Staff and Volunteers

Responsibility for the day-to-day running of the charity is devolved by trustees to the Senior Leadership Team, who are supported in their work by specialist project staff and a team of dedicated volunteers.

Clive Emmett – Lead Officer

Having served within the Metropolitan and Essex Police services as a Detective for 20 years, I then moved into the Voluntary Community Sector as County Manager of the Essex Home Office initiative Drugs Intervention Programme, I continued to manage similar substance misuse services moving more into the clinical approaches to addiction treatment in London, West Sussex and then again in Essex. I then acquired a position of Head of Operations with
a Youth service that worked with troubled youth in the outdoors.

I am currently Lead Officer of Uttlesford Community Action Network overseeing the day-to-date service and programme delivery of the charity, with a particular focus on community support for Uttlesford residents – including Ticket Home, Community Response and the Jubilee Hub.

Richard Corby – Business Manager

Richard joined UCAN at the start of 2018 and worked as Operations Manager for five years, overseeing the Community Response Hub and Ticket Home teams. Following a restructure in 2025, Richard has taken up the new post of Business Manager, responsible for managing the charity resources effectively and generating income to support our work in the community.

Prior to joining UCAN, Richard worked for 10 years at the Wilderness Foundation UK, as Operations and Finance Manager, but also involved with delivering projects that support vulnerable young people. In his corporate life Richard was an Accounts Manager for 15 years before moving into the non-profit sector.

Linda Riley – Financial Administrator

Linda joined our core team in February 2023 in the new post of Financial Administrator. Linda brings to UCAN her many years of administrative and clerical experience, including time spent most-recently working with accountancy practices on personal tax matters. Linda will support Richard in managing the charity resources.

UCAN Volunteer Centre Team

Susan Dennison – Volunteer Coordinator

In 2009 looking for a change of career I approached Volunteer Uttlesford to look for a voluntary role to enhance my new office skills. This led to a volunteer position at the Volunteer Centre then
fortunate enough to secure a paid position. Working as part of the team with admin, finance, charity governance and volunteer coordination. Last year VU merged with UCAN and my role is now
Volunteer Programme Coordinator. I am responsible for sourcing volunteers and finding suitable voluntary roles, working with local Charities.

Tessa Deriziotis – Volunteering Development Coordinator

Tessa returned to the UK 6 years ago from Greece where she was involved with animal rescue and refugee charities, and registered with Volunteer Uttlesford (now merged with UCAN) in 2017 for voluntary work.  During this time she was offered a position running the Uttlesford Time Bank. Tessa consequently joined Volunteer Uttlesford part-time as Project Co-ordinator for Employer Supported Volunteering, Helping Hands (a neighbourhood ad hoc volunteering project) and the community response for the pandemic.  Now that Volunteer Uttlesford has become an integral part of UCAN, Tessa will continue with these roles, and anything else that is needed to promote and support volunteering in Uttlesford.

Community Response Hub

Andy Mitson – Community Responder

Lee Tubb – Community Responder

Ticket Home Hospital Discharge Team

Amanda Cameron – Acute Social Prescribing Link Worker – Addenbrooks

Yasmin Thurgood – Acute Social Prescribing Link Worker – Addenbrooks

SOCIAL PRESCRIBERS (HOSTED BY UCAN)

Kim Clark – North Uttlesford PCN

Carol Butterworth – North Uttlesford PCN

Rebecca Bowen – South Uttlesford PCN

Coleen Johnson-Walker – South Uttlesford PCN

UCAN Volunteers

  • Sue Adams – Community Fridges / Admin
  • Sophie Wigan – Dunmow Dementia Cafe
  • Ann Backhouse – Dunmow Dementia Cafe
  • Val Wheatcroft – Dunmow Dementia Cafe
  • Pat Overy – Dunmow Dementia Cafe
  • Carol Wade – Volunteer Administrator