Board of Trustees

A committee of Trustees is responsible for the necessary decisions required for the operation of Cornwall Blind Association.

Trustees are elected for a one year term at the Annual General Meeting of the charity held each October or November.

The Trustees are empowered to co-opt additional individuals with specific skills. The present members of the Committee are listed below; they are all volunteers and several of them are visually impaired.

Terri Rosnau (CHAIR)

Terri has nine years experience in Residential Care including Rehabilitation Manager for people with mental health issues.

Terri has been a committed volunteer with Cornwall Blind Association and Scope for three years. Her roles have included advocacy and home visiting and befriending.

Terri has been a direct service user of many of Cornwall Blind Association's services, and is a regular and committed speaker on behalf of the charity.

Ian Pullum FBDo (Hons) CL

Ian Pullum is experienced in eye health and sight loss prevention as a practising Dispensing Optician at an opticians in Falmouth for over 38 years.

He is an Associate Member of the Association of Optometrists, and a full member of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians.

He is well known in the local optical field.

Jonathan Mashen

Jonathan joined the Board of Directors in January 2009 and brings financial expertise to the Board.

He is currently a partner for Lang Bennetts in Truro and he has a mixed portfolio of business clients as well as being responsible for the firm's charity clients.

Jonathan has been working with charities for 10 years, beginning with dealing with affairs as an audit manager with Winter Rule.

Ivor Rice

Ivor Rice lives in St Austell and is 71 years old. He has been a member of Cornwall Blind Association for over 15 years.

Ivor's background is in production engineering, working up until 1990.

He was registered blind in 1977. Ivor enjoys sport and is heavily involved in the BUGS (Blind Using Guided Shoots) shooting club in St Austell. He represents the club on the main rifle club committee and has won a silver medal in the national visually impaired championships.

He also attends the Bugle Blues bowling club where he is the captain and plays short mat bowls in a league with sighted bowlers.

Ivor also enjoys gardening.

Joe Stinton

Joe is in his 30s and has been registered blind for approximately 10 years. He lives in Helston with his wife and two children, one of whom is also visually impaired.

Joe's interests include tandem riding, using the computer and shooting.

Joe is an active member of the CABS (Cornwall Association Blind Shooting) club which meets in Helston. Joe has been a member of this club since it started (and previously a member of the St Austell BUGS shooting club) and will shortly be assisting to run the club.

Joe plays a very active part in the Cornwall Blind Association and has assisted in the past to give sight loss awareness training to a number of external organisations.

Joe is also the organiser of the young persons' visually impaired club.

Neil Sargent

Neil Sargent is Chairman of Stratton and Holborow and also Commercial Director. Stratton and Holborrow is a major property agent in the county.

He has spent most of his career advising clients, public, private and charitable, on the sale and acquisition and letting of commercial property in Devon and Cornwall.

Neil is also the chairman of the Cornwall Philatelic Federation.

Ray Trebilcock

Ray currently works for Rosemullion Homes as a Construction Director where his role involves building land purchase and house design. He has worked in the property field for over 20 years both in Cornwall and other parts of England.

Ray was brought up in Cornwall.

Ray has previously been a member of Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club and was the past chairman of the St Ives September Festival where he arranged two weeks of music, art, talks and poetry.

Ray also assists in the running of the St Ives Jazz Club.

Stuart Williams

Stuart Williams was registered blind in 2005 after living with sight problems for many years.

Previously working within benefits, tax and estate agency backgrounds, Stuart has lived in Cornwall all his life and now dedicates his time to charity work in the county.

As a trustee for Disability Cornwall, he is regularly called upon for his input as a visually impaired service user by local charities and organisations.

Involved with Social Services as a Sensory Loss trainer, Stuart has also over the years volunteered with the Cornwall Blind Association as an advocate, on hospital help-desks and helped with the Cornwall Blind Association's website.

Stuart is passionate about accessibility and inclusion for those with sight loss, especially in new technologies and the internet.

A guide dog user and keen shooter, Stuart also has an interest in music of all types and hopes to further this as a career.

Catriona Wilson

Catriona lost her sight about 11 years ago. She has been a stalwart volunteer for Cornwall Blind Association for over six years, helping out at the Truro Sight Centre reception desk and at fundraising events. As a speaker she gives talks to community groups and organisations about the work of the association and what losing her sight has meant to her.

Catriona is qualified in complimentary therapies and has been practicing for the last four years and can carry out more than ten different types of therapy. Catriona was a member of the committee for the Mind Befriending Scheme and continues to support them in her spare time.

Catriona was co-opted onto the Board of Directors in May 2009.