Staff
Meet our lovely team who are on hand to help with any queries you might have…
While the team are working from home during the COVID-19, they are only available via email.
For general enquiries, please email info@arthurrankcentre.org.uk.
If you are unable to contact us by email, or you have attempted to do this without success, please phone 07841 342650.
Revd Elizabeth Clark
National Rural Officer for the Methodist and United Reformed Churches
elizabeth.clark@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Revd Mark Betson
National Rural Officer for the Church of England
mark.betson@churchofengland.org
Alison Selwood
Executive PA
alison.selwood@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Anna Laycock
Communications Assistant
comms@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Charles Wright
Individual Giving and Supporter Engagement
charles.wright@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Charlotte Maytum
Charitable Trusts and Corporate Fundraiser
charlotte.maytum@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Deb Soesan
Organisational Support Officer
deb.soesan@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Fiona Anderson
Temporary Development Officer
fiona.anderson@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Jim Blumire
Book Keeper
finance@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
John Bennett
Computers for Rural People
john.bennett@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Louise Davis
Training Manager
louise.davis@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Peter Tacon
Finance Director
peter.tacon@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Rachael Short
PR and Communications Manager
rachael.short@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Trustees
Wise, experienced and supportive people with legal responsibility for guiding and overseeing our work.
Revd Les Hann
Acting Chair
Methodist minister in Cumbria and rural officer for the Cumbrian Methodist District. He is the appointed representative for the Methodist and United Reformed Church.
George Dunn
Currently Chief Executive of the Tenant Farmers Association of England and Wales and a member of the leadership team of All Nations Christian Centre, an Elim Pentecostal Church in Reading, Berkshire.
Revd Claire McArthur
Claire is Rector at Stoke St Michael, Coventry. Prior to ordination she worked for over 20 years at the BBC and was Head of Communications and Digital at a national charity. Her expertise is in marketing, communications and everything digital.
Revd Ruth Newton
Ruth Newton is Parish Priest in North Yorkshire. She is a trustee on behalf of the General Synod.
Professor David Pink
Emeritus Professor of Crop Improvement, Harper Adams University. Member of the Food Ethics Council and Science Advisory Committee of LEAF and Scientific Advisor to the AHDB Field Vegetable panel. He worships at St Michael’s, Bishops Itchington in South Warwickshire.
John Plumb
Farmers in North Warwickshire, welcoming school groups, and is particularly keen to encourage habitats for wildlife and to demonstrate how farming and managing the environment for biodiversity go hand in hand.
Fr Rob Taylerson
A parish priest in the Roman Catholic Church in North Staffs Deanery, Archdiocese of Birmingham; earlier in his career actively involved in agricultural education.
Rob Walrond
Rob is an organic farmer in the heart of Somerset. He also works as the Rural Life Adviser for the Diocese of Bath and Wells and is involved in Agricultural Chaplaincy with the Farming Community Network (FCN) and North Somerset Agricultural Society.