North Bristol Advice Centre is run by a dedicated team of staff and volunteers and is governed by an independent management committee of local residents and professionals with a wide range of skills and experience.
Staff
Katherine Tanko – Director
Luke Albarran – Advice Team Manager
Melinda Marton – Finance and Operations Manager
Jenni Wilson – Fundraising, Communications and Admin Officer
Allison Clarke – Administrator
Arifa Akhter – Receptionist
Mandy Williams – Debt Advice Worker
Barney Matthews – Debt Advice Worker
Elis Davies – Debt Advice Worker
Hira Mamoon – Welfare Benefits Advice Worker
Karen Donovan – Welfare Benefits Triage Worker
Rebekah Grose – Welfare Benefits Triage Worker
Nicola Green – Get Online Coordinator
We are also ably assisted by a dedicated and highly valued team of volunteers.
Management Committee
Sian Edmunds, Chair
Sian is a partner at the Bristol based law firm Burges Salmon. She lives in North Bristol and has two children who attend schools in North Bristol.
Temba Mahari, Vice Chair
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Second Step for the Specialist Community Forensic Team. Temba reviews the team’s processes, conducts assessments, delivers training and workshops, and is currently building a sustainable strategy to ensure the team is being equal, fair, and inclusive.
Jon Sankey, Treasurer
Jon is a Business Development Manager for Bristol Heat Networks at Bristol City Council. With a background in banking and the energy industry, Jon now spends his days building out Bristol’s expanding heat network which will be a major contributor to the city’s ambitions of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. He lives in East Bristol with his wife and daughter.
Kelly Goudge, Secretary
Born and raised in North Bristol, Kelly has worked in the Education sector in a variety of administrative roles. She is currently an Events Manager within the work-based learning sector. She has vast experience in events management, marketing, and business administration.
Janine Garel, Trustee
Janine has recently returned to Bristol having spent many years in London working as Senior Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist with National Citizens Advice for the past 14 years. Her background is practicing as a Solicitor, specialising in discrimination law and practice at Bristol Law Centre in the 1990s until 2006.
Jane Rogers, Trustee
Retired solicitor and former chair of trustees at Endeavour multi-academy trust in North Bristol. She is also a trustee of a number of not-for-profit organisations and a keen advocate for access to justice.
Bob Walters, Trustee
Bob is a local resident active in the community. He was an NBAC Get Online volunteer before joining the trustee board.
We warmly welcome committed people who live or work in the communities we serve to join our management committee.
If you are interested and would like to find out more, please contact Katherine Tanko, Director, katherine@northbristoladvice.org.uk.
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NBAC restructures to make advice charity fit for the future
By trustees taking this action, they have created a new structure to make NBAC a strong, sustainable and resilient organisation going forward.