Trustees

In accordance with the charity’s constitution, the Trustees are responsible for the strategic management of the charity.

Trustees are elected annually at the charity’s Annual General Meeting. The Trustees elected at the 2023 AGM are as follows:

Gopal Bhachu (Chair of Trustees)
Gopal is currently the Chair of Trustees.

Sharon Daniels
Sharon  joined the trustees in 2023.

Leslie Pappoe (Honorary Treasurer)
Having worked extensively in finance and being actively involved in charitable work, Leslie joined the trustees in 2019.

Sadhana Patel
Sadhana joined the trustees in 2023.

Bobbi Riesel
Bobbi Riesel was trained as a Bereavement Visitor with HCBVS (now Bereavement Care) and later completed training as a Psychodynamic Counsellor. She is a Bereavement Group Leader and has served on the Management Committee (now the Board of Trustees) for many years and as Head of Training, is responsible for organising the initial and on-going training of our volunteers.

Tony Simmonds
Tony joined the trustees in 2023.

Richard Segalov
Richard is Bereavement Care’s Safeguarding Lead. He is a qualified social worker and leads the Pinner Synagogue Bereavement Group.

Sheila Small
Sheila joined the trustees in 2023.

Charlotte Spencer
Charlotte joined the trustees in 2023.

Dr John Spencer
John joined the Board of Trustees of Bereavement Care in 2021 as the nominated representative of the Harrow Area Deanery Synod (Diocese of London). He is a retired medical practitioner with experience of bereavement support on-line as a small group facilitator. He is Group Leader for Bereavement Care home Visitors based at his local church in Northwood.

Aviva Wilford
Aviva joined the trustees in 2023.