor Makerspace and Treasurer of the Aldingbourne, Barnham & Eastergate Community Land Trust. 


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Peter Stanley - General Manager

​Peter joined the Trust in 2000, initially as Manager of the Aldingbourne Country Centre and was promoted to General Manager in 2003. He has a background in commercial horticulture and operational management, overseeing considerable business growth, managing major capital projects and developing a nationwide distribution network. Peter has degrees in Applied Biology and Logistics and was winner of the Innovation Champion award from the University of Brighton in 2010.

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Clive Owen – Head of Finance
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​Clive has a degree in Mechanical Engineering, but started his career as a Chartered Accountant with a firm of accountants in the City and later as Finance Manager for a London advertising paper. Following a year travelling through Africa and the Far East, Clive worked in Brussels as Financial Controller for a US law firm before returning to England and working as financial accountant for a building contractor. He joined the Aldingbourne Trust in 2008.

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Gemma Baldwin – Head of HR
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Gemma has joined us as Head of Human Resources, she has 12 years of HR experience within the not-for-profit sector. Gemma is innovative and forward-thinking, in past roles she has embedded a people-centred model of HR, a focus on employee wellbeing and aligned the HR function to the organisational objectives resulting in improved people management outcomes. Gemma is skilled in effective change management, coaching and personal development, mediation and conflict resolution, employee relations and has a thorough knowledge of employment legislation. Gemma has a MSc in Human Resource Management and a Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership.

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Michelle McKinley Bell – Head of Enterprise & Development
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Prior to joining us in 2002, Michelle had a successful career with supermarket multiples as a Training and Personnel Manager, Trading Manager and Customer Service Manager. She initially managed the Acorn, developing a range of community-based projects to support the employment of people with learning disabilities. Now she manages and develops new enterprises within the Trust such as Make and Gig Buddies in Portsmouth,  and is responsible for Marketing and Publicity. Michelle has a Certificate in Management within the Voluntary sector.

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Lu Dash – Head of Support
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Lu joined us in November 2015, taking up the new role of Head of Support. Lu has over 20 years experience working in adult social care, and has for the last 13 years worked in senior management roles for  charities in West Sussex and Surrey developing specialist services for people with learning disabilities and people on the autism spectrum.  Lu has a degree in psychology and a PG Diploma in Leadership and Management. Outside of work, Lu volunteers for Sussex Search Dogs.

VISITING US:
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​Aldingbourne Country Centre - no booking is needed, just turn up!

Open 7 Days a week, 10am - 4pm
Blackmill Lane, Norton
Chichester, West Sussex
PO18 0JP
CONTACT US:
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Country Centre - 01243 542075
Central Office - 01243 544607
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