The NCRC team brings together staff and supported volunteers who deliver the charity’s projects across West Berkshire and North Hampshire. They run community furniture reuse schemes, training workshops and horticultural activities, helping vulnerable adults and young people to develop skills, gain independence and access essential household goods.
Kelvin Hughes
Chief Executive
Kelvin has served as Chief Executive since June 2004. He has played a central role in developing the charity’s work across furniture re-use, accredited training, community support and inclusive projects for people with disabilities and those in crisis. With a background in leadership and social development, he has helped shape the charity into a well-established local organisation serving West Berkshire and North Hampshire.
Before joining NCRC Kelvin worked as Managing Director of a national traffic management company having previously spent eight years working in Africa for a number of NGO’s and UN agencies on humanitarian relief programmes in conflict zones.
Our senior team
Sharon Chapman
Project Manager, Growing 2gether
Jo Exelby
Head of Finance & Administration
Joe McKay
Project Manager, Training & Community Support
Christine Newman
Project Manager, Community Furniture Project (Newbury)
Phelim O’Hagan
Project Manager, Community Furniture Project (Basingstoke)
Ann Shepley
Fundraising & Marketing Manager
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