MARKET DRAYTON
COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE
Our Story
MDCE’s long term aim is to create a space for voluntary & charitable organisations, in the short term MDCE has created a website to improve access and networking for all organisations in the Market Drayton area. It has successfully run several festivals around Health & Well Being and Culture. It also ran a green festival which is operating independently. MDCE has worked with Qube to produce a social subscribing list of organisations and is working with the historical society to draw up a town trail. Strong links have been developed with the canal volunteers and a number of other organisations.
Meet the Trustees
Brian Lock
Roy had a very successful career in the commercial sector before retiring and devoting his time to support voluntary work and charities. He is a member of Probus and leads on a number of tasks for MDCE.
Roy Payne
Alan Cartwright
Alan worked for a number of local authorities in their finance department before retiring. He served a short term as a Market Drayton town councillor. He is actively involved with Market Drayton u3a, he is a steward at the town’s museum and also lead on the town’s working group in relation to Walkmill Meadows. Alan is also part of the Market Drayton’s creative writing group, Drayton Writers
Eric Davies - Secretary
Eric has lived in Market Drayton for over thirty years and successfully ran his own business before retiring. He has been very active in promoting local charities and organisations whilst organising MDCEs festivals and networking with numerous organisations. One of his many current interests is organising a natural burial site close to Market Drayton.
Suzanne Edwards
Suzanne has organised the local Arts Festival for the last ten years, liaising with all the local schools to promote art projects including the annual calendar and week long Arts Festival during October each year.
Steve Glover
Steve has a background in playing, coaching and managing sports. He has been an active member of: Greenfields/MD Sports Association; founder member of the Tennis Club; managing St Mary’s Parish Rooms; St Mary’s PCC and Hodnet Deanery Synod; mentor and governor at Grove School; MD Community Partnership/Enterprise; the Patients Group (PPG); Senior Citizens Forum. He served as a Town Councillor. Current Chairman and Trustee of Market Drayton Mencap.
Hamish M
Brian has lived in Market Drayton for the past thirty years and worked in the social care sector prior to retirement. He has now taken on the lead to develop the website and organise the annual festivals for MDCE.