Who We Are
We keep core costs to a minimum, with just three permanent staff, a handful of key associates and an army of volunteers: trustees, assessors and grants panelists.
Gordon Hunter – Director
He’s been with the Foundation since its inception in June 2002. His early career was in Industrial Relations in the electricity supply industry. For the last twenty years he has worked in health, social care and charities, at first as a service provider, now as an independent grant maker.
Call: 01529 307749
Email: gordonhunterlcf@gmail.com
Sue Fortune – Grants Manager
Sue, has been with the Foundation since 2002, overseeing £7 million of grant making in ten years. She has managed a huge range of schemes, from micro grants to million pound Lottery programmes. Her background (20 years plus) has been in civil law with commercial firms and a local authority.
Call: 01529 305825
Email: sue.lincolnshire@btconnect.com
James Murphy – Project Manager
James, joined us in January 2008, developing a participative design tool (TENEO) in collaboration with the University. He is skilled in architecture, interior design and renewable energy technology. He works on practical projects for the Foundation and its social enterprise partners.
Call: 01529 307749
Email: co2connections@googlemail.com
Ian Pepperdine
Ian is a long-term associate handling some very diverse assignments including business and structural planning, advising on streamlining and mergers, developing “social enterprise” products (from bunk barns to green burials) and converting dormant assets into working funds.
Email: ian.pepperdine@btinternet.com
We have other associates dealing with bid writing, research, community development, finances and graphics. We have up to ten Trustees, a team of assessors to help individual applicants and something like fifty volunteers sitting on grant assessment panels.