Trustees / Governance
Living Springs is a registered charitable company (details at the foot of this page) and based in Stourton, near Stourbridge, West Midlands.Our aim is to provide care, support and hope to vulnerable children and families through a range of services. You will find details on this web site, and other information is available via the Charity Commission web site. Profiles of the charity trustees are given below.
Do contact us about any of the services offered.
Jane Chapman
Centre Director
Chris Bradley (Police Inspector): Married to Sue, and with three Children. A West Midlands Police Officer for 31 years, in the Birmingham area, working in both uniform and plain clothes departments, and currently a Detective Constable on the Major Investigation Unit. On the leadership team of a church in Halesowen, and a director of another charity which offers support, resource, and guidance to young people in the local community. He is passionate about people, and being a positive influence on others.
Adrian Watson (Solicitor): A partner in the property team of law firm Cobbetts, specialising in property development. Acting for the public sector as well as developers of retail, office and industrial buildings, where his experience includes site acquisitions, pre-let agreements and agreements for leases, dealing with issues relating to planning, construction, tenants' works and other related matters. He also acts for retailers, and has extensive experience of landlord and tenant matters. Other main area of expertise is in relation to secured lending, and he acts for a number of major banks who provide specialist property finance to property developers and investors. Member of Midlands Board of Investment Property Forum.
Ian Nicholls (Company Director): Married with 2 teenage children. Director and Partner
of Legal Costing firm based in the City of Birmingham since 1993. A Director of Living
Springs since 1999. Interested in music and all sports - but as a spectator now. He has a desire to see lives changed by positive input and opportunity.
Robert Chapman (Company Director): Chair of Living Springs. Married to Centre Director, Jane with one grown up son. Joint founder
and director of Living Springs in 1988. Managing Director of a family business
employing 90 staff. Technical education with qualifications in electronic
servicing, satellite distribution. Sits on the West Midlands Retail Task Force,
a government initiative. Also on the Sandwell Learning Skills council.Front row, left to right:
Sally-Ann Reeves (Accountant): lives near Bromsgrove. Married to Tim and has two children. Sally qualified with the Association of Certified Accountants in 1997. She worked in auditing for local accountancy practices in Halesowen and Dudley for ten years before becoming self-employed in 2002. She now works with small companies in preparing annual and management accounts.
Jane Chapman (Living Springs Centre Director): Married to Living Springs Chair, Robert, with one grown up son. A qualified Social Worker, Jane's qualifications include: Diploma in Social Work, Diploma in Advanced Child Care, BSc (Hons) Child Care Practice (Advanced Social Work Degree), NVQ level 4 Management, Social Work Post Qualifying Award I, Practice Assessors Award and NVQ level 3 Caring for Children and Young People.
Jeanette Bowditch (Sales Assistant): Worked for one year at Living Springs (1 night shift a week). Prayer co-ordinator – overseeing church prayer meetings, organising prayer partnerships, leader of prayer ministry team and producing a quarterly church prayer diary. Member of team organising Ladies quarterly Breakfast. Member of the church care group – caring for those who are sick, elderly folk, supporting people in need. Co-leader of Church drop-in centre.
