How We Are Governed
As a charity, Carers MK is managed by a Board of Trustees. All of the Trustee are volunteers and many of whom are carers. They come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide range of skills and experience to the organisation. The Board hold overall responsibility for the work of Carers MK and meets regularly to ensure that the charity works to meet its aims and objectives.
Read: Carers MK Annual Report and Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2021
Skills and Experiences: Project management and business skills gained in working in blue chip multinational healthcare company and an emerging biotech plc together with experience in dealing with national regulatory agencies and local government. Former school governor, (Chairman 6 years) and Board member of Primary Care Group. Currently chairman of Chiltern & South Bucks Patient and Public Involvement Forum and also a Beaconsfield Town Councillor.
Olga is now retired having gained extensive professional knowledge and experience in the public sector; primary care, mental health, social care, local authority and clinical commissioning settings. She gained a post graduate qualification in addiction psychology and counselling with an all-embracing experience in mental health. Olga has successfully worked with others to deliver innovative projects that improved health and wellbeing, benefiting people in diverse communities.
Olga is privileged to join the Board of Trustees for Carers Bucks and Carers Milton Keynes. She is passionate about mental health and wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion. These are areas where Olga can provide sound guidance to the charities, at strategic level. Olga says this role will enable her to continue working towards making a difference where policies and decision making can improve health and wellbeing and achieve real benefits and outcomes for those within the caring community.
Mike has experiences of caring for his daughter and is involved in a number of community activities including being governor of local schools in Milton Keynes.
During his twenties Paul spent three years as a full time carer for a loved one and therefore has an appreciation of some of the challenges faced by carers, and is passionate about improving the lives of those people who have caring responsibilities.
Jitka lives in Northamptonshire and works as Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care at The Open University (Milton Keynes). Jitka has a PhD and a Professional Doctorate in combined subjects (psychology, pedagogy, philosophy and methodology of science). Jitka has several years of experience in managing research and academic programmes as well as human and financial resources . Jitka is also a Deputy Chair to Carers Research Group at The Open University. In this role she works with a number of external national and international organisations and charities which enabled her to develop a deep understanding of the needs of carers and the challenges that social care and healthcare economies face in addressing them nationally as well as internationally.
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Jitka has experience as a young carer, young adult and adult carer for family members. She is married with a young son, loves sports and exercise and is passionate about engaging and supporting communities with Ageing Well.
Mark currently works for London Underground as a Train Operator, before that he worked for the Meteorological Office in varied locations alongside the armed forces, including in the Falkland Islands.