Our Board of Trustees help to ensure that new ideas, skills, and resource is added to assist growth and quality of our Residential Assistance Dog Programme further

Kath was appointed to our Board of Trustees in 2022. Kath is a qualified social worked with a L5 Certificate in Education. Kath has experience working with Looked after Children, training staff in children’s homes, working in a men’s prison, teaching foster carers how to care for traumatised and abused children, and conducting staff development and training at a service for children and young people who have severe learning difficulties and are autistic. 

Rob is an experienced NHS manager, having worked in numerous senior roles since joining the NHS as a graduate management trainee. From 2015 to 2022 he was Director for community services across North East Wales including Children's services CAMHS and Neurodevelopment and is currently working providing cover for senior NHS roles and in healthcare consultancy.

Luke is a government relations professional at a global financial services and data business, with expertise in public policy, communications and sustainability. He is passionate about autism and has experience of it through a close relative. Having grown up around assistance dogs, Luke understands the life-changing support they provide to their handlers.