About Us

The Trustees

Ken Charnock
Chair
Ken is a Group IT Director for a Frozen Food Retailer.
Ken used to run 2 charities before COVID struck, providing gifts to underprivileged children at Christmas (via Surestart) and also assisting Trident (Erewash) by obtaining household goods to help ease abused families moving into emergency accommodation.

Su Charnock
General Secretary
Su is a Senior HR Specialist for a leading independent technology and services provider.
Su has many years experience working with Special Needs children and also a local Food Bank.

Abbie-Joy Charnock
Trustee
Abbie works for the Nottingham NHS Trust as an Outpatients Co-ordinator (Gastroentology).
Abbie-Joy is a book worm, and gained her Upper Second-Class Honours at Lincoln University in 2018. Abbie has gained lots of experience with decision making and client consideration within her professional life which is invaluable for the charity.

Josie Fantam
Volunteer
Josie works as a Health & Social Care Assistant for a Residential home.
Josie has many years experience in client care, decision making and social media and is behind all the posts you will find about our work Facebook, Instagram and X (formally Twitter).

Jacqui Hamnett
Volunteer
Jacqui works as a Head of Care for a Residential home.
Jacqui has an extensive management knowledge including over 30 years of professional care.
Jacqui is very good in meetings, gathering information and ensuring guidelines are adhered to in all activities in both her professional life, and for the charity.

Percy
Mascot
Percy is our beloved mascot for The Gift Tree and our division, Little Branches. He will be here, there and everywhere, telling you about what is happening with the charity, good news stories, announcements and anything else that is important. Percy also keeps an eye on our other mascots for our other divisions, Paws & Claws and Winter Warmth.
Percy wants us to tell you all that it isnt the Trustees who do the work for this charity, its Percy!!

Pip
Mascot
Pip is our mascot for Paws & Claws, our division that is dedicated in helping our friends at The Pet Vet in Bilborough.
Pip knows how dedicated they all are and is thankful for their help and expertise in helping save the life of his closest friend.
Pip will keep you updated with what is required to assist them in providing the best possible care and also, make sure that they have the right equipment to make any other pets as comfortable as possible.

Pearl
Mascot
Pearl helps us look after another of our divisions, Winter Warmth.
Pearl knows how hard it is to keep warm and fed in the winter. Keeping warm costs a lot more than it used to and she will be asking you all to help where you can in donating warm clothes, blankets and tinned food to ensure that our older generation have the tools they need to keep warm and healthy.
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