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Management of the charity

Jane Palmer is the Chief Executive of Age UK Milton Keynes

The chief executive is responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation.

The duties of the Chief Executive include:

  • ensuring the executive committee receives the information needed to carry out its duties
  • seeing that policy decisions are carried out
  • contributing to the development of the organisation
  • management of staff

In charity law, members of the Executive Committee are known as "trustees". 

The aim and responsibility of every trustee is to ensure that Age UK Milton Keynes operates in a manner which enables it to fulfil the objectives given in the constitution in as effective a manner as possible.  The committee has overall legal responsibility for the work and finances of the organisation, employs the staff and manages volunteers.  Our trustees are unpaid volunteers.

At the Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 28th September 2017 the following people were appointed as members of the Board of Trustees:

  • Sue Graham
    Chairman

  • John Goodman
    Vice-chairman

  • Mike Malget*
    Honorary Treasurer

  • Meg Bates**

  • Janet Deeley

  • Stewart Jones

  • Peter Lazard

  • Jan McMeakin

  • Diana Payne MBE**

  • Tony Watson

  • Vacancy

  • Vacancy

* Elected at the Executive Meeting on Thursday 30th November 2017
** Co-opted to the Executive Board on Thursday 30th November 2017

We have several vacancies on our board of trustees.  If you are interested in becoming a trustee we would love to hear from you.  Please get in touch on 01908 550700.