The Alderholt Community Fund is managed by the Trustees of the Alderholt Community Charitable Trust. The Trust was registered by the Charity Commission on 24 May 2016, with the Registered Charity Number 1167313.

Eleanor Morgan – Chair

Eleanor grew up in Surrey and has lived in various places in the UK, USA and Europe.  She moved to Alderholt in 2006 and found that it’s the first place she has lived with a real, warm community spirit.  She is involved in putting on the ReCreate events and has previously served on the St James’ First School Governing body and Sunbeams Committee. She has a background in Advertising and Marketing, spent a number of years as a full-time parent and is now a Pilates Therapist.

Simon Upton – Treasurer

Simon moved to Alderholt with Robina his wife and their family in 2005. As an Army child who moved regularly part of his schooling was in Wiltshire and Dorset. After leaving University Simon had a full career in the Army living in England, Europe and North America. He is now semi-retired having recently completed 13 years as Operations Director of a military charity. Simon is also the Alderholt Coordinator of the Poppy Appeal for the Royal British Legion.

Dawn Hiett – Secretary

Dawn is our amazing secretary working quietly behind the scenes looking after the administration.

Adrian King

Adrian was born in the parish and has lived in the village since 1978 with his wife Val. They have two grown-up sons that have attended the school system in East Dorset. Adrian has been a Treasurer, Secretary, Deacon and Boys Brigade Leader at Alderholt Chapel and has also been on several local Chapel Trusts. He has worked in Electronic Manufacturing all his life. After an apprenticeship with the MOD, Adrian was a Test Engineer with Racal. He “retired” in 2017 but is still employed on a Zero Hour Contract. Adrian’s passion is Local History, and he was a committee member of the Verwood Historical Society until it disbanded in 2016. He was also a Cub Leader in the village Scout Group. Adrian is looking forward to the privilege of serving as a Trustee with the Alderholt Community Fund.

Zoe Martin

Zoe moved to Alderholt as a child and attended both St. James First School  and St. James Church. After a decade living overseas, she returned to the village 4 years ago to join her family and raise her twins who attend the same school, where she is also the PTA Chairperson.

Caroline Morris

I have lived in Alderholt for the last 15 years. Prior to this I lived in Fordingbridge where we brought up our family. I retired from nursing 4 years ago but have recently returned to help out with the vaccination programme, which has been very rewarding. My husband and I enjoy walking and exploring the countryside. I also enjoy cycling and open water swimming. My own children benefited enormously from local clubs and sports facilities as they were growing up. I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to contribute to the community by helping to allocate funds to local organisations.

Janet Walker

Janet spent part of her childhood on a farm in Denham, Bucks. before moving several times. She did various jobs over the years, and after moving to Alderholt she was Head Housekeeper at Sandy Balls holiday centre until retirement. She has lived in Alderholt for 35 years and was a member of the Parish Council for quite a long time. Her husband Chris is a musician and Guest speaker, and they spend some of their time working on cruise ships.

Ian Monks

Ian says, “I grew up in Buckinghamshire and after firstly working in London moved to Fordingbridge in 1979, job transfers subsequently taking me and my family to Cornwall then Swindon, settling in Alderholt in 1984. With my wife Carol we brought up our three children in the Village, where they attended St James First School, Cranborne Middle School and Queen Elizabeth’s. Being a keen rugby player of modest ability, I played for the former Village team until age and injury got the better of me.  I have worked in the finance sector since 1973, employed by major institutions until 1987 and since on a self-employed basis. I was elected as the East Dorset District Councillor for Alderholt between 2009-2015, serving also as a Parish Councillor and Cranborne Middle School Governor.”

Debs Miller

I grew up in Surrey and gradually moved further south west over the years preferring the countryside and forests to the cities.  I moved to Alderholt in 2017 and worked at Salisbury District Hospital as a medical secretary until taking early retirement in 2022.  Since then I have been enjoying walking in the forest with my rescue dog and recently taking him to the hospital as a therapy dog visiting patients. I also love painting and learning about gardening and my new greenhouse! I am really excited to have the opportunity to contribute to the Alderholt Community by helping to allocate funds to local organisations and all the benefits this gives to the village.

Nigel Emsen

I have lived in the village for just over 12 years. I have previously been involved in the community through the village scouting. I work as software developer and previously have served, many years ago, in The Royal Air Force. I am keen to ensure the young people in our community have the change to experience a range of opportunities and hope during my tenure as a trustee, it will enable me to assist in that goal.

Former Trustees

We are very grateful to the following former trustees for their hard work in setting up the Trust, assessing applications and guiding new Trustees:

• James Grazebrook OBE
• Norman Jones
• Roy McCrudden
• Mike Whiteley
• Kate Mason – Secretary
• Marcus Trinick KC
• Jo Anderson
• Alison Routley
• Sarah Tivey – Secretary