Trustees and ambassadors

Liz Wilson leads Liz Wilson Consultancy: a coaching and leadership development organisation whose aim is to build purposeful leaders and outstanding teams in organisations who want to make a difference. She also works with young people, helping them build resilience and achieve strong positive mental health and has been a school governor and Prince’s Trust mentor.

She is on the Board of Mae and Mitchell, a not for profit organisation providing bespoke social care in the community.

Andrew Deutsch has had a successful career in the food industry having had leading roles with food manufacturers including Northern Foods, Hain Daniels and Bernard Matthews.

He has extensive experience of both operations and relationship management. He was also a committee member of Riverside Care and Support from 2016 until 2022 and is a member of The Chorus Educational Trust.

Rev’d Canon Simon Baker was ordained as a priest in the Church of England in the early 1980’s, Since then he has served in a number of parishes across the country and also had teaching and training posts.

His most recent appointment was as Archdeacon of Lichfield and Rector of St Michael Lichfield and St John Wall. Simon is now retired and lives in Somerset.

Christopher Daws is a chartered accountant and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

He was the Financial and Deputy Secretary of the Church Commissioners for England until his retirement at the end of 2006. He has been a trustee of Action for Children, Chairman of the Action for Children Pension Fund, a member of the Board for Actuarial Standards and the independent member of the audit committee of the Charity Commission.

He is a trustee of The Share Foundation, Friends of Malmesbury Abbey, and Malmesbury Abbey Music Society.

Trevor Morris is a former Area Manager at Riverside Care and Support who retired in May 2018. Prior to working at Riverside he served in the Armed Forces.

Trevor is passionate about helping homeless veterans with their housing needs. While at Riverside he co-founded the Single Persons Accommodation Centre for the Ex-Services (SPACES).

Trevor became central in the development of a further five services for homeless veterans across the country and, at the time of his retirement, these services had helped 16,000 veterans. 

Assistant Head of Operations at Riverside, Sally has worked in care and supported housing services for 25 years, having extensive experience of managing a range of varied services and working with a diverse range of customers.

Sally also has a specialism around developing Extra Care housing, and is the nominated lead for Care Quality Commission for the Riverside Group. 

David Robinson has worked in care and support services for 15 years. Starting out as a support worker for St Mungo’s, he has worked on innovative projects such as No Second Night Out and the European Ending Homelessness Campaign.

As Assistant Director of Operations, Dave is responsible for all Riverside’s supported housing, floating support and retirement living services. He has been a trustee for a learning disabilities charity and sits on the Board of Whitehaven Foyer. 

Richard Boardman served in the Armed Forces for 16 years and has since retrained as a financial planner.

He is a keen supporter of the charity Adaptive Grandslam that supports injured veterans alongside members of the disabled community and is an active contributor to Forces MoneyPlan.