Our Team
The branch has generous and supportive patrons, a motivated president and an excellent vice president. Flanked by passionately engaged Branch officers, the committee is elected at the AGM each April.
A welcome from our chair
Dr Maureen O’Neill
BRANCH COMMITTEE CHAIR
Being approached to become Chair of the West Sussex South Branch was a really delightful surprise. I have since attended a fundraising event and an AGM where I was welcomed really warmly by all of the volunteers and fundraisers. I was trained as a graphic designer subsequently becoming a senior lecturer and course leader at The University of Portsmouth, retiring after 33 years in 2018. I cannot think of a better way to use the skills gained throughout my career and time in my retirement to become involved with what is a very important charity which does so much in terms of support, research and care. I really look forward to working in partnership with all of the others involved, needless to say with so much more experience than I, to promote the Motor Neurone Disease Association in any way that I can.
Branch Patrons
Nick Gibb MP
Kay Glendinning MBE
Branch President & Vice Presidents
President: Dr Robert Clifford-Jones
Vice Presidents: Rachel Thomson
Regional Care
Sandra Holden
MND Clinical Nurse Specialist,
Sussex Community NHS Trust
Debbie South
MND Specialist Practitioner,
Community Neuro Rehab Team
Branch Committee
Chair: Dr Maureen O’Neill
Vice Chair: Judith Allen
Secretary: Nicci O’Neill
Treasurer: Alastair Sharp
Kate Taylor
Pippa O’Dwyer
Dean Donaldson
Frances Ramsden
Sue Kruegar
Lynette Chaney
Frances Wakeham
Area Support
Becky Griffiths
Area Support Coordinator
MND Association
Association Visitors
Co-ordinator: Sue Reeves
Angela Burgess
Pattie Shaw
Pru Tearall
Anne Coleman
Valerie Sharp
For more information on our AV’s please visit Your Visitors page.
More information about Nicci coming soon…
Hi, I’m Sue Krueger and I’ve been involved with our branch since 2006, when my partner, Terry, was diagnosed with MND. Although our neurologist in Chichester told us that there was a local branch “but we wouldn’t need it just yet”, I looked it up immediately and was invited to visit the wonderful Julia Franklin, who was the chairman at the time.
I’ve been involved with the branch since 2018, and was asked to join the committee the following year.
Committee meetings are held on the 4th Monday at 6pm before branch meetings.
The branch organizes and accepts offers of fundraising to provide specialized equipment and to contribute towards holiday grants or transport or other costs which can improve quality of life. Requests for funding are made via Association Visitors (AV).