IRGH Patrons and Officers
In April 2011 Grove House merged with Ian Rennie Hospice at Home to form Ian Rennie Grove House Hospice Care. The newly formed charity will reach out to more patients across a wider area. You can read more about the merger here.
IRGH Patrons
Grove House is grateful to the following Patrons for their continued help and support.
- Mr John Bly
- Mr Bill Giles OBE
- Mrs Cheryl Gillan MP
- Lady Joan Heath
- RT Hon The Countess Howe
- Mr John Humphrys
- Mr David Laing
- Mr Martyn Lewis CBE
- Mr Tom McNab
- Mr Geoffrey Palmer OBE
- Mr Graham Poll
- Ms Pauline Quirke
- Ms Esther Rantzen CBE
- Prof Karol Sikora
- Mr Alan Smith
- Lady Dione The Countess Of Verulam DL
- John The Viscount Thurso MP
- Mr Bill Turnbull
- Mr Peter Drury
IRGH Trustees
The Charities Act 1993 defines charity trustees as "persons having the general control and management of the administration of a charity".
Trustees are the people who are responsible for the overall running and management of a charity and oversee all the major decisions on behalf of that charity. They are the voting members of the charity's governing body.
Trustees are legally and financially responsible if they cause loss to the charity by acting unlawfully, imprudently or outside terms of government document.
For more information please visit the Charities Commission website.
Mr Steve Cuthbert, CBE
Chairman Of Trustees-
Mrs Elaine Coleridge-Smith
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Mrs Hester Gabbutt
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Ms Jackie Fowler
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Dr Susan M Jordache
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Mrs Lesley King
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Mr Christopher Langford
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Mr David Lowbridge
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Mr Peter Morrell Murphy
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Mr David John Parkins
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Dr Philip Sawyer
Executive Team
Mark Lister
Chief ExecutiveRobert Breakwell
Business Development DirectorSue Varvel
Director of Nursing and Clinical ServicesGillian Barnett
Director of Fundraising and MarketingPaul Parrish
Deputy Director of FundraisingTrisha Pickersgill
Director of Finance and Support ServicesFran Deane
Deputy Director of Clinical ServicesJane Westall
Deputy Director of Nursing
I'm Paul Parrish, the Fundraising Director for Grove House, and when I'm not doing that, I try to offset the march of time by taking part in endurance events and looking after a young family, both of which seem to make me feel a whole lot older...