Catt  Burland - Chair

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Catt has a wealth of expeience and is our newly appointed Chair of the group in August 2020.
Catt currently also runs a Social and Therapeutic project for Portsmouth City Council. She co-ordinated volunteer gardeners to attend the gardens of the socially isolated and shielding throughout lockdown, with HIVE Portsmouth, She has experience working with individuals with autism as a support worker and team leader. Catt has an AWARD in Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (gained in 2018) and one adjusted for the purposes of lockdown (to engage individuals with no resource whilst in lockdown, isolated or shielding) which was sent to Occupational Mental Health and the Learning Disability Teams.

Karen Hallt - Vice Chair

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Karen joined Give Gain Grow as Vice Chair of the group. She has also  been responsible for updating our Safeguarding policy for the group. Karen's previous work is with the NHS and she was a Community Helper volunteer in the Coronavirus outbreak in March 2020.

Ian West - Treasurer

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Ian is responsible for all things financial, receipts and the group's insurance cover, he is the Treasurer for the group.

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Kim Lucas - Marketing &  Community Liaison  Officer

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Kim has experience with younger people the local Rowner and Alver Valley community from her work as Community Events worker with Rowner Community Trust and joins the committee in August 2020.

James Musselwhite - Communications Officer

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James has had 14 years experience in the voluntary sector, previously being an Admin and Database Assistant with Gosport Voluntary Action. James keeps the group's website up-to-date and the social media for Gosport Community Gardeners page.
In 2018/19, he had further voluntary admin, website and social media experience with local charity - Square Pegs Charity, now re-named Craft Yourself Happy.
He has extensive IT skills including using MS Office, use of social media, and more recently the Eventbrite and Weebly website platforms.

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