About Us
Meet our team
We have a very friendly, close-knit team with specific areas of expertise. Feel free to contact us at any time.
Staff
Wendy Varcoe
Executive Director
Wendy helped establish the founding of the Community Foundation for Surrey in 2005 becoming its first Executive Director, heading up the team and taking overall responsibility for strategy and development. In this time she has overseen the development of our permanent funds as well as increasing the numbers of grants given to support community needs.
01483 409229
wendy@communityfoundationsurrey.org.uk
Laura Thurlow
Programme Manager
Laura joined the Community Foundation for Surrey in 2008 and since this time has been promoted to Programme Manager. She oversees all of the Grants Programme, including Comic Relief, Grassroots Grants and Donor Funds. She works closely with voluntary and charitable organisations throughout the county and with donors to ensure their giving objectives are met.
01483 409225
laura@communityfoundationsurrey.org.uk
Davina Patel
Marketing & Communications Officer
Davina works part-time managing our marketing and communications, ensuring that the Community Foundation has a high profile amongst charitable organisations, donors and the media so that we can increase the level of donations we receive and people we can help.
01483 409227
davina@communityfoundationsurrey.org.uk
Louise Phillips
Grants Officer
Louise is responsible for assessing grant applications and making grant recommendations as well as maintaining relationships with voluntary and community groups throughout the county.
01483 409226
louise@communityfoundationsurrey.org.uk
Roger Williams
Finance Manager
Roger works part-time, managing our finance and producing statutory accounts. He assists with the Foundation's investments and works closely with the Grants Team to manage the donor funds.
01483 409228
roger@communityfoundationsurrey.org.uk