Paul joined the trustee board at Little Miracles in late 2024. He has always been a great advocate of the charity, has attended networking and social events and sponsored many activities for the families in the holidays.
Here, Paul tells us about why he decided to take his support of Little Miracles a step further -
When first appointed as Chair at Little Miracles, Iain first became involved with the charity through interviewing Michelle for a Business Awards entry, followed by participating in business coaching sessions via the Allia Grow Your Business programme. This initial engagement led to an invitation to join the Board of Trustees, and he is now honoured to take on the role of Chair of this amazing charity.
Iain is passionate about supporting local communities through both his businesses and voluntary roles. He has previously served as a Trustee of the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation and Sports Aid Eastern, and is proud to have played an integral role in establishing a successful youth development programme at his local cricket club. He also chaired the strategic partnership between local government, education, and business that led to the creation of the original Peterborough Skills Vision. Additionally, he spearheaded the planting of a new forest for the city—coordinating the first 5,000 trees of Crightons Wood, named to celebrate his parents’ retirement from the family business—which involved local primary school children growing trees from seeds.
Iain is now looking forward to working closely with Michelle, her team, and his fellow trustees to continue growing Little Miracles’ fantastic work across the East of England.
Emerson has been a trustee with Little Miracles for for more than 7 years.
Here is what Emerson has to say about supporting Little Miracles:
"I met Michelle at one of my business planning events.
I offered to give her a free session afterwards as a charity. When I saw the great work that she was doing with the team at Little Miracles how could I not want to get involved. She asked me if I’d like to be a trustee and I jumped at the chance. I would like to bring my business advice skills to the charity to make sure that we are working the best we can and hoping to raise funding for the children in the best ways that we can.
I’m passionate about supporting the children and have not only been a trustee but dressed up as Santa and delivered presents to hundreds of children in the lockdown, rode a bike for charity around the Isle of Wight one of the hottest days of the year in 2022. During the lockdown I came up with the home haircut challenge of which we managed to raised another £3500.
The work Little Miracles stuff is so important for the families of the children as well as the children themselves and I need to feel that in this world we’re not only there to support ourselves but also our community around us and that’s why I’m also a trustee for Little Miracles."