Bromham Mill is perfect introduction for Mencap's new chief executive

L to R: Monica Rivers (Mencap Eastern Region executive), Sam Heath (Mencap press officer), Jonathan Rennison (at back, Mencap, fundraising manager), Mark Goldring, Jo Williams, Cllr Apu Bagchi

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02 October 2008

Bromham Mill in Bedfordshire was the location of one of the first visits for Mencap's new Chief Executive Mark Goldring – and one of the last for the outgoing Chief Executive Dame Jo Williams.
 
As part of the visit, a discussion took place around the innovative and sustainable plans for the future of Bromham Mill, which included members of Bedford Mencap – an independent charity affiliated to the national Mencap charity; Cllr Apu Bagchi, President of Bedford Mencap and cabinet member at Bedford Borough Council; a representative of Bedfordshire County Council; directors of The Bromham Millers CIC Ltd, and Tim Branson, a member of the East Regional Committee for Mencap, who has a learning disability and works at Beds Garden Carers.
 
Mark Goldring, Mencap's Chief Executive designate, said: "This is the perfect example of the work of Mencap: a centre that should engage with the local community while creating employment and training opportunities for people with a learning disability.

"I admire Bedford Mencap's ambition to restore the Mill as a centre of the local community - for people with and without a learning disability. I can't wait to see it come to fruition."

L to R: Jo Williams, Clive Beckett (Countryside Sites Officer, Bedfordshire County Council), in the background, Tim Branson (Bedford Garden Carers), Paul Goakes (senior partner, Robinson & Hall (building surveyors and project managers), Apu Bagchi

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Dame Jo Williams, who is retiring as Chief Executive of Mencap in November, said: "I visited this site when it was just an initial idea – but the plan is really coming together through hard work from Bedford Mencap and the Royal Mencap Society, The Bromham Millers' partners and the local authorities.
 
I look forward to coming back in a few years and seeing the Mill back in action."

Sam Heath, Press and PR Manager, Mencap

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