Board of Trustees

The bassac board of trustees is drawn from our membership and is responsible for setting bassac’s strategic direction and policies.

The board meets four times in the financial year in June (residential), September, December (residential) and March.

The bassac AGM takes place at our annual conference.

Chair: Joanna Holmes, chief executive officer, Barton Hill Settlement
Vice-chair: Frankie Williams, project manager, Leamington African Caribbean Project
Treasurer: Maria Gardiner, Manchester Settlement
Penny Bainbridge, centre manager, Cardigan Centre
Alan Bell, chief executive, North Doncaster Development Trust
Eleanor Botright, director, Castlehaven Community Association
Julie Corbett-Bird, director, Blackfriars Settlement
Nick Dunne, director, Bede House Association
Nick Flavin, director, Edinburgh University Settlement
Clare Gilhooly, director, Cambridge House and Talbot
Martin Holcombe, chief executive, Birmingham Settlement
Mark Law, chief executive, Barca-Leeds
Donna Liburd, centre director, Kingsgate Community Association
Ruth Marriot, chief executive, The Zone
Andrew Robinson MBE, director - market development, CCLA Investment Management 
Geoffrey Wheeler, chief executive, Aston-Mansfield

Joanna Holmes - bassac chair

Joanna Holmes began her career as a nurse, progressing through gaining a degree and working for ten years as a manager for a London local authority before moving to Bristol.

During the last sixteen years she has worked in a range of development and management positions in the voluntary sector.

This work has included managing local resident volunteers to design and build a Family Playcentre, as well ensuring that users of services and local people are central to managing Barton Hill Settlement.

She has been chief executive officer of Barton Hill Settlement since 2002.

Barton Hill is a community resource centre for the diverse inner city area in the east of Bristol. It is a dynamic, multi-cultural community organisation, providing services, resources, space and support to the local people that it serves, and acts as a key force for community development in East Bristol.

Joanna became chair of bassac in April 2007.

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