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Meet Our Trustees.

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Chairman & Treasurer

Peter Simpson 

Peter is Chairman & Treasurer for Wellbeing in the Weald. He is a chartered accountant whose most recent role was Financial Director for Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent.

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He was elected as a Trustee and Treasurer to Wellbeing in the Weald in 2022 and plays an active role in the charity's strategic development plans.​​ Peter lives in Sissinghurst.

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Trustee

Andrew Chandler

Andrew is a solicitor and works as a consultant to advise leading businesses, trade associations and public sector clients on commercial contracts, competition law, distribution and risk.

 

Andrew was formerly a partner at Eversheds LLP. He is also involved with educational organisations; has held other charity Trustee  positions, is a school governor, and has also held patient representative roles at RCP.

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Founder & Trustee 

Dr Dineli Charlesworth

Dineli founded Wellbeing in the Weald in 2019, having recognised a need to help people holistically as well as with medical treatment.

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Since 2004 Dineli has been a GP at Orchard End Surgery, Cranbrook. She specialises in women's health and in particular safeguarding and mental health issues. She lives just outside Cranbrook.​

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Trustee

Dr Debbie Jones

Debbie is one of the founders of Wellbeing in the Weald, alongside Dineli, and became a Trustee at its inception as a charity in June 2019. 

 

She retired from work as a psychiatrist in the NHS in 2018. She has lived in Cranbrook for 25 years where she is a regular worshipper at St Dunstan’s Church. 

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Trustee

Nick Stringer

Nick is a Non-Executive Director and Board Adviser specialising in global digital public policy, AI governance and data protection and privacy. With over 30 years of experience in the technology and digital media sectors, he has held senior leadership and regulatory roles at major organisations including Orange, the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB UK), and the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), focusing on industry standards and global advocacy.
 

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Trustee

Seamus O'Brien

Seamus worked for Santander as a Technical Specialist in their IT department for many years.  

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Before that he worked for a number of technology companies including HP and Siemens.

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He provides IT advice and assistance at Wednesday Drop-ins. He lives in Cranbrook.

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Trustee

Alison Burdick

Alison lives in Cranbrook and runs a strategic marketing agency in London. Alison has been supporting us in various ways since she joined us as a volunteer including teaching our free yoga class each week.

Now as a Trustee, Alison will help us reach as many people as possible to spread the good word of Wellbeing in the Weald and look at ways that we can further support the needs of our community.

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Administrator

Samantha Polok

Samantha is an experienced administrator and works many roles including providing administrative and financial support to the Wellbeing in the Weald team.

 

Samantha is our first point of contact for all enquiries and can be contacted through our hello@wellbeingintheweald.co.uk email.

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Volunteer Co-ordinator

Lisa Packham

Lisa lives in Cranbrook and has retired from Kent Fire and Rescue Service after a varied 31-year career. She is now a carer for her father. Hobbies include gardening, cooking, walking, reading, and caring for her rescue cats.

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Now Lisa works with Wellbeing in the Weald as a Volunteer Co ordinator, supporting existing volunteers and looking to recruit more to join our friendly team. You can contact Lisa via;

Lisa@wellbeingintheweald.co.uk or phone her on 07961 669575

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Get in Touch 

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Our admin and volunteers work from home on a part-time basis. Therefore, please contact us

either by email or phone, and someone will respond to you within a couple of days. Thank you.

 

07961 669 575

hello@wellbeingintheweald.co.uk

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©2026 Wellbeing in the Weald. Wellbeing in the Weald is a registered Charity No. 1190083. Company No. CE022292

Registered Office:  Hillside Farmhouse, The Street, Sissinghurst, TN17 2 JH 

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