Hope UK is a membership charity with a Board of 14 Trustees, each of whom serves for 3 years before being subject to re-election at the Annual General Meeting. In addition, the AGM appoints a Chairman and Honorary Treasurer who are members of the Board. The Trustees include individuals from business, the NHS, education, church and voluntary sector backgrounds.
Membership is open to Christians who have adopted a lifestyle free from the use of alcohol, tobacco or illegal drugs. There is no annual subscription, although members are encouraged to support the work of Hope UK financially. All Hope UK Drug Educators are members. Applications for membership should be completed and signed before being sent to the Chief Executive Officer.
Chairman – David Linington
David has had extensive experience of company management and, until 1987, was Chairman and Managing Director of his own company with an annual turnover in excess of £2m. He was also a Director of four other limited companies and a Trustee of a number of charities. Since 1987, he has initiated projects to help those with life controlling problems. 
Honorary T
reasurer – Alan Earwaker
Alan is a retired teacher and College Finance Director and has been a Voluntary Drug Educator for Hope UK since 1999 because he was already giving lessons on HIV and AIDS in schools. He has provided many training courses for youth workers and adults as a Hope UK Educator. He also works with parents in Care for the Family’s ‘How to Drug Proof Your Kids’® programme. He is also an accredited Educator for Surrey Drug and Alcohol Action Team and a Voluntary Educator for Oasis.
Staff
Sarah , Chief 
Executive Officer
Sarah has led Hope UK since May 2009 and is a qualified trainer and experienced youth leader. She is responsible for the development over the last eighteen years of Hope UK’s Voluntary Drug Educator Training Programme which is accredited with the Open College Network. She has a BA(Hons) in History.
Lovisa, Assistant Training Co-ordinator
She is assisted by Lovisa, Assistant Training Co-ordinator, who is responsible for the day-to-day training and support of Hope UK’s 225 voluntary Drug Educators. She is also currently responsible for recruiting and training a team of Drug Educators in Buckinghamshire. Lovisa has had many years of experience working in Sweden with a voluntary organisation with similar aims. She has supported Sarah in her role as Community and Training Co-ordinator for the past seven years.
Paul, Trainer (Community Development Team)/Community Work Developer
Paul plays a leading role in the delivery of educational and training activities by means of the voluntary Drug Educator training scheme. The role includes helping to develop locally based groups of Educators. In the past year, Paul has been instrumental in recruiting, training and supporting the teams in Newham and Bexley.
Debbie,
Admin Assistant (Educators)
Debbie fulfils a key role in being the connection between clients and Educators. In particular, she co-ordinates bookings for Educators – both staff and volunteers.
A
ngella, ICT/Finance Assistant/Receptionist
Angella welcomes visitors to the office as well as providing an initial response to telephone calls. She is also responsible for sending out resources by post, and the provision of general administrative and Finance support as well as acting as ICT Assistant.
Susan, Fundraising Assistant
Susan is involved in all aspects of routine fundraising as well as the provision of support to the Busi
ness Manager.
Marolin, Business Manager
Marolin’s role encompasses Governance, Human Resources, and the Fundraising and Marketing activities of Hope UK. She also acts as the Press Officer.
Ian Michell
Ian works part-time as a Community Development/Training Assistant. He is responsible for the development of Hope UK’s work in Watford, recruiting volunteers, assisting with their training, and liaising with relevant local service providers and potential users of our services.
Liz Wynyard
Liz has worked for Hope UK for many years, both in paid and voluntary capacities. She is currently being paid through the Vodaphone World of Difference programme to work part-time for four months. Her task will be to promote Hope UK in areas where we have voluntary Drug Educators to increase support for them as well as publicising their availability for providing drug education.
Local Project Workers:
These are part-time workers who help Hope UK develop and support teams of voluntary Drug Educators in local areas, linking them with opportunities to provide drug education and undertaking sessions themselves when volunteers are unavailable. They also work to raise the profile of Hope UK’s drug prevention work and find local sources of funding.
We currently have Local Project Workers in North East Scotland, Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, Newcastle, Sheffield, Northampton, Cornwall and the Southampton, Poole and Bournmouth area. For information about Local Project Workers and activity in these areas, please click on Your Region and the region of interest on the map.
HQ staff are also developing teams of Drug Educators in Buckinghamshire and the London borough of Bexley this year as well as supporting the newly trained teams in Kingston, Newham and Watford.
