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Website will be down for maintenance Weds 17 May
Website will be down for maintenance Weds 17 May
Jimmy is the owner of Longely Farm dairy and supports and sponsors many projects in Holmfirth both personally and through his company. The Tech would not have re-opened without his generous help
Sally Barber provides the much needed operational support and looks after the room bookings, the day to day systems and keeps us all in order.
Cath May keeps the building clean and safe for us to use and even though her invaluable contribution is invisible, we couldn’t manage without her.
Roger Pope is another one whose work is often unseen. As a much valued volunteer, he repairs and fixes things, moves furniture, clears rubbish, checks the locks and does anything and everything needed to keep the building open.
Chris is a founding director of Holmfirth Tech and has lived locally for over 25 years. He was drawn to saving the building and retruning it to community ownership. He wants to see the classes and types of service on offer before the building was closed reinstated and the Tech fully used. His professional background is in wealth management.
Margaret has lived in the Valley since the late 1980’s and was part of the group that tried to bring The Tech back home when Kirklees College first mooted its closure. She is determined it remains a main resource for local people in the town centre. Her professional background is employment and she has been a member of a number of other boards.
The Activity Leaders are the linchpins between The Tech and the people who use the building. They organise the activities, entertain, educate and look after everyone who comes through the doors. They provide us with feedback and come up with good ideas on how we can develop The Tech so it continues to meet local people’s needs
We have a team of volunteers without who many of the unseen jobs would not get done. They paint, move rubble, clean out drains, serve tea and sweets in the Cafe and help in loads of different ways. We can’t name them all but pay tribute to their invaluable help.
Rachel is a chartered engineer with 30 years experience in the energy sector, ranging from operations through consulting and project management. She project managed the HoTTWind@Longley Community Wind Project, developing the partnership agreement with Longley Farm, engaging community investors to raise over £600k, working with Kirklees planners and managing the construction project.
She and her children are involved in many of the musical activities formerly hosted at Hope Bank Works and now at The Tech. Rachel left the Board as her many other projects and children needed her attention.
Chris has a wide-ranging expertise in looking after all kinds of high net worth individuals. He entered the financial services industry in 1981 with a position at Legal & General, before moving to Torevell Mahon Granville as an adviser in 1987. He became a shareholding director of Dewhurst Torevell in 1998 and, like his fellow co-directors, established Five Wealth in 2016.
Chris is married with two children and one grandchild, and enjoys church bell ringing.
Chris is a chartered surveyor/ estate manager, with experience in general commercial, rating and a keen interest in historic buildings.
He is currently Estates Manager for J&E Dickinson (Longley Farm), a mixed use farming estate in Yorkshire, where he is involved in restorations, design and build, leasing, countryside habitat and woodland management. His role encompasses seeking property and business opportunities that complement Longley’s operations and ethos. Chris left the Board as he moved to live on the other side of the ‘hill’ to be closer to his partner.
