Organisational structure

Shining Life Children’s Trust is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee in the United Kingdom. The Trust is also registered as a charity in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, the work of the Trust is managed by a Field Director. The Field Director is a volunteer recruited in the UK who works in Sri Lanka for 1-2 years.The Trust is run by a board of voluntary Trustees who all bring separate skills to the board as well as a passion for the work of the Trust and a deep desire to make a difference. The Trustees are:

	Juliet Brown Juliet is secretary and founder of Shining Life Children’s Trust and has guided and driven the organisation to the position it is now, with 3 successful projects currently running, and previous ones being continued by the local communities.
	Jimmy Newall As Treasurer, Jimmy provides the Trustees with regular financial statements, helping us manage our income and expenditure and ensuring the maximum value goes to our projects in Sri Lanka.
	Jonathan Bailey Jonathan is a founder Trustee of Shining Life Children’s Trust, with responsibility for communicating with the Friends of the Trust. He worked for Oxfam for many years, and is now a primary school teacher in central London.
	Raja Dasgupta Raja spent two years in Sri Lanka as our Field Director, where he contributed to the establishment of the Trust as a highly effective NGO in the country. Most notably, Raja was caught up in the tsunami of Boxing Day 2004, where his expertise was invaluable for directing resources to communities that had been cut-off.
	Jo Hockley
	Sally Coulden

Organisational structure

Juliet Brown

Jimmy Newall

Jonathan Bailey

Raja Dasgupta

Jo Hockley

Sally Coulden