Our Trustees

Malvern Special Families charity is governed by a volunteer trustee board made up of

dedicated individuals from the local community, with a variety of backgrounds and expertise.

Clive Fletcher, Chairperson and

Ofsted Registered Person for the Charity

Clive is a Chartered Accountant who worked for Worcester University. Clive is the Chairperson for Malvern Special Families and a member of the Finance Committee.

Margaret Buchanan

Margaret has retired from a career in teaching, she remains in touch with the profession by being a school governor. Margaret has been a short break carer for children with special needs for over 25 years, as well as enjoying her role as a trustee since 2004.

Ceri Bannister

Ceri worked as a Playworker for Malvern Special Families and taught within a small unit for pupils with Special Educational Needs. She is proud of the quality of our provision, our dedicated staff, our close collaboration with families and our charity’s vision.

Dave Palmer

Dave Palmer has over 30 years experience working with children with learning disabilities as Head Teacher of Manor Park and Fort Royal Schools. He is also Grandfather to a child who attends our Clubs. Dave is renowned, by children and staff alike, for his wonderful guitar and sing-along performances at our clubs.

John Aiton

John is a retired businessperson who, after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, spent his career in the construction and property industries. The reduction in his business commitments has allowed John to offer his time and experience to the third sector. John is a member of Malvern Special Families’ Finance Committee.

Chris Stephens

Chris Stephens has worked for 35 years in industry in commercial and non-commercial organisations. Over last 8 years he has worked in education and learning and in public finance Board roles with City & Guilds Group and CIPFA helping to commercialise these organisations in their evolution as social enterprises. Chris is a member of the Finance Committee.

Katy Hollingworth

Katy is mum to 3 boys, Charlie has attended Malvern Special Families for the last 6 years. MSF is a very special place for Charlie as he loves socialising with his friends and being included in all the fantastic activities MSF provides.

Michael Faust

Steph Myers

Steph has been part of the Malvern Special families team since 2011 when she joined as a playworker. Steph has worked in all the clubs as playworker, Deputy and Playleader and loved working with and supporting all the children and families along the way. Steph continues to support children as a SEN teaching assistant in a Malvern primary school. Steph joined the board of Trustees in 2025 after making the hard decision to leave the clubs, but still wanted to be involved with the charity and able to see the children as they grow up.