About Us

Our Aims:

Raise awareness of the impact of poverty on people and communities as well as the creative ways people are responding

Facilitate and promote partnerships and joined up working through initiating, developing and coordinating networks

Help equip and build capacity in churches to engage with their communities and respond to local need

For a more detailed biopic of our staff team, please see our Introducing... page

Our team

Hannah Buck

Lead Development Worker | Responsible for: leading the team; developing future TNT work; coordinating Faith Action Nottingham; Grief & bereavement; running Getting Started/ Signposting workshops | NG7 2FF

07734 994637 Email

Julia Terry

Development Worker | Responsible for Faith Action Mansfield; coordinating Places of Welcome; supporting Dementia Friendly Churches; Faith Action Ashfield; Grief & bereavement workshops

07873 105285 Email

Lauren Simpson

Assistant Development Worker | Responsible for: developing church-led Community Meals and Holiday Food Clubs in Notts; workshops including Cash Smart, Credit Savvy; social media communications

07980 268165 Email

Sue Buckby

Admin Assistant | Responsible for: comms; supporting the behind the scenes organising of all we do; website updates

07518 949243 Email

Paul Howard

Older Persons Enabler | Responsible for: Dementia Friendly Churches; Dementia awareness workshops; supporting set up of bereavement groups

Jackie Smith

Assistant Development Worker | Responsible for supporting Places of Welcome; Grief & bereavement workshops

Paul Street

Development Worker - LifeSavers | Responsible for: LifeSavers education programme in Notts' schools; Covid Cash Course; Linking Lives befriending projects

Lauren Parton

Assistant Development Worker | Responsible for: co-leading the Covid Cash Course & the Comms and Admin to make it happen.

Trustees

David McCoulough

TNT Chairperson - I'm Director of Partnerships and Mission for the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, helping the Anglican Church in the city and the county to work with partners from the public, voluntary, business and wider faith sectors to tackle poverty and isolation.

Colin Bullett

Treasurer and Company Secretary - I'm a now retired chartered public finance accountant.

John Chambers

Trustee - Retired from running my own business, which helped companies to improve their performance in innovation and creativity.

Sam Crawford

Trustee - I'm the Head of Income Development for Notts County Football in the Community

Tim Heeley

Trustee - A former broadcast journalist and public relations consultant, I've held contracts with SMEs and all levels of Government. I'm a leader at Keyworth Baptist Church and curate a website about Discipleship.

Ruth Marlow

Trustee - I've served in Local Government from housing manager to chief executive and am currently the Diocesan Secretary of Coventry Diocese.

Liam O’Boyle

Trustee - I'm Partnerships Officer for the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, with unique insight into working with churches, other faiths, third sector organisations and statutory organisations.

Kat Osborn

Trustee - I'm Chief Executive Officer with Safe Families for Children.

Church Urban Fund

TNT is a Joint Venture between the Church Urban Fund (CUF) and the Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham and is part of the Together Network, which involves 20 similar independent organisations working in deprived areas, England-wide, all supported by the Church Urban Fund.

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Together Network

The Together Network is an alliance of 21 charities known as joint ventures linked by faith and driven by the desire to see communities flourish throughout England.