SUDBURY GASWORKS RESTORATION TRUST

The running of The Gasworks Sudbury is overseen by a team of dedicated local volunteers, many of whom have been involved throughout the fundraising and restoration phases of the building project, and continue to serve as Trustees on the Board of Sudbury Gasworks Restoration Trust (SGRT), a registered charity and building preservation trust.

The role of SGRT is to preserve Sudbury Gasworks for the benefit of the people locally and nationally for recreation and education; to preserve the historical, architectural and constructional heritage of the site; and to promote and raise awareness of the building’s heritage and significance.

COMMUNITY PLEDGE

The restoration of The Gasworks Sudbury would not have been possible without the support of the local community, and our Board of Trustees are dedicated to creating a space that is accessible to all within Sudbury. Read our pledge to the local community.

THE TEAM

Our team is united by a mutual love and respect for heritage and our enthusiasm for ensuring the future of The Gasworks. Learn more about our team below.

Caroline Moyes – Gasworks Manager

Caroline has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry, both in hotel and events management, with her focus on sales and operations.  She is passionate about exceptional service delivery and customer care.  Caroline enjoys spending time with her family, going to live music gigs all over the country, reading and socialising with friends.

Suzy Ough – Housekeeper

Suzy Ough is a recent Performing Arts graduate with over five years’ experience in retail and two years in commercial cleaning. With a keen eye for detail, she takes pride in maintaining the building to the highest standards and ensuring every guest has a positive experience. Outside of work, Suzy enjoys singing, birdwatching and photography.

Katie Reid – Marketing Executive

With over ten years’ experience in marketing, PR and communications, Katie has worked across the agency, higher education and charity sectors. Katie enjoys bringing The Gasworks to life through marketing and helping people discover everything it has to offer. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and volunteering with Scouts.

OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Timothy Webber BSc BDS – Chairman

Tim is a dental surgeon, business owner and entrepreneur. Tim is experienced in renovating historic and listed buildings as self-funded investments. This has involved gaining change of use permission; facilitating disabled access in a Grade II listed building and installing technologies to achieve carbon neutral status. Tim has been a Trustee for Sudbury Gasworks Restoration Trust for eight years.

Noel Fowler – Company Secretary

Following a career of more than 35 years in education, which began teaching mathematics in secondary schools and included two headships and leading secondary education for a Local Authority, Noel retired in September 2013. Since then he has been working voluntarily in a number of organisations, most notably as Chair of Trustees for WESC, a charity providing education and care for young people with visual impairment and complex needs, and Sporting Club Inkberrow where he supported the process of becoming a charity.

Brice Bozier – Trustee

Brice, a father of two, has over 30 years engineering experience. He apprentice trained on machine tools moving into project management, electronics and computing, thus giving him a wide breadth of knowledge and experience leading to consultancy and an engineering position at JCB. He has undertaken various building projects and has drafted building plans within CAD and has experience of solar, air source heat pumps and biomass products.

Gillian Prew – Trustee

Gillian’s background is secretarial/administration/management support. She is a Bank Medical Secretary working for the Burton Hospitals NHS Trust in the Department of Medicine and Diagnostics, providing secretarial and administrative support, wherever needed. Gillian was also Chair of SGRT from 2015 to 2018.

Anna Massey-Fryer – Trustee

After graduating from Newcastle University with a BSc in Agriculture and an MSc in Crop Protection from Harper Adams University College, Anna took over the management of the family farm at Sudbury Park. Over the last 18 years she has built up a successful arable and contracting business. Anna balances this with many other responsibilities such as being a member of the Staffordshire Agricultural Society and local NFU branch, a member of Sudbury PCC, running the school’s uniform shop as well as a busy mum of two.

Julie White – Trustee

Creative Director of Growing Rural Enterprise Ltd, a private sector business based in The Old Village Stores, Sudbury. Julie is an SFEDI accredited Business Adviser and Social Enterprise Adviser. She has a Foundation Degree in Project Management, BA Hons in Business Management and OCN Leadership in Rural Communities. Julie founded the WELLIES Project that offers therapeutic learning activities with animals, plants, creativity and the countryside for people recovering from poor mental health and is safeguarding lead for Sudbury Gasworks. 

Rob Watson – Trustee

After qualifying through the graduate apprentice programme in Mechanical & Power Engineering at Rolls-Royce Rob spent almost 40 years in Customer facing and management roles both in Derby and overseas for Rolls-Royce Airline engine business and latterly within Company Headquarters. Rob was drawn to the Gasworks through his interest in architecture and buildings combined with the fact that he was born in Sudbury and went to the village school until leaving the area when he was 6.

OUR VOLUNTEERS

Pete Wilkins – Volunteer Book Keeper

Pete was a successful Bank Manager for Midland/HSBC for over 30 years; his responsibilities were many and varied, including audit, sales, Branch and Area Management. Since leaving the Bank, he has been involved in education (including NVQ assessments), local government and the private sector. He is currently employed on a part-time basis by a retail business where he has various financial responsibilities. Pete lives locally with his wife Judy and their dogs. His interests include cooking, cricket, rugby, clay pigeon shooting and eating out.