THE BROMSGROVE-based Basement Project has a new chairman.
David Morgan was elected to the role of Chair of the Board of Trustees at the AGM, replacing outgoing Chair Lindsay Peniston.
David has a background in business management, sales, marketing and business analytics.
He has been a business consultant and was previously the International Business Director for an American supplier of high-tech communication aids for people with speech disabilities, running the UK company. He took the firm from start-up to market leader and was responsible for distribution in Europe and Australasia.
David has also been a main board director of the British Healthcare Trades Association, is currently chairman of the Speech Aid Sector and is the county organiser for the National Gardens Scheme in Worcestershire, a voluntary Ranger on the Birmingham to Worcester Canal, a member of MENSA, a Methodist Lay Preacher and a published author.
The former Bromsgrove High School pupil has spent most of his life in this area and has been a trustee and director of the Basement Project since 2011.
Outgoing chair Lindsay joined the Basement Project Board in 2013 and has a background in marketing, communications and organisational development within the
Voluntary Sector.
She was managing editor of a national charity magazine and later focused on communications, training voluntary sector organisations in marketing, communications, Governance and good practice in volunteering.
She is a former CEO of Worcester Volunteer Centre and its community transport operation and was an NCVO Investing in Volunteers Advisor for Worcestershire.
Lindsay said: “On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to thank our people, volunteer teams, partners and funders, who have played a vital role in keeping our services going throughout the ‘stop-and-start’ pattern of lockdowns during the pandemic.
“David will now help the Basement Project as it builds on the new ways of working introduced as a result of Covid-19.”
The Basement Project supports young people under 25 who are in crisis, homeless, or at risk of homelessness.
Visit basement.org or call 01527 832993 for more on the Basement Project, fund-raising and volunteering opportunities.
