Joanne Bliss Trustee Expand Joanne’s been a nurse for over 25 years, working mostly in district nursing and management. She’s got two teenage children and is also a gifted singer. She loves being part of her church music group and local community choir.
Steve Best Trustee Expand After 36 years with Abbey National/Santander, Steve took early retirement and has been volunteering for Barnabus for many years, helping to lead our Over 40’s sessions at our Drop-In Centre. He currently helps our van driver Alan on the road collecting donations. He likes to use his role as a Trustee to understand more about helping people get off the streets, finding them work and permanent accommodation. In his personal life, Steve is married with two grown up boys and four grandchildren. He is treasurer for the Chester and Stoke of the Methodist Church. He loves playing rock-n-roll with local band Premier Crew and singing with Manchester’s very own Halle’ choir.
Tim Elston Trustee Expand Currently a partner at an accounting firm here in Manchester, Tim also volunteers with many charities as well as being Treasurer for his local Scouts branch and independent examiner for his local Church. Tim’s spare time mostly involves ferrying his two lovely and energetic children around to various activities, but he loves spending the quality time with them and the rest of his family.
John Price Chairman of Trustees Expand John has been a Trustee of Barnabus since 2002, and he became Chairman in 2011. During his working life, John spent his working life with various government departments, retiring from H M Revenue & Customs in 2014. His work with the Forty Three Trust as an Associate Evangelist has seen him speak at Church Leader conferences in countries like Tanzania, Uganda, India and loads more around the world. John is also a Lay Canon of Webuye Cathedral in Bungoma, Kenya. A bit closer to home, he’s also a frequent speaker and many churches in and around the Manchester area. Outside of his great work with Barnabus, choral music is one of John’s passions. You might just spot him belting out the hymns with several choirs in the Greater Manchester area.