Team

MEET THE TEAM AT TOPSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

The Company (Topsham Community Association Ltd) is managed by a board of directors. All directors are subject to election at a TCA Annual General Meeting. Thereafter, one third of the board must stand for re-election at the AGM every year. If you’re interested in becoming a director, please get in touch.

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Hayley Denham

Hayley Denham is the TCA Manager. She is based at Matthews Hall. You can contact Hayley on 07940 960560 or [email protected]

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Lucy Yarde

Lucy Yarde is the Saturday Market Manager. She promotes and organises the market, and liaises with stall holders. Contact her on 07849 121840 or [email protected]

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The Other Directors

Jamie Vanrenen– Treasurer, Fran Murrell – Secretary, Ed Tuijl – Market liaison, Andrew Leadbetter – Devon County and ECC councillor, Jane Bell, Chris Buckingham, Maggie Butt, Bob Drury, Jane Trollope, Jose Northey, David Burley and Adrian Dunn.

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Volunteers

We have other volunteers who help with IT and audio visual stuff, helping at events, planting flowers, being the town crier, designing our website etc. If you’d like to offer help, please get in touch. 

Topsham Community Association is looking for new voluntary directors to join our board and assist in running community activities, managing Matthews Hall and the Dorothy Holman Centre and developing the Association. If you would like to get involved and make a contribution to the Community in Topsham we would love to hear from you. Experience or/and knowledge of any of the following would be useful in this role:  Organising community activities, Managing a venue, Managing staff, Governance of a charity and a company, Law, IT, Finance or Marketing. If you would like more information, please email [email protected].

Why become a member?

As mentioned above, the Community Association responds to consultations from the City and County Councils. One of the considerations from these organisations  is the number of members in any responding organisation. The only way we can demonstrate that we represent the views of Topsham people is to show that we have a significant membership. As we must retain a formal register of members we can consult with our members electronically or by post and can therefore respond quickly to issues raised. Even more important, only members may vote for directors of the company at the Annual General Meeting each year. The directors need to have confidence that they are carrying out the wishes of the community in line with the objectives of the Company. This is best demonstrated when their nomination and election is confirmed  by a broad cross section of the population. Members of the Company must be aged 16 or over and live or work in Topsham.  To become a member an eligible person must complete an application form. It’s free to join!