HCN Executive
HCN Structure
- Hounslow Community Network is governed by an Executive Board with places for both groups and forum/sector reps.
- Half of the group rep places are restricted to small organisations employing the equivalent of up to one full-time staff member (35hrs).
- The Executive Board meets regularly to discuss strategic decisions.
- Group reps on the Executive Board are elected at the annual HCN conference.
Meetings
Structure
Hounslow Community Network is governed by an Executive Board in line with the HCN Constitution.
The Executive Board is made up of 24 places, 12 of which are earmarked for VCS forums and 12 for group (individual) rep places. Of the 12 group rep places, 50% (i.e. 6 places) are awarded to small VCS groups employing the equivalent of up to 1 full-time staff member (35hrs). This ensures that small VCS organisations will have a place on the Executive Board and keep HCN as open as possible to the wider VCS of Hounslow.
Following elections at the 2015 HCN Annual Conference the membership of the Executive Board is as below:
Debbie Brenner (Chair)
Debbie has been active in the Hounslow voluntary and community sector for over 30 years and for 20 years was the CEO of Owl Housing, a large local provider of services for people with learning difficulties. Debbie sits on the Hounslow Safer Neighbourhood Board, the Hate Crime Prevention Panel and the London Scrutiny Panel for the Crown Prosecution Service.
Henry Gewanter (Vice Chair)
Henry is extremely active in his local community as a member of both Friends of Chiswick Health Centre and Chiswick Horticultural and Allotment Society. As well as being Vice Chair of HCN, Henry is also Chair of the Hounslow Health and Social Care Forum.
Beverley Fyfe (Vice Chair)
Beverley is currently Chief Executive at Age UK Hounslow, sits on the Dementia Steering Group and has extensive links with a number of other VCS organisations.
| Group Reps | ||
| Name | Organisation | |
| Benn Keaveney | Mind (Ealing and Hounslow) | alex.tambourides@hfmind.org.uk |
| Graham Collins | Integrated Neurological Services | Email on request |
| Arjun Pradha | The Centre for Nepalese and Gurkhas | cefnag@yahoo.co.uk |
| Beverley Fyfe | Age UK Hounslow | Beverley.Fyfe@ageukhounslow.org.uk |
| Emma Cartwright | Mulberry Centre | faa_felthamarts@yahoo.co.uk |
| Hussein Hassan | ILAYS | ilays@hotmail.co.uk |
| Roger Smith | Disability Network Hounslow | sroger338@yahoo.com |
| Virginia Fassnidge | CAN Mezzanine | k.ross@can-online.org.uk |
| Misak Ohanian | Centre for Armenian Information & Advice | hayashen@caia.org.uk |
| Richard Eason | Activebase | community@richardeason.co.uk |
| Ruth Wood | Feltham Arts Association | faa_felthamarts@yahoo.co.uk |
| steve@thameside-enterprise.org.uk | ||
| Forum/Sector Reps | ||
| Forum/Sector | Name | |
| Business Forum | Christopher Durkin | Email on request |
| Hounslow Friends of Faith | Debbie Brenner | Email on request |
| Hounslow Pensioners’ Forum | John Cooper | |
| Disability Community Forum | Mel Collins | ceo@disabilitynetworkhounslow.org |
| Sports rep | vacant | |
| Hounslow Advice Consortium | Aiman Elal | |
| Healthwatch Hounslow | Tim Spillsbury | Email on request |
| Hounslow Children and Young Peoples Forum | Suhel Miah | Email on request |
| Safeguarding | Karen McLean | Email on request |
| Vacant | ||
| Vacant |
If you are interested in putting forward a nomination or request a representative of your group or forum to join the HCN Executive Board, please contact iain@ealingcvs.org.uk