Clive Johnson

CHAIR

Clive was appointed a Trustee on 12th March 2011.

Clive has lived all his life in Staveley, at Bridge End. Leaving school at 14 he worked for his father in the family business, qualifying as a carpenter and joiner and Funeral Director. His daughter, Lorraine, has now joined him in the Funeral business. At the age of 18, he joined Staveley Fire Service as an on-call fire-fighter. Retiring after 50 years, he was awarded The Queens Fire Service Medal, presented to him at Buckingham Palace in 2019. He is a keen scuba diver and mountain biker and volunteers to look after the grounds at Staveley Bowling Green and the village Playground. Clive is also a Parish Councillor and helped set up Staveley First Responders.  He has 2 daughters and 3 grandsons, all living locally.

• Meeting Chair

• Electrical Compliance

• Fire Compliance

• Legionella Management

• Asbestos Management 

• Heating System

• Maintenance Contractors

• Playground Maintenence

Robert Perkins

DEPUTY CHAIR

Robert was appointed a Trustee on 21st July 2021.

Robert moved to Kendal in 1981 and has lived at Bridge House in Staveley since 1991. He is married to Oonagh and both their children were raised in the village before leaving home.

Robert started his career at K Shoes in Kendal and has held a number of senior roles in the footwear & sports sectors including CEO of inov-8, based in Staveley.

In 2019, Robert transitioned to part-time, non-executive roles with three organisations: British Footwear Association, VivoBarefoot and Runderwear.

Robert is a former Trustee of Staveley Community Trust, a former Chair of Windermere School and a former Chair of The British Footwear Association.

• Strategy Lead

• Trustee Recruitment

• Website & Facebook

• Parish Council Liaison

• Charity Governance 

• Fee Levels

• GM Mentoring

Matt Fawcett

TREASURER

Matt was appointed a Trustee on 16th November 2021.

Matt moved from Manchester to Staveley in 2019, married to Katy with a son and daughter.  

Matt has worked in the construction industry since leaving school, becoming a qualified Quantity Surveyor. Matt is the Managing Director of Barton Group Services, a Project Management Contractor developing a new offering in the construction industry, operating across Manchester and Liverpool… with a dream of expanding the region to cover areas closer to home!

Soon after arriving in Staveley, Matt and Katy joined the team and got onboard to support the playground fundraising.

• Financial Planning

• Financial Reporting

• Banking Relationship

• Insurance

• Project Contractors

• WIFI Service

• Flood Monitoring

• Events

Ruth Walton

SECRETARY

Ruth was appointed a Trustee on 21st July 2021.

Ruth had a first career as a nurse, before attending University as a mature student.

A very rewarding second career in Environmental Management followed but cut just a little short by redundancy.

Resident in Staveley for 10 years, Ruth is now retired and enjoying more time for cycling.

• Charity Secretary

• Meeting Minutes

• Lawyer Liaison

• Music Licensing

• Premises Licensing 

Julie Johnson

BOOKINGS

Julie was appointed a Trustee on 12 March 2011.

Julie was brought up on a farm, in Crosthwaite, and attended Kendal High School.  On leaving school she spent the next 35 years working in the banking industry, taking early retirement in 2007.

Julie is married to Clive and is a partner in the family funeral business of J.W. Johnson & Son, and works, part time, in the account’s office of Lakes Speciality Foods, in Staveley. 

Julie moved to Staveley in 1974 and became an integral part of Staveley Bowling Club, achieving the accolade of bowling for England in 2 consecutive years and gaining the certificate of a Class 1 Bowling referee.  Julie has been managing the bookings for Staveley Village Association since 2007.

• Facility Bookings

• Hirer liaison

• Facilities Invoicing

• Key holder

• Safeguarding

Ian Stephens

GRANTS

Ian was appointed a trustee on 12th January 2023.

Ian been a resident of Staveley for 29 years and a Director of Staveley based Cumbria Tourism for over 18 years first as Operations Director, then Chief Executive. 

Ian helped establish the Tourism Management Degree Apprenticeship Scheme at the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside Campus and has been a Senior Lecturer in tourism marketing, communications and research.

 Originally studying Town Planning and working for the Sports Council giving development advice on sports facilities, he then moved to a London based marketing agency to learn about branding, sales promotion and advertising.

After 8 hectic years in the capital, Ian relished the move to the Lake District in the early 1990’s.

• Grant Fundraising

• Grant Applications

• Grant Review & Compliance

• Pavilion Refurbishment 

• Kitchen Refurbishment 

• Evacuation Compliance

Heather Stobbart

FACILITIES

Heather was appointed a Trustee on 7 March 2022.

The Stobbart family have lived in the Ambleside area for six generations.

Heather moved to Staveley in 1987 with her family.

Heather re-trained in 1983 to do bookkeeping. She continued doing this for over 20 years.

At present Heather works in Ambleside and in Lancaster.

Heather has the joy of spending time with her grandchildren.

Community is very important to Heather.

• Facilities Staff

• Payroll

• Health & Safety Compliance

• Facilities Cleaning

• Facilities Security

• Caretaker Reporting

• Consumables Purchasing

• Key holder

• Utilities Liaison