Our trustees are at the heart of our trust, steering Waddow Hall towards a new, brighter and secure future.

Meet the Team………..

  • Chair of Trustees

    Janet is a retired Lancashire County Council Headteacher and Education Adviser. She has a Bachelor of Education Degree with Honours and an NVQ5 in Business Management.

    She has been Chair of Waddow’s Management Committee and more recently, Chair of Friends of Waddow. She is currently Chair of the Waddow Heritage Group. She has been Girlguiding County Commissioner for Lancashire South-East County. She was a Queen’s Guide and has more recently been presented with the Laurel Award, for service to Girlguiding.

    Janet is fully committed to driving through the changes necessary to take Waddow forward as a Centre of outstanding provision, providing adventurous experiences for young people and adults of all ages. She values the unique opportunities Waddow can offer and, whilst supporting the need to keep what it does well, she will also seek to promote, develop and broaden that scope in the future.

    Janet has a background specialising in Management and Leadership. As an Adviser she was a key member of Lancashire’s Monitoring and Intervention Team. She has a broad knowledge of change management and is a strategic thinker. She has a hands-on, down-to -earth approach and is results orientated.

  • Trustee

    Lynne is the Business Manager for the Pankhurst Trust, a charity in Manchester that specialises in women’s equality and domestic abuse services. She has been with the organisation for 11 years and now oversees the Finance, HR, Buildings, IT and administration functions. Lynne has a foundation degree in Charity and Social Enterprise Management as well as Level 4 AAT.

    Lynne has a lifetime of charity and volunteering experience and is currently the Treasurer for Friends of Waddow, Girlguiding Lancashire South East and Friends of Clarence Park in Bury. She is a firm believer in the power of the outdoors to positively impact on mental and physical health. Former roles include a number of leadership and outdoor Guiding roles and Secretary of the Waddow Heritage Group.

    Lynne believes that securing Waddow Hall as a centre for adventure, cultural and social experiences is vital to existing and potential stakeholders irrespective of age, ability or background. She is committed to building on the excellence of the current provision and opening Waddow up to new audiences including the local community.

  • Trustee

    Lynn is a retired local government official who worked for 27 years in Adult Social Care

    Born in South Shields her introduction to Girl Guiding was at the age of 4 when she was introduced to Brownies one evening, she gained her Queen’s Guide Award at 16 and has never left since. She has 56 years service as a Girlguiding Leader

    Her current local role as Chair of the Management Committee of her local campsite and she served on the Waddow Management Group and is currently Chair of Friends of Waddow.

    In May of 2023 when Girlguiding announced that it was proposing to close Waddow, Lynn did not hesitate to look for a way forward to continue the valuable legacy that Waddow has handed down to many generations of Guide members and other organisations such as schools, youth groups and the wider community. Lynn is fully committed to the task in hand to develop Waddow Hall Trust for todays young people and future generations.

  • Trustee

    Richard’s experience of Waddow Hall began in 2006 where he took his Cubs and Beavers for their first ever night away with 1st Clitheroe Scouts. The relationship has continued since then, with multiple Cub, Scout and Explorer events, days, camps availing themselves of the amazing asset which is Waddow Hall.

    Richard’s professional background is in engineering and production management. For 17 years he worked in the brick industry, then following a career change, he moved into Industrial Energy Consulting, working alongside many household names, to better understand and improve the efficiency of their operations.

    He now work for a water utility, developing more efficient ways of operating waste and water treatment sites.

    Outside of work, scouting has been Richard’s main interest, helping set up a group, leading Cub, Scout and Explorer sections, membership of the trustee board for both District and County Scout Councils, and currently Group Scout Leader.

    He is passionate about Waddow Hall and intends to contribute to its continuing success.

  • Trustee

    Ros has worked in the Hospitality Industry since leaving school (a long time ago).

    Her experience spans a diverse range of sectors, including hotels, conference venues, sports venues and stadiums and Higher Education.

    She has worked for the Engineering Employers Federation and for East Lancs Chamber of Commerce adding to her experience in business management.

    A highlight for Ros was working as General Manager of Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Sport Englands’ Flagship Venue, Ros oversaw change management across the teams and development of a commercial culture. At the same time, being commercial lead for Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre and supported integration of Holme Pierrepont Country Park National Watersports Centre into the National Centres Cluster.

    Most recently, Ros has led the Hospitality Team at Lancaster University, leading the year-round provision of the safe delivery of food services across campus for students and staff, for conference business and university events. Subsequently and additionally leading the conference team as well.

    During her time at Lancaster University, Ros was an active member of The University Caterers Organisation, joining the team as a non-executive board member.

    Ros will bring skill sets to the Waddow Hall Trust which range through networking at all levels within business and with the general public. A Commercial acumen - including business planning, risk management and change management.

    Ros is adept at challenging and questioning, to understand the aims and necessary actions needed to reach the end goal. This will help with her enthusiasm to support maintaining Waddow Hall for the community, Youth Groups but to move forward to provide Inspiration and Development Opportunities for all.

    Ros was brought up attending both Brownies and Guides, with her mother setting these up in the village where she grew up in Lincolnshire. Both her children attended activities at Waddow Hall.

  • Trustee

    Brian is a company director for a regional property maintenance business.He lives in Clitheroe.

    On leaving school he gained a sponsorship with the National Computing Centre and completed a diploma in Information Technology. He joined Leyland Vehicles working as a computer programmer in the late 70’s.

    Brian worked in various business during the 80’s and took on the role as IT director for a division of The Coats Group in the late 80’s.

    In the 90’s, Brian moved into consultancy working with companies in France, Germany and the UK.

    In the early 00’s he joined a property maintenance company and has been in the industry ever since.

    Now he owns a commercial property maintenance business and works with clients such as The Range, JD Sports, The National Trust, Forestry England, Marriott hotels and Holiday Inn. He is keen to use the business marketing skills he has developed in this new role.

    Brian’s vision for Waddow is to ensure it remains a safe, accessible and inclusive facility for future generations to enjoy.

  • Trustee

    Di retired several years ago, having spent her whole career in Education, initially as a PE teacher and more recently as a Head Teacher of a Pupil Referral Unit. She is still involved in education as the Chair of a Governing body at a Local Primary school. Having retired from a paid job, she now volunteers at an Eco Market where waste food is collected from supermarkets and given it to the needy. She is also involved in a project making survival sheets for the homeless out of used crisp packets!

    She has many roles in Girlguiding and is a Unit Leader and trainer for NEE. She has just finished her term of office as County Commissioner in Durham South . As Commissioner, she was on the board of Trustees for a short period of time.

    She has been an active member of Girlguiding since the age of 10, belonging to one of the few Air Ranger units in the country, many years ago. This enabled her to take part in flying and gliding adventures- which was certainly an experience.

    Di has retained her love of the outdoors and adventures, and feels strongly that today's girls should experience adventure and the outdoors in a safe, caring environment. Di can't wait for Waddow to be back doing what it does best and will be 'doing HER best' to get there !

  • Trustee

    Katie is a Human Resources Business Partner at Anthony Nolan, a charity dedicated to saving and improving the lives of people with blood cancer. She has been with Anthony Nolan for a number of years and previous to this held a number of strategic roles in the NHS. Katie is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and holds BSc and PGDip degrees. Outside of the world of work Katie is a keen traveller and allotment holder.

    Hailing originally from West Lancashire and now residing in South London, Katie has volunteered in a number of sectors including youth and the arts since 2006, acknowledging the benefits of these areas for both local and wider communities.

    Waddow has been a part of Katie’s life for over 30 years in various ways, and she is thrilled to now be in the position to give back to not only secure Waddow Hall for the future, but to ensure that it thrives to allow even more people have the opportunity to access such a vital resource and place of adventure, learning, friendship and more.