Mike Dicks: A portfolio of interests
Added On: 11/10/2024 - Expires on: 11th October 2025
"I’m retired and have a portfolio of interests that I’m supporting either in an advisory role or as a volunteer. I guess the two that are most relevant to this group are Visit Exmoor, where I have just joined the Board as an NED, they promote tourism on Exmoor and are a non profit, community interest company. Then I also work with Calvert Trust Exmoor ( residential outdoor activities centre for the disabled ), both as a volunteer and also assist them with marketing their charitable activities and fund raising (they recently raised over £500 k through crowd funding to keep the facility open and develop new strategies to continue to support disabled and disadvantaged in society.)
After 43 Years working in the Finance sector, 38 in the City of London, I also volunteer with Human Kind as an Activity lead at their drug/ alcohol rehabilitation centre in Barnstaple, I am a Mentor for Urban Synergy, a London based charity promoting career development to teens, in inner city schools, and I sit on the D&C Police scrutiny panel. I have recently joined Exmoor National Parks rural access committee in an advisory capacity.
I now permanently live on Exmoor having moved from Bermondsey, in April 2020. My family is originally from Tiverton/Taunton, I was born in Clevedon and part educated at Colstons School and Bristol Polytechnic. Active in all country sports, with two daughters a teacher and a vet and two labradors."
Mike
