Trevor Burchick MBE has been involved in a range of community activity and networks for over a decade. It began following relocation to Manchester, England, where his new role as Training Manager came complete with responsibility for community affairs, a key part of Unilever's corporate social responsibility programme. This led to extensive networking with many agencies across Greater Manchester and set him off on a new journey. Since then Trevor has worked as a management consultant focusing on people related organisational development issues, project management, manufacturing process improvement and management development training. Trevor is an assessor and internal verifier for the UK's National Vocational Qualification system and a Director of Proud City Co-op, an accredited centre for City & Guilds of London and Institute of Leadership and Management qualifications. He is a joint author of a unique City and Guilds qualification for enabling and rewarding community activity, 'An Individual Profile in Active Citizenship'.

Trevor worked with a national team at the Home Office to develop a national framework for Active Learning for Active Citizenship. As part of his quest to increase active citizenship participation, Trevor is developing an out reach programme with corporate sponsors to enable active citizenship programmes in such as rural areas where there are no funding or support programmes. Trevor has a particular interest in pre-retirement programmes and other applications for the ‘Individual Profile in Active Citizenship’ as a business development tool for City and Guilds accredited centres. Above all he has a firm belief in people and their abilities to do great things.

In 2007 Trevor received the MBE, for services to the communities of Greater Manchester and in addition he was made an honorary member of City and Guilds in recognition for his work with the City and Guilds team over a number of years on the iPAC (An individual Profile in Active Citizenship).

During 2007 Michael James Felse received prestigious honorary membership of the UK's leading vocational, assessing, testing and qualifying body - City & Guilds of London in recognition of his personal contributions to vocational education, training and assessment over many years. Michael is qualified as assessor, verifier and adult trainer, awarded the Social Enterprise Fellowship by the School for Social Entrepreneurs and has been a presenter at Together We Can, Young Lives and Active Citizenship seminars.

Leaving school at 15 his trade became Coal Miner and he challenged the working class system by making his way to technical college evening classes, gaining new skills in Business Studies and winning their Springfield Prize for effective presentation and his outstanding achievement in Health and Safety research.

When the coal mines closed in the 1970s he changed direction to create a quality Information Technology training centre for redundant miners and their families. He developed exceptional abilities for grant applications, including in 1997 securing a million pounds to re-build the community centre in a hard hit Yorkshire mining village. At this time he held responsibility for growinging social enterprise units at the £4million refurbished Mexborough Business Centre.

Michael is pioneering the Future-Builders England investment enterprise based on his personal proven belief that all active citizens are capable of progressing through action learning, mentoring and recognition of their taking part. Miner to Community Champion probably makes Michael the proudest mentor in the UK where he continues to be at the coal face of community empowerment and learning for life, through the roll out of the Individual Profile in Active citizenship.

Bernadette Wright was born and bred in Salford and has lived through much change, including having seen many developments. A responsible, caring and community minded soul, Bernadette was raised in a Coronation Street style house, near the old docks, with four sisters and 2 brothers in a very strong and friendly community environment and describes these early years as some of the best in her life. This same area is now rapidly becoming part of the famous Salford Quays development and soon to be home for the BBC. Bernadette is passionate about her community and its local history and has repeatedly demonstrated a thorough understanding of community cohesion in regeneration.

Following her heart, Bernie established a new social enterprise called LHARA ‘Local History and Regeneration Awareness’, a community engagement process, using digital photography to capture and engage with the regeneration processes locally and with other groups, making her a well known character with many Greater Manchester voluntary organisations. During this period Bernie earned a valued place at the first Regen School in Sheffield, where she found an honest, supportive and inspiring environment that was to enable a re-energised, more confident Bernie. This was followed by a new adventure with the School for Social Entrepreneurs in the North West, which itself opened up new influential networks and a wealth of opportunities and experiences that led to her role in the development of the iPAC ‘Individual Profile in Active Citizenship’. Guided by mentors and with much understanding and learning gained from many experiences, she joined Proud City Co-op to develop the volunteers' network.

Health Service and Action Learning Consultant

Stephen Young is a Learning and Development Consultant with a varied portfolio of work across the health, social care and voluntary sector. A nurse by profession, Stephen has worked mainly in the field of mental health as a senior manager and a clinician with extensive experience of project management, working with both local communities and statutory organisations in innovative and creative ways.

He is a Registered Mental Nurse (RMN), a Registered General Nurse (RGN) and holds an MSC by Action Learning and Research.  He is currently undertaking a PhD by Action Learning and Research.

He has a passion for supporting people to realise their aspirations and dreams.  Amongst his most treasured achievements are:  He supported the development and pilot of an Active Citizenship Programme; He realised a vision created by mental health service users for a holistic approach to mental health and well being, resulting in the Creative Living Centre; He project managed the development of The Angel a healthy living initiate that grew as a result of listening to local people; He is the chairman of MIND’S Real Lives Real People awards panel that distributed one million pound to people with mental health problems to learn new skills and achieve personal goals that can help them and others in their community; He supported the development of and facilitated the action learning programme for the Salford School for Social Entrepreneurs that supported local people to realise their dreams.

Management Development Consultant

Ann Walters

Ann Walters is an experienced manager, trainer, coach and facilitator with much experience of developing, leading and motivating teams to achieve objectives. Ann has a wide range of relevant qualifications and has lived and breathed national standards from when they were first introduced. She is an NLP Master Business Practitioner and a former group training manager for the John Lewis group and a wide breadth of experience in business adivsory roles. Ann says:   

"I’m always surprised when I consider how long I’ve been training people – over 25 years! Some of that time I worked with an Industrial Training Board, some of that time I was the National Training Manager for a chain of department stores and for over 11 years I have run my own company – doing it my way".

"My way is quite simple really ……… to help people progress and learn by taking an active part in their development. It’s no secret that if people have fun whilst doing something (anything) they will get the most from it. So that’s what Arc is all about – take part, have fun and learn!!".

"There is nothing more satisfying than someone revitalising and increasing their skills along with their confidence to use them in the workplace. I enjoy what I do – my specialist areas are the ‘soft’ skills – such as train the trainer, leadership, motivation, delegation. I personally don’t ‘do sums’ nor do I profess to be a legal expert – but I know someone who can!  We therefore have a number of quality assured associates who work with us when required. If  I can make a difference I will – if I can’t I’ll tell you".

 Voluntary & Community Sector Consultant

Louise Englefield, has over 20 yearsof front line and strategic experience in the voluntary and community sector and in particular diversity and inclusion. Currently she is a director of a social enterprise called Pride Sports and has pioneered a number of ground breaking programmes, such as Positively Healthy, an activity programme for HIV+ men. A programme that is much admired around the country and will be extended to other groups. 

Lousie is a football coach and coaches a young women's football team and plays a leading role in organising an annual international multi-sport event called Pridegames. 

"There is nothing I enjoy more than helping people to develop and grow and I get a real buzz about helping new community groups get organised and find their feet"

PA to Proud City and Spiritual Consultant

Jill Birkinshaw has worked for many years as a PA in a variety of organisations, including the private, public and voluntary sectors. In recent years, Jill has gianed much experience in the Health sector working within a Primary Care Trust and has an enormous amount of experience that can benefit Proud City's programme delivery and not least our successful Health Trainers development programme.

In addition to her many business skills, Jill has a wide knowledge and experince of alrternative therapies, including stones, crystals, hypnotherapy and mediumship, plus she is a Rieki practitioner. 

"I can help people in stressful roles, such as Health Trainers, to learn to protect themselves from negativie energies they may encounter and help them learn new ways to relax and energise themselves" 

 Financial Consultant

Wendy Birch has a rich breadth of experience in private, public sector and especially in social enterprises, coupled with a deserved reputation for thoroughness, achievement and an excellent team motivator -no stone will remain unturned.   

As an avid gardener and DIY expert, it is even more amazing that Wendy has found time practice Rieki and makes helps form a formidable team when working with Jill.

 

Young Persons Adviser

Stacey Sheldon was Proud City's youngest iPAC achiever, starting the programme when she was only fourteen years old. A keen community activist, Stacey assited the development of the iPAC by enabling a young person's perspective and being able to live both the school experience of active citizenship in the curriculum and the very personal, action learning route that makes up the iPAC journey.

"active citizenship at school all happens in the classroom, but the iPAC really is about doing things for yourself and getting out into my community, it's miles better"

Media Adviser

Based in central London, the city in which he grew up, Kevin Rozario, is an experienced journalist with a 15-year track record. He has worked for a wide cross section of international business and consumer media ranging from the Daily Mirror (UK), Big Issue (London), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Elle (Hong Kong), Sirius (Jumeriah Hotels Group) and the Institute of Directors’ publishing division. His specialist areas are aviation, travel and the global luxury goods business, with specific knowledge of the beauty and fashion industries. He is also media consultant to a major global exhibition organizer based in Italy. Kevin has an honours degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Warwick. He can be contacted at .