Our people
Anna-Clare Temple
Chief Executive
Deborah Saw
Head of Operations
Gillian Armitstead
Administration and Communications Officer
Laura Dobson
Senior Project Manager
Armed Forces Community Programme, Wiltshire & Hampshire
Sarah Doherty
Project Manager
Armed Forces Community Programme, North of England
Dana Meakin-Bainbridge
Lived Experience Facilitator, 'Step ToGetHer' Women's Peer Mentoring Programme
Armed Forces Community Programme
Sally Houlihan
Volunteer Coordinator, Thrive Together Partnership
Armed Forces Community Programme, North West
Helen Kington
Senior Project Manager
Justice Programme, Bristol
Mel Head
Women’s 'For My Future' Project Manager & Allotment Lead
Justice Programme & Young People's Programme, Bristol
Abbie Sumsion
Allotment Assistant
Young People's Programme, Bristol
Alice Abrahams
Project Manager
Young People's Programme, Bristol
Jack Waters
Men’s 'For My Future' Project Manager
Justice Programme
Paul Riding
Project Manager
Young People's Programme, Dumfries & Galloway
Paul joined Step Together volunteering in May 2024, having worked with young people for eighteen years in a variety of roles, including delivering groupwork and one-to-one support in schools and mentoring with youth justice. In addition to his role with Step Together Volunteering, as Project Manager of our Young People's project in Dumfries & Galloway, Paul works part-time with Dumfries Council on the Personal Pathway programme, supporting young people in schools as well as parents and families. He has extensive experience of working with autistic and neurodiverse young people and in his spare time, Paul enjoys his role as a football coach, mountain biking and spending time with his family.
Founder and Lifetime President
Roger Potter (MBE)
Roger founded World Wide Volunteering, now re-named Step Together Volunteering, in 1994. Roger was Director of World Wide Volunteering until 2006 and was a member of the UK National Task Force for the European Voluntary Service scheme. He is currently the Chairman of the Britain-Nepal Society. His early career was spent in secondary education and he was principal of a large London Sixth Form College.
Patron
Deborah Poole
Board of Trustees
Jamie Shearer ACA
Chair
Scharmarie van de Vyver
Treasurer
Maurice Clarke
Holly Meacham
Mary Mawhinney
Tracy Fraisse
Lee Botterill