Governance and Trustees

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Good governance is essential for the success of any charity and in today's climate it is more important than ever. Members of our board play a vital role in serving our cause and our communities by ensuring the proper procedures and policies are in place to manage our charity's resources effectively. They provide long-term vision and protect their charity's reputation and values. The CRMC Governing board abides by the principles of good practice as set out by the Charities Commission - click here to sMee the document.

Reports and Accounts

Financial Report 2010 - 2011

Financial Report 2009 - 2010

Financial Report 2008 - 2009

Financial Report 2007 - 2008

Our Governing Board are:

  • Dr David Knibb

Dr David Knibb (B.Sc,M.Sc,Ph.D, FIMA,FBCS) worked for many years as a teacher of Computer Science and Mathematics at various Universities in the UK, and on retirement was Dean of Faculty of Mathematics and Computing. Subsequenty he has worked on Educational Development in Africa, mainly in Nigeria but also in Tanzania. His work in Nigeria included plans to rehabilitate neglected Technical Colleges, work as the Academic Planner in the creation of new Polytechnics, and examining the use made of IT in the classroom at Nigerian Polytechnics. David has been on the Board of CRMC for over 4 years and is also a local School Governor. David's main interests are Photography, Cycling, Travel and endlessly arguing the toss about politics.

  • Christine Oddy

A solicitor and former lecturer in Law, Christine was MEP for Coventry for 10 years where interests included human rights and anti-racism. She is secretary of the Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation, executive member and auditor of Coventry TUC and executive member of Coventry Association for International Friendship and is a Coventry Ambassador. She is a volunteer at the Royal Marsden Hospital as patient representative on Peer Review and Clinical Audit. She enjoys Art History and is currently studying Islamic Indian and Chinese Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

  • Lloyd Warinda

Born in Zimbabwe Lloyd came to the UK in 2002 as an asylum seeker and gained refugee status the same year and subsquently gaining UK citizenship in 2008. Married with 2 daughters and a son he joined the Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre in June 2003. He has always had a passion for the issues of refugees and asylum seekers since a stint with the settlement team and very proud to have witnessed the centre grow from a small and cramped office in Hillfields to where it is today. He is an avid reader and always wants to keep abreast with events around the world as well as a passionate football fan. He enjoys watching football on television and would not normally want to miss watching his favourite team Arsenal.

  • Tim Brooke

Tim Brooke has a degree in Modern Languages, following which he taught English in Paris then history and geography in East Africa, where he enjoyed living in a mud hut for four years. He spent eighteen years in London working in overseas student welfare at International Students House, as adult education officer at the Africa Centre and as a senior social worker in an inner London borough where he specialised in the fields of mental health, fostering and adoption. He is currently a Church of England priest working in the Diocese of Coventry, Chair of the homelessness charity Emmaus Coventry & Warwickshire and of the Yapp Charitable Trust, Secretary of Churches Together with Refugees in Coventry (CTRIC) and a member of Rotary Club of Coventry Jubilee.

  • Cllr Dave Chater

Dave has been a Councillor on Coventry City Council for 24 years and the Lord Mayor of Coventry 2001/02. During this time he has led policy formulation and service delivery for Coventry at a local, regional and national level for Social Services, Transport (Highways and Public Transport), City Services (Litter/Potholes/Environmental Improvement) and Health. He currently Chairs the City Council Audit Committee and also Chairs the Licensing and Regulatory Committee. He is currently a non-executive director of NHS Coventry and is interim Chair of Coventry Community Health Services. A particular interest is the development of real working partnerships at community and city level, delivering services that place people at the centre of shaping their services. He is also Chair and Director of Willenhall Advice Centre, Director of Willenhall Education and Employment Training Centre and Chair of Willenhall Community Primary School.

  • Dr Alison Callaway

Dr Alison Callaway (MBBS, PhD, MRCGP) is the lead GP at the Meridian Centre, a specialised practice for refugees and asylum seekers co-located with the Coventry Refugee Centre. Her family lived in Nigeria where she grew up. She qualified as a doctor in London, then specialised for several years in ENT surgery. She taught at Chongqing Medical College in the 80s, when China was still strictly Communist where her line manager was a soldier in the People's Liberation Army. Subsequently she completed a PhD on deaf children in China, and worked with a Chinese charity to set up language projects, now with twenty-one projects for deaf children in five provinces. On return to the UK she came back to general practice. In addition to clinical medical practice she writes expert medico-legal reports for asylum cases and co-organises a national group of report-writing doctors.

  • Dr Joe Walsh

Married with 2 sons, Joe has a PhD in engineering and has worked for BT for 16 years in sales, technical, consulting and management roles. He was recently Partnership Director for Volunteering, a company-wide initiative set up to encourage BT employees to undertake skills based volunteering for charities. He has previously worked in software companies and the MoD. His focus is on helping organisations grow and perform better. Joe is Deputy Chair and Treasurer of the Coventry Refugee Centre. He has been non-executive director of several sub-regional inward investment / economic development organisations in London and been involved in voluntary work for many years. Joe is also Chair of the Academic Advisory Board of the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Greenwich University.

  • Dr David Brown

Dr David Brown is the chief executive of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, an international professional organisation. Based in Rugby, David's background is in the chemicals and plastics industries. He has managed a business unit for a leading university and headed the Technology and Innovation Management practice for the consulting firm Arthur D. Little. David's interest in refugee and migrant issues is long-standing and from a Christian perspective. He is actively engaged in regional issues as deputy Chairman of the regional development agency Advantage West Midlands and also as Chairman of West Midlands in Europe. He is also a member of the West Midlands Innovation and Technology Council and the Birmingham Science City Partnership Board.