Our Chair, Sherrel Fikeis
I have lived in Telford & Wrekin for the past 35 years. In that time I have worked with Local Government, West Mercia Police and the NHS in a number of different roles. My background is Adult and Social care, Psychotherapy and Inclusion
I founded an award winning and nationally recognised day centre which ran for over 20 years, at the time I was not happy with the way adult social care was approached, and I wanted to create a centre that could actually make a difference to the lives of young adults. I also worked as a Psychotherapist both privately and for the Council. In my role for the council I specialised in helping people get back to work. I have also spent 5 years working for the West Mercia Police and Crime Commission trying to repair bridges and improve the public face of West Mercia Police. Since retiring from this I have spent the last few years working as a trustee for a number of charities, for example: The Citizen’s Advice Bureau and a Director for the award winning Tribe Project, which is bringing an exciting new look at how Adult Care is administered at home and the proven solutions to Health and Social care.
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Mark Austin
Mark is a recently retired Deputy Headteacher of a large East London Primary School. Mark has worked in teacher training with both the University of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin University aa both a Training Advisor and Senior Learning Mentor respectively. He has also worked as a Consultant/Trainer in safeguarding and SEND for a large teacher recruitment and training agency in London. Since retiring and moving back to Telford, his home town, Mark is Vice Chair of Governors of two Telford schools and Chairs a Governor's Committee at another Telford school. Mark also sits on Telford and Wrekin's Admissions and Exclusions panel and is a member of the Borough's Ageing Well Strategy.
Tom Kane
Served in the Royal Air Force for 30 years as a aircraft engineer. Started wearing Hearing Aid in 2000, qualified as a Lipreading teacher in 2005. Harley is my second hearing dog I’ve had him 9 years. The Rottweiler for the hearing impaired community. Owner of Deafnable Ltd. Chairman of Shropshire Cricket Official Association. Volunteer for Independent Living Centre, Hearing dogs, Shropshire Cricket. Tutor for Shropshire Community Resources. As a veteran always on the lookout to help other veterans in all aspects
Chris Fox
David Bell
Past Board papers
We make the papers for our public Board meetings available online. We also publish a summary of what was discussed. Check out our past meetings to read more.
Recruiting for Board members
We are currently recruiting for new Advisory Board members!