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Trustee Pen Portraits

  • Dave Eagle - Chair

    Dave is a retired University Lecturer in Computer Science. His professional interests were mainly in computer security and IT governance, but he enjoys a bit of coding and messing about with electronics. Dave has extensive experience working as a trade union caseworker and has been involved in most internal employment processes on both sides of the table. Dave has a history of volunteering, one way or another, spanning over thirty years, and has been associated with Age UK Teesside a number of times in that period. He has also volunteered in politics, education, criminal justice, and housing, and continues to be involved in a number of local organisations. Dave would consider his strengths to be in problem solving, risk management / audit, and generally being good with people. Dave says “Things are hard for many businesses at present, and this is doubly true for businesses in the charitable sector. We will remain successful by continuing to focus on our fantastic people and supporting them to deliver services required by older people, whilst maintaining the sound financial management needed”.

  • Tanya Scott

    Tanya Scott is a transformational care and support leader with more than 35 years’ of experience supporting some of the most vulnerable people and communities, dedicating her career to driving positive change across national policy and local delivery.

    Tanya established her career working in the voluntary sector and the NHS, supporting individuals with learning disabilities. Then later specialising in substance misuse as a counsellor and clinical supervisor, before becoming a Director of Operations for a substance misuse charity. Tanya spent more than a decade in this role, where she led critical work to influence national policy change, before moving into a specialist care and support role for a large housing association in the north of England. There, Tanya was responsible for supported accommodation and housing for older people, leading a large team to support vulnerable residents.

    Tanya currently works as Head of Specialist Housing at Accent Housing Group, where she is responsible for the large landlord’s national portfolio of specialist housing schemes and programmes.

    She is passionate about sustainable solutions to tackle homelessness, and providing high-quality homes, in particular supporting our aging population to live well.

    Tanya says: Its important that we recognise the ever increasing needs of the aging population ensuring those who need the support receive it. At Age Uk Teesside we have an amazing team of professional colleagues, volunteers and led by a passionate CEO who provide the very best support to people when they need it most. I am proud to be Trustee of a charity that champions the needs of older people.

     

  • Tom Hurst

    Tom is a Registered Mental Health Nurse, currently working in the Higher Educations sector as a Director for Student Mental Health and Wellbeing. Prior to this role he worked in NHS Mental Health and Learning Disability Services for 15 years, undertaking a range of senior clinical and operational roles.

    Tom graduated with a MSc in Transformational Leadership from Teesside University and describes his professional interests as service improvement, workforce development and quality governance.

    Tom’s first role in care was working with older adults and he has returned to similar roles throughout his career.

    Tom says “I applied to be a Trustee after learning of the fundamental work AgeUk Teesside do in my local area. It felt like a great opportunity to be able to apply the knowledge and skills I obtained working in the local health services with the Charity, and to support them to continue to deliver outstanding services in our community”.

  • Chris Greaves

    Although originally from the North East, Chris lived in London and the South East for a number of years, returning to the area 8 years ago with his wife, Karen.

    After graduating in History and Politics from Warwick, Chris spent a career largely in Human Resources.  His roles included working as part of senior management teams in international logistics businesses and, more recently, managing HR projects for a number of organisations.  Over the years he has been involved with a wide variety of community activities including schools and local amenities.  He believes the work of the local Age UK activity is vital in helping people navigate  good later life experiences in an increasingly complex world.  Outside of work, Chris enjoys fell walking and spending time with his grown up children and the family dog.

  • Amanda Short

    Amanda Short is a highly experienced and dynamic healthcare leader with over 30 years of service across the health and social care sector. With a deep-rooted commitment to quality, governance, and sustainable improvement, she brings a blend of strategic vision and operational excellence to every role she undertakes. Currently serving as Practice Business Manager at Huntcliff Surgery and Vice Chair of Redcar Coastal PCN, Amanda plays a pivotal role in shaping local primary care delivery, leading on health inequalities, and driving transformational change across multi-disciplinary teams.

    Her leadership is characterised by openness, resilience, and a strong values-based ethos, consistently focused on doing the right thing at the right time. Amanda has successfully led major service improvements, financial turnaround, and culture change initiatives—most notably steering emergency responses during the COVID-19 pandemic and delivering CQC-rated improvements across services. Her experience spans NHS contracts, primary care networks, federations, and voluntary sector organisations, where she has demonstrated outstanding capability in governance, stakeholder engagement, and performance management.

    Academically, Amanda holds a Master’s degree in Management and PRINCE2 accreditation. Her role as trustee and director at Age UK Teesside, reflects her continued commitment to community wellbeing and effective system-wide integration"

  • Matthew Shaw

    I have a background of working in NHS Nursing, Charity and Care Sectors. I’ve held a variety of roles which I feel informs me well to hold the position of Trustee. These include;
    1. Mental Health Nurse, 2. Health & Well-being Manger for Victims of Modern Slavery, Domestic Abuse & Human Trafficking, 3. Registered Manager with several Home Care providers. 4. Volunteer coordinator for an LGBTQI charity. 
    I have a passion to support older people to age with dignity, choice and individuality, free from stigma, isolation or harm. 
    I have particular interests in Safeguarding & Abuse, Equality & Diversity and LGBTQI rights. 
    I live in the Saltburn area with my partner and enjoy dog walks, home renovation and socialising with friends. 
     
     

  • Gursharan H Singh

    He has lived locally all of his life in Teesside, except for his degree at Manchester University. A qualified Chartered Accountant who has worked in public practice for over 30 years, supporting and advising various individuals, partnerships, companies and charities with compliance to the ever growing government requirements.

    During that time he also volunteered in temple, religious, politics, education, criminal justice and housing fields and has continued to be involved in a number of local organisations.

    He has first -hand experience of the difficulties looking after elderly people because he has retired to care for his mother who has Alzheimer’s and hence is acutely aware of getting help to the elderly, especially in ethnic communities in the Teesside area.

  • Maureen Mcenaney

    Hello, my name is Maureen and I am delighted to be joining the board of Teesside Age UK in the role of Trustee.
    I am now retired  but as a registered social worker spent most of my working life in a variety of roles with different local authorities in the area moving from frontline practice to more managerial roles although always keeping a focus on the vulnerable children and their families for whom we provided services.
    Being retired has provided more time to spend with family and friends which is important to me but I still want to remain involved in what is happening in my community and the role of Trustee provides a great opportunity to fulfil this wish.
    I am a keen horse woman which keeps me active as well as walking the dog! More gentle pastimes involve cooking, reading and knitting.