South Yorkshire Charity Mentors
Tony Pedder, Chair of South Yorkshire Charity Mentors and the Board of Trustees are pleased to share the following news release:
This is a follow-up to the news release made on 8th October last year concerning the leadership of South Yorkshire Charity Mentors (SYCM).
As we said at that time, our Chief Executive, Martin Singer, has been appointed as Chief Executive of South Yorkshire Community Foundation (SYCF). He will be taking up that role on March 3rd 2025.
Martin Singer, CEO South Yorkshire Charity Mentors
To continue the outstanding work which SYCM is doing to support the voluntary sector across South Yorkshire, we are delighted to let you know that the Board has appointed Debbie Bennett as Senior Executive Officer. Debbie joins SYCM with immediate effect and will initially work alongside Martin, until he assumes his new role at SYCF, after which she will take over the executive leadership of our organisation.
Debbie Bennett, incoming Senior Executive Officer, South Yorkshire Charity Mentors
Debbie has considerable experience working with the voluntary sector, having spent a number of years as Community Liaison Coordinator for John Lewis plc, based in South Yorkshire. We are confident that she will continue to develop SYCM, so that it continues to be the leading provider of free mentoring support to voluntary sector organisations across our County.
We are also pleased to advise that we have strengthened our Board of Trustees with the appointments of Hayley Koseoglu and Tracy Viner. They both are deeply involved in and highly respected within the business communities in South Yorkshire through their involvement with Barnsley/Rotherham and Sheffield Chambers of Commerce respectively. Both have strong interest in supporting the voluntary sector and will be valuable additions to our Board.
New Trustee, Tracy Viner – Executive Manager at Sheffield Chamber of Commerce
New Trustee, Hayley Koseoglu – Strategic Business Consultant and VP at Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce
South Yorkshire Charity Mentors has come a long way since its inception some three years ago. We have to date supported many charities and our determination is to maintain that momentum by continuing to offer our services to any voluntary sector organisation which might see benefit in interfacing with one of our bank of outstanding mentors. And we continue to welcome approaches from talented and experienced people who would like to join that bank and thereby be available to help us meet the needs of South Yorkshire’s voluntary sector.