Our trustees

Chair – Tony Oliver

Chris Brockway

Chris has been Associate Minister at West Cliff Baptist Church, Bournemouth, since September 2003, with specific responsibility for mission and community outreach.  He has a passion for seeing the local church become more effective in the local community.  Before entering Baptist ministry he worked as an insurance consultant.  Chris is married to Meg and together they have a son, Toby.  

Ben Griffiths

Previously Youth Minister at St Mary’s Longfleet, Poole, Ben has been working Soul Survivor in South Africa.  He trained at London Bible College (now London School of Theology) and has worked with families and young people since graduating.  He brings an awareness of youth culture, international poverty and HIV/AIDS crisis and family life in 21^st century life, and has a passion for seeing Christians demonstrate their faith in action.  He is also a trustee for The Bulgarian Support Fund, and a godparent with Kairos Wing in the Verne Prison.

Jackie Leswell

An ordained officer of the Salvation Army, who has worked in Warwickshire and London (10 years), Jackie is currently in charge at Parkstone. She has always been involved in community projects run by the Salvation Army, working with local churches and communities and has a passion to see the ‘church in the community’, the church with no walls.

Allan Simmons

Born and raised in the Bournemouth area, Allan specialised in farming and estate accountancy/consultancy for over thirty years and has many years’ experience of charity and school governance, including being Vice Chairman of Governors at Castle Court School, a governor of Canford School, a trustee of Christian Ministries and of Wootton Grange Charitable Trust.  He is also Secretary to Snaresbrook College Ltd and to the Church Council of Christ Church Westbourne; a Deanery Synod member, a business consultant and has been heavily involved in the funding and development of an orphanage and community centre in Varna, Bulgaria.  He was also High Sheriff of Dorset in 2004-5.

Dawn Cuthbertson

A former teacher and headmistress, Dawn also has experience of mission and community work in South Africa.  Now officially retired, Dawn is a trustee of Kingham Hill Trust (overseeing Oakhill Theological College and Kingham Hill School) as well as actively involved in church life at St Mary’s Longfleet, Poole - prayer ministry, leadership of small groups, Alpha courses, mentoring and preaching.

^{Alan Hogg}

Before retirement Alan was Director of Lifelong Learning at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. He was also Chair of the Dorset branch of Aimhigher, which attempts to raise educational aspirations of poor children. He is now Vice Chair of governors at the Bishop of Winchester School, having joined the Governing Body when that school was taken over by the Church of England in 2004. He is a member of the Deanery Synod and worships at Holy Epiphany in North Bournemouth, where he is also a member of the Parochial Church Council.