Skip to content
St Michael's Hospice

St Michael's Hospice

HEREFORD
24 hour advice line REFER Donate
MENUMENU
  • Your care
        • Our Services
          • Overview of care
          • Visiting us
          • Inpatient Unit
          • Hospice at Home
          • Day Services
        • Supporting you
          • 24 hour advice line
          • Bereavement Support
          • Making a referral
          • Support Videos
          • Make a free online Will
  • Get involved
        • Fundraise
          • Fundraise for us
          • Events
          • Challenges
          • Big Tea
          • Big 2022 Summer Draw
        • Community support
          • Community groups and schools
          • Corporate Support
        • Working with us
          • Job vacancies
          • Volunteer
          • Volunteering vacancies
        • Other ways to help
          • Play our Lottery
          • Share your story
  • Our shops
    • Store finder
    • Donate goods
    • Free collection service
    • Become a retail volunteer
  • Education
    • Education at St Michael’s Hospice
    • Course calendar
    • Project ECHO
    • Placement opportunities
    • Training in your organisation
    • Library and educational resources
    • Hire of training and conference facilities
  • About us
        • Your Hospice
          • Management and trustees
          • History
          • Contact us
          • Visiting us
        • Working with us
          • Translate this website
          • Job vacancies
          • Volunteering vacancies
        • Latest news
          • News
          • Stories
          • Hospice TV
          • Stay in touch

Please see the latest information about visiting St Michael’s Hospice

About us / Management and trustees

Management and trustees

Share

Senior Management Team (SMT)
Mike Keel

Mike Keel

Chief Executive & Company Secretary

Mike Keel joined St Michaels in October 2015 bringing with him nearly twenty years of hospice senior management experience. Mike has a clinical background having trained and served as a nurse in the military before moving into management and leadership.  He has re-located to Herefordshire where he has family.

Liz Cotton

Finance Director

Liz Cotton is the charity’s Finance Director. She joined the charity in December 2013 and is responsible for ensuring all the charity’s funds and assets are recorded and accounted for in accordance with Company Law; Charity Commission requirements; and any other relevant regulatory authorities.

Trustees
David Teague

David Teague

Chair of Trustees

David became a Trustee in 2006. After chairing the Finance and Investments Committee, he was appointed Chair  of Trustees in 2021.

David is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, having been articled with a Gloucester firm that was acquired by Deloitte, Haskins and Sells. He moved out of practice soon after qualifying to join the Velcourt Group, where he is an executive director. David has a vast experience of commercial and corporate arenas in the UK and around the world.

David holds other non-executive positions. He is also a Parish Councillor and passionate about the Herefordshire countryside. 

David has lived in Brampton Abbotts for over 30 years with his wife, Cornelia. David and Cornelia have two sons, James and Patrick.

 

Eric Drummond

Eric Drummond

Trustee

Eric Drummond became a Trustee in 2020.
Since 1979 he has been involved within the agricultural industry throughout the UK. The main output is poultry, fruit and arable farming which now involves two of his four sons.

Eric is involved with a number of other diverse businesses which includes a private storage firm with units throughout the UK, and a property business run by his other two sons who all live within the county.

While originally from Scotland, Eric’s says his family enjoys everything the county has to offer.
He has been a parish councillor for many years and enjoys the countryside and country sports.

Trustees Kay Garlick 14 500x500

Revd Preb Kay Garlick DL

Chair of Clinical Governance and Care Committee

Kay became a Trustee in 2014. She came to live in South Herefordshire 43 years ago when her husband became a GP in Much Birch. She is a former teacher who was ordained Priest in 1994. She went on to work as a Sixth Form College Chaplain, a Parish Priest and Cathedral Chaplain before retiring in 2014.

Kay was on General Synod for 15 years, and chaired the GS Business Committee for 5 years while serving on Archbishops’ Council. Having had experience throughout her ministry of the way in which the Hospice can support and transform the lives of the terminally ill and their families, she was very pleased to accept the invitation to become a Trustee.

Trustees Tricia Greenwood 11 500x500

Tricia Greenwood

Chair of Income Generation, Marketing and Communications Committee

Born in Surrey, Tricia lived and worked in London before re-locating to Gloucestershire in 2003.
She spent a successful career in Event Management and Marketing working in the advertising, production and sports world. Latterly retrained as an archivist helping companies such as Pernod Ricard substantiate the heritage of their brands.

Trustees David Hammond 10 500x500

David Hammond

Chair of Finance and Investments Committee

David has been a Trustee since 2013. He has been a Chartered Accountant and Tax adviser in practice and business for over 25 years, working with organisations, large and small throughout the UK.

Family, friends and a range of interests outside the day job, keep David occupied, when he is not fulfilling his role at the Hospice.

Trustees Jane Winney 5 500x500

Jane Winney

Trustee

A long and varied career in Healthcare working across and in the NHS, Private and Commercial sectors locally and nationally. Involved in formulating National Guidelines for specialised care. Contributor to international conferences.

Life patrons
Richard Miller

Dr Richard Miller

Life patron

Along with Freda Pearce and Dr Jeff Kramer, Richard was one of the six people who met in his front room in September 1979 to launch the Freda Pearce Foundation; the objective was to raise of funds for and to plan St Michael’s Hospice. He was a member of the Foundation until it merged with the Hospice Trust. He retired as a trustee in 2014.

Richard came to Hereford in 1963. He worked as a houseman at Hereford County Hospital for a year. He then entered general practice at Moorfield House Surgery where he developed an interest in end of life care. He retired in 1994.

He remains deeply committed to the Hospice and was made a Life Patron in 2018.

Alister Walshe Trustee

Alister Walshe

Life Patron

Alister started offering his experience to St Michael’s as a volunteer in the gardens and then became a trustee. He was on the board of trustees for 17 years, 11 as Chair, and made an incredible contribution to the Hospice. Further to his work as a trustee, Alister owns Hereford-based estate agency Stooke Hill & Walshe and as a hobby, he runs a small farm.

In 2021, Alister stepped down as a trustee and was awarded the title of Life Patron in honour of his support and commitment to St Michael’s.

Dr Jeff Kramer

Dr Jeff Kramer

Life patron

Jeff was one of six people including Freda Pearce and Dr Richard Miller who were the prime movers in getting the Herefordshire Hospice started in 1979. He served as Chairman of the Freda Pearce Foundation and then President until the Foundation joined with the Hospice Trust to form the current charity.

Jeff came to Hereford in 1970 as the first consultant in Haematology to the Herefordshire Health Authority and remained until retirement in 1998.

He was made a Life Patron in 2018 in recognition of his dedication, commitment and hard work in founding St Michael’s.

Stay in touch with us

Stay connected Contact us

The easiest way to get all of our latest news, stories and initiatives straight to your inbox. You can choose various ways in which you’d like us to keep in touch and you can change your preferences at any time.

Contact us

General: 01432 851000
St Michael's Hospice
Bartestree
Hereford, HR1 4HA

Stay in touch with St Michael's Hospice

Give us your feedback

Downloads

  • Messenger (PDF)
  • Complaints policy and procedure (PDF)
  • Statement of Purpose (PDF)

Top 30 charities to work for

© 2022 St Michael’s Hospice Registered charity number: 511179

  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Sitemap
MENU
  • Your care
    • Our Services
      • Overview of care
      • Visiting us
      • Inpatient Unit
      • Hospice at Home
      • Day Services
    • Supporting you
      • 24 hour advice line
      • Bereavement Support
      • Making a referral
      • Support Videos
      • Make a free online Will
  • Get involved
    • Fundraise
      • Fundraise for us
      • Events
      • Challenges
      • Big Tea
      • Big 2022 Summer Draw
    • Community support
      • Community groups and schools
      • Corporate Support
    • Working with us
      • Job vacancies
      • Volunteer
      • Volunteering vacancies
    • Other ways to help
      • Play our Lottery
      • Share your story
  • Our shops
    • Store finder
    • Donate goods
    • Free collection service
    • Become a retail volunteer
  • Education
    • Education at St Michael’s Hospice
    • Course calendar
    • Project ECHO
    • Placement opportunities
    • Training in your organisation
    • Library and educational resources
    • Hire of training and conference facilities
  • About us
    • Your Hospice
      • Management and trustees
      • History
      • Contact us
      • Visiting us
    • Working with us
      • Translate this website
      • Job vacancies
      • Volunteering vacancies
    • Latest news
      • News
      • Stories
      • Hospice TV
      • Stay in touch
    • 24 hour advice line
    • REFER
    • Donate
Our use of cookies

We use cookies to remember you and understand ways to enhance your experience of using this website.
Some cookies are essential, others help us improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is used.

ACCEPT ALL COOKIES   Set cookie preferences
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
CookieDurationDescription
_ga2 yearsThis cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
_gat_UA-65068370-11 minuteThis is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
_gid1 dayThis cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form.
Non Necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
CookieDurationDescription
AnalyticsSyncHistory1 monthNo description
CONSENT16 years 6 months 2 days 11 hoursNo description
debugneverNo description available.
NSC_QH-PMYNo description available.
UserMatchHistory1 monthLinkedin - Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.
yt-remote-connected-devicesneverNo description available.
yt-remote-device-idneverNo description available.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
CookieDurationDescription
bscookie2 yearsThis cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags.
IDE1 year 24 daysUsed by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE5 months 27 daysThis cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.
YSCsessionThis cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
CookieDurationDescription
bcookie2 yearsThis cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page.
langsessionThis cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website.
lidc1 dayThis cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing.
Save & Accept
Powered by CookieYes Logo