MEET OUR TRUSTEES

The ACT Trustees are a group of passionate people dedicated to addressing the well-being needs of people in North East Essex.

Julie Young

Chair of Trustees

Julie was appointed as Chair of ACT in October 2019 when the charity was associated with Anglian Community Enterprise. When ACE ceased trading in August 2021 Julie was delighted to continue as Chair and is committed to ensuring that the financial legacy of ACE will be used wisely to support local people.

Michael Pollington

Trustee

"I worked within the NHS for the nearly 20 years gathering experience in Ophthalmic Payments, Training, Clinical Systems, Change Management, Information Technology, Information Governance and Data Protection Law. This included the management of projects and teams, and leading in Information Governance and IT."

David Sollis

Deputy Chair

Dr David Sollis has over 20 years of experience in charities, focused on disability, health & social care, sport, children and young people. He is CEO of the Youth Enquiry Service, chairman of ATF and sits on the boards of Active Essex, Healthwatch Barking & Dagenham and St Johns Church Colchester

Mick Gill

Trustee

Mick is an accomplished business manager, professionally qualified Engineer, Trainer, Consultant and Coach with a proven background in leadership/organisational development and training also business and individual performance improvement. He is proud to bring this experience to ACT.

Frank Sims

Treasurer

"Anglian Community Trust was established to make an impact on behalf of its original members and I am passionate about making that happen. In particular, to provide life chances for those with challenges and support them with improvements to their lives."