Our Trustees are appointed volunteers who are responsible for ensuring Rooley Moor Neighbourhood Forum operates according to its charitable purpose. They bring with them a range of skills and experience that complements our organisation and ensures it is well managed. Our forum is grateful for their time and dedication.
Honorary President
- David Olusoga OBE– David is a British-Nigerian Historian, BAFTA winning TV Presenter/Producer and an award winning author.
Our Trustees
- Andy Meek – Chair – Andy is a long term resident of Prickshaw who enjoys the open countryside and moors that surround the village and is very keen to see this preserved. Works part-time in the transport and logistics sector.
- Fran Healey – Fran is a qualified accountant who volunteers in the charity and not for profit sector. She is a Trustee of Survivors Manchester and also interested in the future potential of social value accounting methodologies.
- Alan Rawsterne – Secretary – Alan is retired, has a background in logistics, continuous improvement methodologies and was a Six Sigma practitioner.
- John Newcombe – Treasurer – John is a retired Inspector of Taxes and is Chair of the Prickshaw and Broadley Fold Conservation Area Committee. John is a keen runner and walker and he is anxious to preserve our precious open spaces, which he sees as an essential facility much needed by our ever increasing urban population.
- Stuart Davies – Stuart is a Whitworth resident who is passionate about the area and its open moorland.
- Nigel Morrell – Nigel is the chair of Norden Area Forum and a trustee of Norden Community Trust, which is the governing body that manages Norden Old Library.
- Sue Neilson – Sue retired from a Manchester research centre in 2006. She is a founding member of Whitworth Town Council’s Environment and Wildlife Committee, which was established in 2024, and which allows her to actively work to ensure that the conservation of the local environment, wildlife, and heritage assets are core components of community life and council policy. Amongst other interests, Sue is also a member of Whitworth’s Flood Forum, Whitworth in Bloom and is a local school governor .
- Alan Billingsley – A retired engineer, residing in Whitworth, a hill walker and mountain biker, with a dedicated interest in minimising damage to the local moorland.
You can contact any of our Trustees by sending an email, marked for their attention, to: info@rmnf.org.uk