David Williams (Co-Chair)
My role as Project Manager of Manchester Carers Forum means I have been working alongside MACC for several years and joining the Committee in 2005 was an opportunity to strengthen the partnership between the two organisations.

Qurab Ahmed (Co-Treasurer)
(biog to follow).

Dave Brown (Co-Treasurer)
I am an accountant by training and have over 30 years experience in business management in computing and information technology mainly in Europe and the Middle East. After early retirement, a return to Manchester and severe boredom, I became a voluntary community activist. I am secretary of Hampden Tenants & Residents Association, a director of Eastlands Homes and Vice chair of Manchester City Council's Anti Social Behaviour Task Group. I am currently active in establishing a community owned/ community run Neighbourhood Centre on the Hampden Estate.

Niranjan Bhatt
(biog to follow).

Sinéad O'Connor
I have been working in the field of social inclusion for twenty years, with over a decade being spent managing in the voluntary and community sector. My experience includes community development, advocacy, mental health, children and families, health promotion, young people, drug and alcohol support and voluntary sector capacity building.  I have Chaired a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Arts Group, run a training and development consultant business and was an early member of a patient’s advocacy project in mental health. I have also been involved in social policy research and campaigning at national level. I am interested in strategic development and in particular how to apply national and local policy in concrete ways that make a positive difference.

Beth Plant
(biog to follow).

Maggie Walker
I am the Chief Executive of Manchester Care & Repair and bring my experience in that role and in working on social issues alongside Manchester City Council to my role on the MACC Board. Through my work and current caring role, I am keen that older people’s voice is heard and that support and care are flexible and responsive. As a Manchester resident and foster parent of a young man with learning disabilities I am keen that all care and support develops to meet our varied needs.

Val Bayliss-Brideaux (Co-opted Member)
Between 2004 and 2007, I worked for the Black Health Agency as Patient and Public Forum Co-ordinator for the Manchester Primary Care Trust forums. This involved working alongside a group of local volunteers who look at inspection and monitoring of the NHS. Prior to this I was working with the Community Health Council for South Manchester and often worked with MACC. I was also involved in supporting the relatives and carers of the patients on Rowan Ward in Withington Hospital and have an interest in what MACC’s work around mental health and older people services. In January 2008, I joined Manchester Primary Care Trust as a Patient and Public Involvement Officer based in South Manchester. I am now a non-voting member of the MACC Committee in order to maintain my links with the organisation and its work.