Board
Our Trustees are responsible for the overall control and strategic direction of Care for the Carers. They make sure we have a clear strategy, remain true to our vision, and that we comply with all necessary rules and legal obligations. As Care for the Carers is both a Registered Charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee, the Trustees are also the organisation’s Directors. They meet regularly to discuss, decide and review our strategies and policies and receive reports and updates from senior managers and the team.
The majority of the Board have been, or are, carers. We are a membership organisation, and most of our Members are current or former carers. The Board is elected by our Members, and informed by their views. Our Trustees work with us as volunteers and are committed to Care for the Carers doing all we can to ensure no one is left to care alone.
Meet our Trustees
Neil Churchill OBE, Chair
Neil joined Care for the Carers Board in 2020, moving into the role of Chair in May 2021. Neil is Director for Experience, Participation and Equalities at NHS England. He is senior responsible officer and chairs NHS England’s Commitments to Carers Oversight Board. Neil joined NHS England in 2013 after a 25 year career in the voluntary sector at organisations including Barnardo’s, Age Concern, Crisis and Asthma UK where he was CEO. Neil has extensive experience as a charity trustee, including at organisations like Crisis, Alone in London, Cardboard Citizens, Age Concern Scotland, Age Concern Cymru, Age Concern Northern Ireland and Tavistock Relationships. As well as a trustee for Care for the Carers, Neil is a member of the Strategy Board for the Beryl Institute, a trustee for Future Care Capital and a member of Cambridge University’s Remuneration Committee. He was awarded an OBE in 2018 for services to carers and the voluntary sector, brings lived experience of caring and lives in Forest Row.
Richard Pearson, Trustee
Richard, a carer, joined the Board in December 2021. He has extensive charity governance and business expertise, including Trustee roles at Lewes/Sussex Downs College, Sussex Oakleaf, the Employability Forum, Lewes and District Citizens Advice, and is Chair of the Lewes Community Land Trust , and the Lewes Fund. Richard is an economist who has worked internationally, and was Director of the Institute of Employment Studies for 12 years. He is now retired and living in Lewes.
Natasha Burrows, Trustee
Tash joined the Care for the Carers Board in December 2021 as an Associate Trustee, and is also one of Care for the Carers’ Ambassadors. She is a Young Adult Carer. Tash’s original background is as a Young Carer, so she has personal experience of the impact that caring has on a young persons’ life. She also has experience volunteering in the charity sector, having previously held an administration role for a debt and counselling service.
Geoffrey Munn, Trustee
Geoff was co-opted to the Board in May 2022. Geoff is an experienced Civil Servant and policy maker, with over twenty years of experience in several departments including the Department of Health, Education, Local Government, and Social Mobility. Geoff also brings a broad range of skills in addition to his policy and analytical expertise, including project and programme management, budget holding, and strategic communication. Geoff’s personal and policy interests are in designing policy and services to tackle disparity and inequality. He is particularly focussed on meeting the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable communities.
Ahmed Elbarkouki, Trustee
Ahmed joined Care for the Carers Board in September 2025. Having held senior management roles in the luxury hospitality industry and as a leader in private healthcare, Ahmed bring skills in strategy and planning, marketing and audience profiling, providing the Board with a focus on fundraising, communications and awareness raising.
Jessica Kaye, Trustee
Jessica Kaye joined the Care for Carers Board in October 2025. She has led senior digital and transformation programmes across the NHS and public sector. She brings strategic planning, governance and change leadership. Jessica has lived experience of caring for her father, informing her commitment to practical, compassionate support for carers.
Stephen Toomey, Trustee
Sue Massey, Trustee
Sue joined the Board in August 2025. A former journalist, she has built her 25 year career in communications and PR across the public sector, NHS and national charities, including The Royal Marsden, and as Head of Communications at the Blood Pressure Association and Coram. Now PR and Communications Manager at Hospice in the Weald, she is passionate about healthcare equity. In her spare time, Sue enjoys exploring the beautiful countryside and beaches of East Sussex with her family.
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