Oliver Gadsby (Chair)
Oliver Gadsby has been a CWR volunteer since 2020. He brings previous experience as a charity trustee, as well as from professional roles running businesses and membership organisations. He will support our governance and good practice, and help to develop our financial planning and reporting. Above all, though, he is focused on improving the life chances of the people he meets at the CWR Hub: the real inspiration for our work!
Emily Webb
Emily is Head of Programmes at Good Chance Theatre, an international charity creating theatre with displaced artists and connecting communities through art. She has run Good Chance’s Dome theatre in refugee centres around Paris, was one of the producers of The Walk with Little Amal reaching 1 million people across the world, produced international Afghan kite flying festival Fly With Me reaching over 60 cities and towns worldwide, and led From Here On working with over 300 young people across Europe.
She grew up in Cheltenham and is delighted to be raising her own family here. She was thrilled when Little Amal was able to visit Cheltenham, thanks to The Everyman, CWR, GARAS and others, and is excited now to have a formal role with CWR as a Trustee.
Mohammad Shansab
Mohammad joined our board of trustees in 2026. He brings experience of working with refugees in Pakistan and with other refugee organisations in the UK.
Deborah Kahn
Deborah began volunteering with CWR in the summer of 2022. She started by helping at the café, then joined the team that puts the Newsletter together. Through Cheltenham Volunteer Teachers, she has also been supporting a family for a couple of years, helping the children with their English and Maths.
Maggie Powell
Maggie is a long-standing CWR volunteer with huge community organising experience. She is the secretary and volunteer coordinator for CWR.
Paddy Davie
Paddy is the Chair of our Core Group which meets monthly to coordinate all of CWR’s activities. He also runs a regular quiz night with his daughter Hannah, fundraising for CWR!