Our Trustees serve voluntarily and pro bono; they have particular responsibility for strategy, quality, compliance, governance and oversight of management. They make sure we comply with legislation and all relevant regulations, and are responsible for safeguarding our assets. Finally, they are our advocates and ambassadors.
Meet our Trustees
Andrew Glover – Chair
Andrew is an experienced business leader having founded and run a number of IT and Telecoms businesses. Andrew also has a variety of charity experience from being churchwarden and treasurer at various Cambridge churches and is currently chair of Faith in Business.
His experience of caring comes from involvement in looking after parents and in-laws as well as seeing the impact on friends and colleagues.
Andrew is looking forward to helping Caring Together Charity to build on its strong foundations as it strives to reach and support even more unpaid carers.
Andrew can be contacted at andrew.glover@caringtogether.org
Steve Scott – Honorary Treasurer
Steve brings 30 years of commercial and financial experience gained in the UK, USA and further afield. Originally from Aberdeen, Steve moved to the region in 2000 with his family and has been made to feel very welcome. A fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Steve has enjoyed a successful career working with the likes of Anglian Water and Travelex. A recent addition to the Board, Steve is looking forward to supporting his fellow Trustees and to giving back to the wider community.
Mark Blake
Mark brings significant charity and commercial experience to the charity, having held a number of senior finance leadership roles in the charity sector over the last 20 years, including over eight years in a disability support organisation, bringing knowledge of the social care and social housing markets to his role as a Trustee for Caring Together Charity. Mark’s director-level experience spanning finance, HR, IT, legal and governance, as well as various change management roles, coupled with an appetite for continuous learning and development, will bring sector knowledge and experience to the Board.
Mark is keen to contribute to the support to unpaid carers that Caring Together Charity provides, recognising the increasing demand in a challenging health and social care environment.
Kate Hepton
Kate brings a wealth of experience having served as a Senior Nurse Leader in the NHS for 24 years. Her experience in various clinical, operational and transformation leadership roles demonstrates her passion for high quality safe care for people in need and supports the development of those that provide it.
“I became a Trustee for Caring Together due to my desire to be involved in supporting carers outside of my NHS role and was inspired by Caring Togethers values and vision”.
Anita Pisani
Anita has over 30 years’ experience of working in the NHS and has been a Board member on a variety of different NHS Boards since 2004. She is currently Deputy Chief Executive and Workforce Director at Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, where she has held this role since 2012.
She has significant experience of working across different health and care systems and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She is looking forward to working with us at Caring Together as she is passionate about providing support to carers across our local communities and has some first-hand experience of seeing the important role that carers play, through her work in the health service. She also has some personal experience of being a carer and has been a Trustee previously with another local charity.
Donna Talbot
Donna has been Chief Executive of Emmaus Cambridge since September 2023, having previously spent more than a decade at Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. With extensive leadership and management experience, she is passionate about people and committed to making a positive difference to individuals and their communities. Donna, as Chair of the Fundraising Committee, champions the importance of fundraising. Celebrating it as a powerful mechanism for those to show appreciation of the work of Caring Together Charity while recognising its increasing role in creating financial sustainability. Donna remains driven in helping to raise awareness to ensure support for the incredible and tireless work of unpaid carers.
Committees
The Board has established three Committees to oversee critical elements of our operations:
- The Finance and Audit Committee (FAC) which is chaired by Steve Scott; its other members are Mark Blake, Stuart Evans, and Donna Talbot. It is supported by our Director of Finance. View the Terms of Reference.
- The Quality Service and Delivery (QSD) Committee which is chaired by Anita Pisani; its other member is Kate Hepton. It is supported by our Director of Operations. View the Terms of Reference.
- The Fundraising Committee which is chaired by Donna Talbot; its other member is Stuart Evans. It is supported by our Head of Fundraising and Communications. View the Terms of Reference.
The Terms of Reference of these Committees are initially approved by the full Board and are subsequently kept under regular review. Their meetings are reported back to the full Board, and our Chief Executive, Miriam Martin, routinely attends meetings of all Committees.
The Trustees comprise the Board of Directors of Caring Together Charity (Registered in England and Wales number 4379948, Registered Charity Number 1091522).
Join our Board of Trustees
If you woud like to help shape the future for unpaid carers, we are looking to strengthen our Board with new Trustees to help deliver our ambitious 2026–29 strategy. Download our Trustee Recruitment Pack to find out more about joining us.
