About Water for Kids
Board of Trustees
Water for Kids has six trustees and two co-opted member, see below. The
Board of Trustees meets 3 - 4 times a year and holds telephone conferences
between meetings. Its role is to make decisions on how the charity should
operate, allocate funds and it charts the progress of projects to ensure
that they are on course for completion within budget. The way we operate
is set down in the Water for Kids' constitution,
which was revised in June 2008.
Stephen Young - Chairman, Co-opted Trustee.
I qualified as an EHO in the LB Lewisham in 1978 but shortly moved to Bath to practise and to follow my soon to be bride, Janet. There I became involved in the activities of the local branch of the professional body, the CIEH, eventually becoming a Fellow and Chairman of its Council in 2000/2001. More importantly, I discovered the anarchic talents of David and Stewart the founders of Water for Kids. They showed me the overwhealming needs of children in the emerging world and I started to learn how to make changes for the better from them. I have since visited and helped to lead some projects in Peru, India, Tanzania and Uganda. I am now honoured to be serving my second term as chairman of WfK's excellent and energetic trustees.
I am now retired from local government, where like flotsam (or is it jetsam?) I rose to be Head of Public Protection, having wrestled with some success against cancer of my oesophagus. My interests (some would say "obsessions") include West Ham United and Bob Dylan and, of course, Water for Kids."
Natasha Franklin - Founder trustee
Natasha was one of the founder members of the Charity. Natasha is one
of two Trustees leading on the Zambia water projects. She first visited
Africa in 1980 with the International Voluntary Service as a short-term
volunteer. The awareness of public health issues developed at this time
was one of the inspirations for her to become an Environmental Health
Officer. She now works as a Principal EHO for Bury Metropolitan Borough
Council.
Jason Cox - Treasurer, Trustee
Jason's working background is within the commercial technology sector
rather than environmental/public health but also he has some financial
training which is very useful in his current role with the Charity, being
Treasurer. When he was younger he lived in Zambia for five years and South
Africa for two years and so is very aware of the hardships that the people
face everyday when living in remote areas.
Contact: treasurer@waterforkids.org
Sara Emanuel - Secretary
I became involved in Water for Kids in 2005 as it was just the sort of charity I wanted to be part of. To my surprise, I accompanied Natasha on a trip to Zambia within weeks of becoming a trustee; then I was hooked. The two of us still jointly lead on projects in Zambia. I also work on publicity and communications for Water for Kids, which includes maintaining the website.
I have been an EHO for many years, mostly working to improve private sector housing in London. I managed the housing section of LB Islington’s Environmental Health Service until 2006, when I became a part time consultant working for Local Government Regulation, amongst others.
Peter Minhinnett - Trustee
Peter first experienced Africa, when he worked in Zambia for 3 years
including working on a WHO Smallpox Eradication programme and the protection
of water supplies. He now works as an Environmental Health Practitioner
(EHP) and Consultant and is very involved in links with Uganda. His
experiences of the needs of a developing country have led to his efforts
in strengthening links between Health Professionals from the UK with
their peers in the developing world. He facilitates annual Commonwealth
Scholarships awarded to African colleagues to experience working in
the UK. In the last 4 years he has led four study tours, supported by
WFK, to Uganda involving over 80 people; many of them EHPs. These tours
have involved working with Ugandan colleagues and communities on health
related projects such as protecting water sources using WFK funds.
Greg Warwick - Trustee
Greg currently works at Mendip District Council. He met the founding Trustees of Water for Kids whilst working at Bedford District Council where he qualified as an EHO. Having travelled extensively in the developing world, he decided to use his Environmental Health skills to assist the charity in its work overseas and has travelled abroad with the charity to Zambia and Peru.
As a long standing Trustee he has been the contact for projects in Peru, currently overseeing Rwanda, and joint contact for projects in Kenya. Currently working in the Finance and Field work sub groups of the charity.
Away from WFK, Greg supports Queens Park Rangers and the music of Bruce Springsteen.
Carey Minhinnett - Adminstrator
Carey first went to Africa when Peter was working in Zambia in the 1970s. Her love of Africa and its people continues and she has enjoyed being administrator for Water for Kids for the past four years. She has been to Uganda six times and visited our water projects and seen the wonderful benefits to the local people there. Her background is in art & design, also with experience in office administration, which helps her to promote Water for Kids, keep in touch with our members, supporters and fundraisers and look after our admin needs.
Contact: administrator@waterforkids.org
