As a small voluntary organisation, we have no paid staff. Everything we do is
achieved by volunteers. At the moment we are developing our volunteer network
and the activities that our volunteers undertake to help people with pseudo. Of
course our trustees are volunteers as well. Here is an opportunity to find out
a little about them.

Mike Herbert is the Charity's chairman. His daughter Rosie - who has had gastro-intestinal problems
since the age of 6 - was the inspiration for for setting up GI Blues.
He has been involved in the voluntary sector in various capacities since 1995
as a volunteer, as a project worker, as a development officer, as a project
manager and as a fundraiser. Educated at the University of Salford and at
universities in France and Italy, Mike worked as a senior manager in the
shipping industry before making a career change in 1998 and went on to take a
counselling qualification in 2001. A certificated member of the Institute of
Fundraising, Mike works part-time for a national charityand runs his own charity consultancy business.
In addition to fundraising he has a particular interest in training and in volunteer management and development.
In his spare time he enjoys watching rugby, walking and reading, especially
about Roman and Victorian history.

 

Trevor Larkin is the managing director of a local business. He has two sons, of whom
the youngest is the same age as Rosie.

Trevor's interests include golf and rugby

Dr Nigel Meadows is a consultant paediatric gastroenterologist with
wide experience of working with children and young people with pseudo.

Martyn Reed is GI Blues' Treasurer. He is a senior accountant with a county-wide
estate agent and property specialist business.

Rosie Cornell is the inspiration behind GI Blues and plays an important part on the
Board as she is the only one of us who can give us the perspective of a person
with pseudo 

Professor Qasim Aziz is a neurogastoenterologist and a leading
authority on gastro-intestinal pseudo-obstruction.