We employ a small, but high quality, team of mainly part-time staff to provide co-ordination of Ground Floor, 12 Bank Street in Norwich City Centre. Around 20% of our volunteers are people with disabilities, most of whom support our weekly Wednesday Club, but are also central to our internal, and external training teams.

Chair of the Board of Trustees - Sophie Peek

Sophie is our Lead Volunteer, and Chair of the Board of Trustees. She joined the BUILD Charity team in 2010 and has continued to bring her expertise in personnel management into a number of unpaid governance roles, taking on the role of Chair at a crucial time in the Charity's history in 2016. Sophie provides leadership to the Board and line manages the Chief Executive. 

Chief Executive - James Kearns

James joined the BUILD Charity in November 2004, having been associated with it as an independent consultant for around two years previously. James leads on marketing and fundraising, development of strategy and operations, volunteer recruitment and training, staff recruitment and management and managing external relationships.

Administration Officer - Ros Carter

Ros joined the team in February 2017 and she leads on managing the charity's database of beneficiaries, volunteers and supporters, volunteer referencing, and manages the opportunities booking systems making sure that beneficiaries and volunteers get the right information at the right time to maximise their involvement in our delivery programmes.

Finance Officer - May Taylor

May joined the team in February 2019 and takes the lead on managing financial transactions coming in and going out of the organisation through fees, invoices and expense claims. She is responsible for keeping financial records and providing information to the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees to enable them to ensure responsible financial management at all times.

Programme Co-ordinator (GetAways and Skills for Life) - Shona Sundhari

Shona rejoined the team in August 2019 having worked previously in an administration and development role between 2013 and 2015. Shona leads on the development and management of the GetAways and BUILD Travel Service programmes as well as the Skills for Life programmes.

Programme Co-ordinator - Wednesday Club and Community Opportunities Programme - VACANT

This role is currently vacant. They lead on the development and management of the Wednesday Club, BUILD Charity's first project launched in 1967, and still running every Wednesday evening in Norwich as a member led social club.  He/She also leads on the production of the three monthly Opportunities Programme which provides the information to support beneficiaries choices.

Lead Volunteers

Among our 80 unpaid volunteers we work closely with a team of Lead Volunteers who take primary responsibility for specific areas of the programme. They are our "Go to" people when it comes to developing different programme strands and supporting the delivery of the programme.

• Tim Taylor (Ten Pin Tuesdays)
• Eric Harris (Sunday Lunch Club)
• Jamie Lamb (Saturday Swimming)
• Hannah Riches (Sunday Cinema)
• Chris Willett (Grow and Go)
• Linda May (International Food Quest)
• Ken Munro (Weekend Walkabout)
• Sarah Harper (Fitness for Fun)
• Carol Goodbody (Marketing, fundraising and events)