Meet the team

BAVO's staff team

Chief Executive - Heidi Bennett

Admin Support Worker (Reception) - Andrea Queeley

Brokerage Support Officer - Julia Andrews

Communications and Marketing Officer - Jane Hall

Community Companions Development Officer - Sian Thomas

Community Navigator - Gail Devine

Community Navigator - Geraint Hannaford

Community Navigator - Rhodri Powell

Community Navigator - Nigel Rees

Community Navigator - Jodie Williams

Community Navigator East Cluster - Mair Jones

Community Navigator (MASH) - Jackie Prosser

Finance Officer - Kathryn Jones

Funding Support Worker (Caerau) - Alex Bowen

Grants Administration and Monitoring - Ceri Reeves

Health and Social Care Facilitator - Rebecca Hoskin

Link-UP Project Development Officer- Suzanne Chisholm

Operations and Partnerships Manager - Kay Harries

Resilient Communities Project Manager - Stuart Burge-Jones

Resilient Communities Development Officer - Tracy Beall

Super Agers Volunteering Development Officer - Fiona Burlingham

Third Sector Development Officer - Angela Davies

Third Sector Development Officer - Claire Emanuel

Training and Development Officer - Deb Evans

Volunteering Development Officer - Sharon Headon

BAVO's Trustees

Steve Curry (Chair) - Consultant and Chief Officer, Gloucester CVS

Marged Griffiths (Vice Chair) – National Governance Manager at Mudiad Meithrin

Clive Owen - Cruse Bereavement Morgannwg

Mari Major, MBE - Morgannwg Endeavour Charitable Trust

Richard Young – Cabinet Member Communities (Bridgend County Borough Council) and Mental Health Matters Wales

Contact us

For further details, contact BAVO, T: 01656 810400 or E: [email protected]

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