Yetton Together was made a Charitable Incorporated Organisation [CIO] in August 2015 by the Charity Commission. Its registered number is 1163247. Since November 2022, when two new Trustees were elected , there are seven trustees.

Below are pen portraits of the Yetton Together Trustees and some of their reasons for joining.  We hope others will also like to help in our efforts to improve where we live by joining us as volunteers.

Chair : Trish Mellor. E: trish.mellor@yettontogether.org  T: 01484 543234

 

Trish Mellor was elected as Chair in November 2012. Trish was born and brought up in Kirkheaton and has since been a resident of Gawthorpe for  over 30 years. She has recently shown her talents for organisation in her role as Secretary for the Big Picnic. She is also the coordinator for the environmental group.

 

 

Treasurer: Sue Bowyer

E: sue.bowyer@yettontogether.org T: 01484 537617

Besides being Treasurer, Sue also is the web coordinator and  promoter of the 200 Club.

Sue writes: I’ve lived in the village for  50 years. In ‘my younger days’ I was a founding member of the Young Wives Club!! [Not very PC now], a school governor and help run the Kirkheaton play group based in the grounds of the Old Rectory. When I retired I wanted to ‘reconnect to village life’ and so gradually I have become more involved – first by being a member of Laneside Landfill Liaison Group, then Kirkheaton Network and now in Yetton Together. I am enjoying meeting new people and seeing improvements to the village.’

Lorna Idle  E: lorna.idle@yettontogether.org T: 01484 358021

A comparative new ‘comer in’, Lorna has lived in Kirkheaton since 2002.  For many years she has been involved in community work both in Mirfield and in the last few years in Kirkheaton.  She was Secretary of Kirkheaton Scouts & Guides Group Council, is a Fund Raiser and on the Gala Committee.  She continues her community work by being a Trustee of Yetton Together. She is eager to bring the Community Centre into the very hub of the community – a place for people to feel welcome, learn new skills and pass on their valuable experience to others. Lorna is family and community orientated with two children and  four grandchildren.

 

 

Eric Hutchinson E: erichutchinson@yettontogether.org

Eric has been living with his  family in Kirkheaton for over 40 years. During that time his involvement in the community has been through the Methodist Church,through work as a parish councillor and in recent years with Yetton Together . His particular interest is in expanding the range of leisure activities in the Kirkheaton area for children and young people as well as supporting the wider range of activities of Yetton Together.

 

 

 

 

 

John Hinchcliffe: an ex bus driver, who brings his expertise on all matters to do with transport. Beside being a trustee for Yetton Together he is busy restoring an old bus!

He writes:
I have lived in the village since 197 and  I am married to Marina. I had two sons, Stuart and  David  who sadly passed away six years ago. Stuart still lives with us.

 

John Senior

John was elected as a Trustee in November 2022

John writes:
I was born in Huddersfield in 1963 and  went to school at Moldgreen and Almondbury High School. I started working for the GPO in September 1980 as an apprentice. I worked all over the country as a senior engineer for BT and Openreach dealing with major banks and businesses installing private network links and more recently computer links. I have a good feel for things technical and enjoy computer games.

I was married at 22 to my wife Christine who unfortunately died in 2017.
I have been volunteering for the Community Centre for over 12 months mainly in a caretaking capacity. I attend 3 days a week at the moment.

 

Tyler Hawkins

Tyler was elected as a Trustee in November 2022
He writes:

“I’m Huddersfield born and bred and have lived in the area for the past 5 years. I work for an engineering company during the day and volunteer in the community in the evening having been elected the local district Councillor earlier this year. I’ve been supportive of the great Yetton Together team over the past few years and I’m delighted to be a part of the team and support more great work in the village.”