FANE is grateful to its steering group.

FANE’s steering group:

1. Meets quarterly
2. Governs the FANE team and what the team does
3. Assesses how funds are raised and used
4. Measures performance against targets
5. Provides support and guidance in relation to key decision making

There are currently 14 people on the FANE steering group. 

Steering group members are elected firstly by nomination from an existing steering group member and then by democratic approval from the rest of the members.

You can find out more about each member here:

Chris Anderson

At Steering Group Meetings, we have discussions about meetings and agendas.

Please click here for 10 things you didn’t know about Chris.

Margaret Ruby Cowle

I’m at a training centre doing knitting and sewing and we discuss things.

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Richard Black

I don’t work because of my disabilities and at meetings I try to make things better for people like me. I like to have my say about things that matter to me and other disabled people.

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Richard Goodfellow

At FANE, we talk about different groups, things that are good ideas, things that are bad ideas.

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Janis White

I work for Coquet Trust as the General Manager, which means I am responsible for all the staff in Coquet Trust, and I am responsible for trying to make sure Coquet Trust does all of it’s work very well. 

Coquet Trust is a Registered Charity, which provides support to children and adults in the community, to help them achieve whatever they wish to achieve in their life. 

I have been involved with FANE from the very beginning, and I am the person who is responsible for reporting back to The Northern Rock Foundation, to let them know how well FANE is doing, and to let them know that FANE that is using the grant properly.

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John Faulkner

I live in Newcastle and I am a training officer at Skills For People based in Jesmond, Newcastle.

I run groups and courses for people with learning disabilities, and also do training courses.

I specialize in multi-media things like making films and photography etc which comes in handy when I’m running courses!

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Lesley Mountain

I works for Better Days.

I support a group of adults with a learning disability, who look at what stops people with a learning disability in Newcastle from going out and about.

The group then come up with ways of helping people to got out - like providing accessible information, training, and campaigning on transport and hate crime.

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Mark Schorfield

I works as a social worker for Newcastle Learning Disability Team.

The team works with individuals and groups to help them improve their lives and to increase independent skills, where possible.

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Graham Newton

A little bit about who Graham is and what he does is coming soon.

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Jack Marrows

A little bit about who Jack is and what he does is coming soon.

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