Meet the Team
Our Mission
The Centre was born out of a desire to see the Community impacted and transformed by God’s love. Our new vision statement highlights this original aim. All that we seek to do is shaped by the vision. To see God’s love, healing and hope bring change and transformation to our local Communities, for the families and individuals who make up these Communities.
Our Staff and volunteers provide a welcoming environment for people of all ages, backgrounds, faiths and abilities. We offer a listening ear, provide support and encouragement when needed and seek to connect people together for further help and support. We enjoy sharing our life journey together in the daily joys and struggles that we all experience, often over a cup of freshly brewed coffee and some homemade cake.
‘To see God’s Love Transforming Our Communities’‘To love and serve our Community as Jesus would’
Staff
The real force behind the running of the Cornerstone Centre is our volunteers! Putting in a grand total of 206 Hours per week! We do however need a few paid members of staff to keep things ticking along!
Dave
Cleaner
Trustees
The trustees are in charge of the big picture plan for the Cornerstone Centre and for governance and policies.
Tony
Chair of Trustees
It is Tony’s pleasure and privalige to be CHair of the Turstees and to work alongside sucha a great team of volunteers, staff and trustees. He is passionate about heloing others to reach their potential.
In his spare time he can be found practising a little magic or throwing the off pot!
Jane
I have been involved with St ,Michael’s since late 1970’s and gradually got involved with Cornerstone, general volunteer ing ,I really enjoy helping out and it is a pleasure to be part of the Cornerstone community, in 2011 I started to help with soup lunch. I joined the trustees in 2018.
John
John is a retired but active Methodist Minister in the Gloucestershire Circuit. Previously he was appointed to be member of the staff team at St Michael’s with Whaddon Methodist Church in the 1990’s, when Cornerstone and ecumenical working together was only an idea. It’s great to see how it is flourishing within the community. May God bless all his servants here.
Martin
Vice Chair
Martin is vice chair of our Trustees with a special responsibility for volunteers.
Martin Turner is a retired Methodist Minister who has the pastoral charge, alongside the Vicar, of St. Michael’s. He has served as a youth minister. university chaplain, prison chaplain and Chaplain to Parliament and has led churches in Yorkshire, Hertfordshire and London.
Candece
Colin
James
Pioneer Vicar
James can often be found in the centre. helping with Coffee & Prayer, afterschool club and Little Pebbles.
He one of the ministers leading St Michael’s Church next door, along with Martin and has Taz, his curate, to keep in line!
Steve
Steve is a multi-award-winning events professional with over 25 years’ expereince across the public, private and cahrity sectors. Passionate about community, creativity and connectiong, he is proud to support Cornerstone’s mission to bring people together and create opportunities that inspire, include and strengthen local relationships.
Open Position
Secutary
We are looking for a new trustee to join our dedicated and enthusiastic trustee team.
As part of our team, you will be helping us to shape our long-term future ensuring that we are responding to, and delivering to the changing needs of our community.
Our trustees meet for two hours six times a year with an AGM at the end of April. These meetings are face-to-face and/or virtual and take place on Tuesday afternoons.
Our Supporters, Funders and Partners
We have the honoour of being supported, funded and be in partnership with lots of other orgnaisations! We have an constantly changing charosol ofand below are just a few of them!
