Our Leadership Team & Governing Body
Our Leadership Team are at the helm of putting people at the heart of everything we do. Their combination of skills, knowledge and personal experience has been vital to our success.
They are supported by a diverse Board of Trustees who help steer our direction as an organisation with their wide range of skills and high-level experience. As a growing organisation, we are constantly seeking to improve the lives of the people we support through learning, volunteering and employment.
WSCS Leadership Team
Clare Bugler
Director of Walsingham Support Community Solutions
Clare Bugler Joined Walsingham Support in October 2017. She has worked in the public sector and third sector organisations for the past 8 years, heading up programmes focused on building individual and community resilience through an asset-based approach…
Paul Snell
Chief Executive
Growing up with a younger brother with learning disabilities, Walsingham Support’s CEO understands the difference that good support makes. His view is: “If the people we support, their families and our staff are happy – then I’m happy.” Paul has over…
Mick Burgess
Director of Operations and Development
Mick started his career in Social Care as a Support Worker and worked across residential homes, supported living homes and community based out-reach services. Mick later qualified as a Nurse and worked for the NHS for a short while. Mick is an Advanced…
Andrew McLachrie
Director of Finance and Commercial
Andrew joined Walsingham Support with a strong financial background as a professional accountant. He has held a number of finance roles within large corporations, ranging from Nortel Networks, Tesco, Cisco, Pitney Bowes, and EE. Although he has vast…
Liz Roe
Director of People & Engagement
Liz joins us with an extensive background in HR and Organisational Development and has held various HR leadership positions working in health, charity and commercial organisations. Liz is passionate about developing organisational culture, embedding…
WSCS Governing Body
Paul MacDonald
Chair of Trustees
Paul joined the Board in 2019 with the objective of making a difference. He has varied experience in steering change across multiple customer focused sectors, countries and cultures. The first member of his family to attend university, Paul is ambitious…
Jon Adams
Vice Chair of Trustees
Jon became a trustee with Walsingham Support Community Solutions in 2017 and Vice-Chair in 2018. He attends Walsingham Supports Assurance Committee on behalf of WSCS Board. With over 30 years’ experience of working in the health and social care sector,…
Sarah Miller
Trustee
Sarah is CEO of Papworth Trust, a disability charity covering the East of England. Papworth Trust work to support adults with disabilities in the community with learning, work and leisure activities. As well as a trustee at Walsingham Support Community…
Nikki Craig
Trustee
Nikki Craig is Head of Community Engagement at Amazon. For many years prior to that she was SVP HR UK and Ireland at DHL Supply Chain where she had various Senior HR roles and was instrumental in the transformation of the overall function; which saw…
Raahki Patel
Trustee
Raakhi is a portfolio finance director, who now works with non-profits and SMEs having spent 18 years working for a multinational Consultancy. She is a Trustee for a Multi- Academy Schools Trust and holds a number of other volunteering roles. When she’s…
Honorary President & Vice President
Maddy Thomson
Honorary Vice President
Maddy was the first chair of Walsingham Support Community Solutions, whilst also serving on the Board of Walsingham Support as Vice Chair. She was delighted to be appointed as Honorary Vice President. She is passionate about facilitating inclusion in…
"WSCS is important to the community because it offers inclusive opportunities to everyone in the community, it’s a place where people can develop friendships and learn skills regardless, promoting ability not disability."
Clare Bugler - Director of Walsingham Support Community Solutions