Our Trustees are the governing body responsible for the overall control and management of QVFR. Together they have a wealth of experience working in charities and communities across the Greater Reading area.
Deborah Jenkins (Chair)
Deborah Jenkins has been a trustee of QVFR’s predecessor charity for over 10 years.
She believes that the expansion of the charity’s remit from assisting the ‘sick poor’ in 1897 to combatting health inequity in 2025 is a natural progression.
She is a trustee of other local charities, including the Earley Charity.
David Hare
In his career life David Hare was involved in Agriculture, he moved into social work, mainly with people who have learning disability and/or autism, and then he helped the Churches in Oxford County work together.
He is the leader of Earley Town Council and Executive member for Adult Services, Health and Wellbeing in Wokingham Borough.
He is on the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) Board of West Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire NHS Integrated Care System and his wife is a GP.
Karen Rowland
Karen Rowland has been a resident of Reading since 2012. She strongly supports the ideals of QVFR and is excited for the future benefits it will bring to those in need. Until 2026 Karen served as the Lead Councillor for Environmental Services and Community Safety at Reading Borough Council.
David Sutton
David Sutton is Vice-Chair of the Earley Charity and a trustee or committee member of several other local charities and community organisations.
He was Leader of Reading Borough Council for 13 years and then Chair of the Board of Reading Buses for 12 years.
For more information see Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sutton_(archivist)
Sara Uren
Sara Uren was a Trustee of QVFR’s predecessor charity for many years and is now very much looking forward to being part of its new direction. She is also a Trustee of Ridgeline Trust, a local charity that provides Horticultural Therapy sessions and she volunteers as an Independent Custody Visitor at a local police station.
She has lived and worked in Reading for over 40 years so knows the area well
Ann Westgarth
Ann has lived in Earley for 35 years and is now retired.
She spent most of her working life in community development and neighbourhood work including at Reading Borough Council and more recently at the University of Reading.
She was responsible for managing the council’s grants to community organisations, overseeing the refurbishment and development of its community halls and buildings, and delivering services in neighbourhoods to support tenant’s groups, after-school clubs and holiday play provision.