Trustees

Donna Covey

Chair

Donna has lived in Wandsworth since 1984. Her voluntary activities in the borough have included time spent as a school governor and as Vice chair of Wandsworth Community Health Council. 

She began her professional career in the trades union movement and spent ten years as a member of the TUC General Council. She then moved into the voluntary sector, and is a former chief executive of Asthma UK and the Refugee Council. She currently works on issues around violence against women and girls, as Chief executive of AVA (Against Violence and Abuse) and executive chair of IRISi, which runs the IRIS programme, the gold standard intervention on domestic abuse for Primary Care. 

In 2014 Donna was awarded the CBE for services to Equality and Human Rights. 

Donna is passionate about the power of the voluntary sector to transform lives and looks forward to working with WCAs staff, trustees and stakeholders to give voice particularly to those groups who are too often shut out of  decision making. 

Avril Horsford

Vice-Chair

Avril Horsford first joined the WCA as a volunteer member of Healthwatch Wandsworth, Enter and View team; and became a WCA Trustee in May 2019. As a trustee, her current focus is with jointly delivering the shared objectives of fellow WCA trustees; with a particular interest in supporting health and well-being through community engagement and cohesion.

Stephen Hickey

Trustee

Stephen joined the WCA Board as a Trustee in April 2020, and was appointed Chair of Healthwatch Wandsworth from the same date. He had previously served as Lay Member and Vice Chair of NHS Wandsworth Clinical Commissioning Group, and its predecessor the Primary Care Trust. He is a former Chair of St George’s Hospital Charity.

Thomas Mytton

Trustee

Tom joined the WCA Board as a Trustee in September 2019.

Tom specialises in corporate governance, assurance, and board development and has more than six years’ experience supporting organisations in healthcare, government, higher education, sports and the voluntary sectors. He has led significant quality improvement, redesign and strategy support programmes with clients across the UK, giving him insight into best practice delivery.

Hicky Kingsbury

Trustee

Hicky has worked, and volunteered in the 3rd Sector for over 20 years, and is the CEO of Kingston Charitable Foundation

She first joined WCA, as a Trustee in 2020; and has been Chair of the Wandsworth Community Transport Management Committee for over 3 years, having first joined their Board in 2014. Hicky previously worked at Age UK Wandsworth for 13 years in Fundraising, Volunteer Management, and on a variety of other projects; continuing to volunteer on their reception, in a signposting role. She also created and founded an online, registered charity in 2016, centred on a person-to-person giving model; this lead to her love of creating grant programmes that support local people in ways they say are best for them. Passionate about community, social change, and how we can all share better, she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Clare Collins

Trustee

Clare joined WCA in 2021. A former Senior Civil Servant at the Ministry of Justice, she has been a research and policy consultant since 2001. Clare has worked for several public/voluntary sector bodies on health and social care, and promoting public involvement & community engagement; particularly in relation to seldom heard voices such as minority ethnic/faith groups, older people and people with disabilities.

Clare is the WCA Board’s mental health champion. She is also a member of the Healthwatch Wandsworth Committee.

Samreen Abbasali Mulji

Trustee

I moved to London in 2018 as a trailing spouse, bringing with me an MBA in Human Resources and a Master’s in Labour Laws. My journey into the charity sector began in 2020 when I started volunteering with Learn to Love to Read, a brilliant literacy charity. In 2021, I joined the staff team, continuing my passion for supporting children’s literacy. I gained hands-on experience in community engagement and non-profit operations. Passionate about empowering communities – especially children-I strive to create a lasting impact through literacy and community initiatives. As a trustee, I am committed to helping WCA create meaningful change for those it serves.