..Yvonne Richmond Tulloch Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Trustees Expand Yvonne Richmond Tulloch Suddenly widowed in 2008 as a Cathedral Canon Yvonne's life went into free fall. She realised how little she and others around her knew about bereavement, its difficulties and needs, and how hard it can be to find understanding support. Since then Yvonne has focused her attention on ensuring bereaved people of all walks of life find the support that they need. In 2016 Yvonne founded AtaLoss to signpost bereaved people to the range of support services that exist across the UK, plug gaps in support where it is scarce and mobilise effective local support. Her main focus is on training faith groups and church leaders to enhance bereavement support within communities. As an ordained minister Yvonne has an additional perspective on the issues of bereavement and the needs of bereaved people. She is Bishop's Officer for clergy bereavement for Southwark Diocese, and helps Care for the Family as Chaplain for their 'Widowed Young Support' and in facilitating 'Bereavement Care Awareness' days. She is author of 'Faith Questions in Bereavement' and leads a national on-line The Bereavement Journey course several times a year. Although founded by a Christian, AtaLoss is a charity run by people from all backgrounds and its service is for bereaved people whatever their faith or cultural background, wherever they live in a UK. Linked-In
Alison Inglis Jones Trustee Expand Alison Inglis-Jones Alison Inglis-Jones read theology at the University of Durham and, following graduation, worked in public affairs and public relations for PR agencies including Weber Shandwick Worldwide and Ketchum. She has been actively involved in the voluntary sector for the last 20 years and is an experienced trustee having had responsibility on boards including the Challenge (NCS) and the Trussell Trust. She is now a board member of Magic Breakfast, Traidcraft, PECAN and Brixton & West Norwood food bank as well as a Ugandan based non-profit, Capstone. She provides pro bono public affairs advice to a wide number of charities, social enterprises and social businesses and is committed to understanding and addressing the issues facing the most disadvantaged in society by volunteering in food banks and social pantries across London. She is married with two adult sons and lives in South London. Linked-In
Andrew Shaw Trustee Expand Andrew Shaw Andrew Shaw brings a breadth of business and commercial experience to the AtaLoss Board which he joined in August 2021. He is currently Head of Strategy and Transformation for Steps To Work, a charitable organisation operating in the Black Country and helping people with the provision of personalised employment support services. Prior to this Andrew was the Director of Volunteering and Business Delivery for eight years for the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC), helping them increase their membership by over 40% in five years. Before these two senior executive roles Andrew was a civil servant, working for the Department for Work and Pension for over 30 years. Andrew has been a volunteer for nearly 40 years; as a school governor and chair of governors at a couple of primary schools and a high school, and as a treasurer, Board member and vice-chairman for CSSC. Andrew was bereaved suddenly at the age of 35 when his father passed away suddenly, and Andrew was left to provide care and comfort to his widowed mother.
Jane Oundjian Trustee Expand Jane Oundjian MBE trained as a counsellor at Westminster Pastoral Foundation in 1993and went on to train with Cruse Bereavement Care, for whom she worked for many years in the North Kensington area, giving one to one bereavement support to clients and helping to run counselling training sessions for the Branch. Jane has had her own bereavement experiences having lost her single parent mother at the age of 16 and also her first child when he was 14 months old. These experiences eventually led her in 1995 to write and develop a six-session group programme designed to help grieving people. She ran this course, The Bereavement Journey, for 23 years at Holy Trinity Brompton and now continues to run it where she lives, in West Sussex. The Bereavement Journey material was filmed in 2015 and the course now runs all over the UK and overseas. Jane was awarded an MBE for services to bereaved people in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2020.
Luke Richmond Trustee and Treasurer Expand Luke Richmond FCCA, ACCA Luke was bereaved of his father having just turned 20. As a qualified accountant he is the Finance Director at Unbiased (a UK leading FinTech platform) and is based with his family in Guildford. He is the Charity Treasurer and provides financial oversight to the board of trustees. Linked In
Rebecca van der Westhuizen Trustee Expand Rebecca van der Westhuizen Rebecca is an experienced Director having spent the majority of her career as a senior fundraiser within the third sector. From her years of working in fundraising & communications, she has knowledge on raising vital funds from various income streams and catering communications to engage and inform supporters. Like many, Rebecca has experienced bereavement in her own life, and is an advocate for supporting people at the earliest opportunity through their bereavement journey. Rebecca is now a member of a reputable executive search firm in Financial Services but is keen to continue supporting valuable causes, such as Ataloss.org, by contributing her third sector knowledge for good.