Our Trustees
Our knowledgeable and experienced Trustees are very active in the Charity and genuinely care about what we do. All BCCS “Assist” Trustees are volunteers who are truly representative of Bradford District and its richly diverse community. This is important, as it means that people with different lived experience, backgrounds, roles and cultures are working together to ensure that we can really help anyone who uses our service.
Meet our Trustees:
Philip Turnpenny JP (Chair)
Philip has been a Trustee of the charity for 10 years and was a Magistrate in Bradford. In addition, he is a Trustee of two other charities.
Mary Carroll JP (Vice Chair)
Mary, a founder member of BCCS ‘Assist’, has had a wide variety of interesting life experiences, such as working in central Africa, managing almost 100 Primary Schools, serving as a JP for 30+ years and spending a night in police custody! Mary loves cooking but prefers eating out, especially curries!
Ben Paolozzi JP
Ben is a Sports Therapist and a current Magistrate. Ben enjoys High Impact Training and competitive (static) rowing, pushing himself to the limit. He also enjoys socialising with friends.
Beryl Eakin JP
Beryl has been a Trustee for the Charity for over ten years and works for another charitable organisation on their Management Committee. A retired headteacher and former magistrate for over twenty years. Interested in cooking, gardening and reading but first and foremost her family.
Rev Canon Denise Pool
Denise is a priest in the CofE with a background in community development, interfaith relations, being a vicar and developing ministerial training. She enjoys engaging in voluntary work in Bradford and getting to know people from many different walks of life, faiths and cultures.
Dilshad Khan JP
Dilshad was one of the founding members of BCCS ‘Assist’. He has worked mainly in the public sector especially in healthcare in the UK and abroad at senior managerial level. He enjoys playing golf and is an avid Bradford City supporter having been a season ticket holder for many years.
Mariam Deen
Mariam is a trained barrister and started her career as a criminal prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service. She has experience in commercial and civil law, has practiced in England as well as the UAE and is passionate about mediation as an effective way to resolve conflict. Mariam loves to spend time with family and friends and enjoys nature; she has recently started beekeeping.
Vicky Reynolds JP DL
Vicky had a 40-year career as a senior manager in the Civil Service. She has been a magistrate for 36 years and is also a Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire. She is an avid Bradford City fan, cat lover (Aggie) and loves travelling in UK and abroad. Best night in – curry and Lucifer on Netflix.
Yunus Mayat JP
Yunus has been working in IT for the last 21 years as a senior manager, predominately for the public sector. He enjoys playing badminton, five-a-side football and loves travelling the world to experience different cultures. Yunus is always up for a good sci-fi movie – especially anything with time travel!
Susan Milnes
Susan served as a Volunteer Support Worker for 8 years and undertook the Brighouse Boundary long distance walk, walking 20.5 miles in 8.5 hours and raised £975 for BCCS Assist. When not walking Susan enjoys learning classical guitar.