FEATHERSTONE ROVERS FOUNDATION
'Opening Minds and Changing Lives'
TRUSTEES
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ANDREW PROUT - FOUNDATION SECRETARY
NEIL RUSH - RETIRED INCLUSION MENTOR
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Born in Wakefield in 1957 twin brother William also a flat capper we have supported The Rovers since mid 60's early memories 67 trip to Wembley . Worked at Kings school where I got involved with study Rovers with Doug and Barbara Wilford and Improvers with Tina Dransfield , was invited to join the Foundation as a trustee by Lauarabeth to advise with the work in secondary school which I have done for the past 5(ish ) years. I have several hobbies including trying to improve my golf, watching horse racing and running round after my wife Diane and my 4 grandchildren . My role as a trustee is to attend the regular trustee meetings offering advice to the many and varied Foundation projects , to attend as many functions as I can not only run by the foundation but other events at the stadium and finally to help on match days sell the Golden Gamble tickets which brings in vital income to help with the local community projects .
MARK CAMPBELL - CHAIRMAN OF FEATHERSTONE ROVERS
IAN CUSHNIE - TRUSTEE
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Ian started CMS Medical Featherstone in 1990 as a sole trader supplying first aid and strapping to sports outlets and teams, over the years I expanded and employed 30 full time staff, with a turnover of £3m plus.
2016 I was bought out and became a man of leisure.
Over the past 30 years I have been heavily involved in Rugby league sponsoring Barla, 2000 World cup and England team for 5 years and being on the committee for the Bull Dogs Vets team for 12 years. I am looking forward to supporting the Foundation as a Trustee.
LISA BURROWS - HR MANAGER & CHAIR OF FOUNDATION
I was first introduced to the club and the foundation through another trustee. I was instantly impressed with all the local community work that the foundation did. Half of my family are from Featherstone so I was happy and proud to help support a local charity close to my family. After helping the Foundation and going to a few games, myself and my children became Featherstone Rovers supporters for life! As much as I have enjoyed helping the Foundation it has been reciprocated back in the enjoyment we have had at the games even traveling as far as Toulouse with my son.
The Featherstone Foundation is a wonderful asset to the community, Amy and her team do a fantastic job in organising a variety of events for all different ages in the community. I am happy to help and support the Foundation in any way I can and I would encourage others to get involved in fundraising to keep the Foundation continuing their excellent work.
MARK PAWSON - RECRUITMENT MANAGER & VICE CHAIR OF FOUNDATION
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I am an apprentice trained Mechanical Engineer who lives in Pontefract. I now work as a Branch Manager for a company who help engineers, of all disciplines, find work. I have been a Rovers fan since the 1970's and a few years ago decided to get involved with the club as a volunteer. I met Amy Hardman who told me about the work the Foundation do and some of the projects they support in the 5 towns area. I joined and a year later became a Trustee.
As a Trustee I help with fundraising, organisation and running of fundraising events and on match days you will find me selling Golden Gamble tickets. I also contact local businesses to obtain sponsorship and support.
Supporting the club home and away I am proud to say that the match-day activities at Fev are second to none and I hope this helps attract new supporters to the club. The Foundation do a fantastic job on match days and I would like to thank all the people who support the Golden Gamble.
The club is on the way up - let's all get behind the 'on' and 'off' field teams.
My favourite Fev quote "when I pulled the Featherstone shirt on as a player it made me feel 10 feet tall" - Vince Farrah.
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KEN TAYLOR - RETIRED MARKETING DIRECTOR & TREASURER OF FOUNDATION
I moved to Pontefract in the mid Sixties and started supporting Rovers in the early Seventies. I have held a season ticket for many years and follow the team home and away enjoying being part of the Rovers “family.”
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After a career in Sales and Marketing, I retired in 2018 and looked for something to occupy my time and my skills that would be beneficial to the local community. The Rovers Foundation offers a supportive link between the local community from tots to seniors as well as developing Rugby League and promoting Rovers. The Dance Academy and various fitness programmes run by the Foundation help to promote a healthy lifestyle within the community.
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My involvement involves offering general support on all aspects of day to day running of the Foundation including fundraising and events as well as attending Trustee meetings. I see the Foundation as an excellent way to utilise my skills to help the local community whilst helping to promote Rovers and give something back for the years of pleasure Rovers have given me.
CHRIS HEINITZ - RETIRED TEACHER
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Born in London, but came to Yorkshire to do a postgraduate teaching qualification at Bretton Hall. I loved being in Yorkshire and moved here permanently in 1977. I was a Wakefield Councillor from 1983-2004 and for many years was Chair of Leisure, a role that developed into becoming the national chair for all local authorities in England and Wales. Since retiring from teaching I have spent a huge proportion of my time digitising the results teams and scorers for all Fev matches since 1921, a project which continues with each further match.
My main interests are the arts, sport and politics and was delighted to be able to combine the three together. Whilst Chair of Leisure I appointed a rugby league development officer whose brief included creating opportunities for women and girls to play. That became the Wakefield Panthers team which nowadays is Featherstone Ladies!
I was delighted to join the Foundation trustees as I am passionate about providing opportunities for everyone to develop their talents. A theme that was central to my teaching and political careers.
MAUREEN TENNANT-KING - TOWN COUNCILLOR
I’ve been a member of the Foundation for a number of years now, I joined because I wanted to make a difference to people’s especially children’s lives, as I’m a school governor this is important to me. I’m a member if Featherstone Town Council And also a District Cllr representing Featherstone Ward 6, this enables me to point the foundation to any funding streams available which we may be able to tap into. The role of trustee to the foundation is an important one to me, it enables me to have an insight to all the good work it does out in the wider community and to ask questions and to be held to accountable. Long may the foundation continue and to give opportunities for all to be inclusive.
