New Chair for Swindon Charity. Swindon’s Big Breakfast Plus, provider of cooked breakfasts for homeless and hungry people in the town, has a new chair of trustees. James Puttick, who first joined the charity as a volunteer, has taken over the reins from long-standing chair Charlotte Mannion.
Charlotte, who oversaw the reopening of Big Breakfast Plus following the pandemic, has been instrumental in developing the charity. It’s now open seven days a week at the Pilgrim Centre, and often caters for more than 100 guests a day.
James said: ‘I began volunteering after Covid, when the charity reopened. I saw a Facebook post from a friend of mine, who was also volunteering. I’ve lived in Swindon all my life and wanted to be more involved in the local community. On that first day, we had five volunteers and three guests, because word hadn’t got around that we were up and running again.’
ames, from Swindon, who works in business development for a financial services organisation, soon stepped up to become a trustee and has now taken on the role of chair.
‘Charlotte didn’t want to carry on indefinitely, so we did some succession planning. We’ve now appointed a full-time charity manager, to take over much of the work Charlotte was doing. And I can focus on the trustee role. Plus, we have appointed two new trustees.
Charlotte, who will stay on as a trustee, added: ‘I have every confidence in James and the board of trustees, who are now in a strong place. There are exciting things to come for Big Breakfast Plus, whose services the community needs now more than ever.’
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For more about Big Breakfast Plus and how to support the charity, visit https://bigbreakfastplus.org.uk/.
