After forty years Bill bids farewell to national charity

Howard Lake | 6 November 2006 | Newswire

Bill Peck from Old Sodbury, Bristol, has retired as a Trustee of national charity for people with learning disabilities, HFT, after forty years voluntary service.
Bill first became involved with HFT through his local Round Table when HFT was known as The Home Farm Trust, an organisation established in 1962 by parents of people with learning disabilities to help provide residential care facilities for their children. He was appointed a “nominated Governor” to the charity in January 1964.
From its small beginnings in the early 1960’s as a local Bristol charity, Bill was to witness the growth of HFT into the organisation it is today, a national charity providing supported living, residential care and day services for over 1,000 people with learning disabilities and employing over 1500 staff in fifteen regional service centres throughout the UK.
“I am delighted and proud that during my time as a Trustee, HFT has grown from a small local charity in Bristol, to a prominent national charity operating throughout England, providing a wide range of services for people with a learning disability”, said Bill. “I will look back at this time with pleasure and satisfaction.”
In the early days with HFT, Bill chaired various sub-committees and was a member of the Trust’s Executive Committee. He became a member of the HFT Board when it replaced the Executive Committee, serving as deputy chairman and subsequently national chairman of the charity from 1989 to 1994. Throughout his time with HFT his considerable agriculture, property and business experience proved invaluable to the Trust.
“Bill has been a Trustee of HFT without a break in service since 1964 and his contribution to the organisation has been outstanding”, said HFT chief executive, Brian Perowne.
“He was one of the few HFT Trustees who did not have a relative with a learning disability and therefore was able to be completely objective in his outlook. He has worked selflessly on our behalf and to the highest of standards, always endeavouring to deliver the best for the Trust in whatever he did, to help support people with learning disabilities.
“HFT owes Bill Peck an enormous debt of gratitude and we wish him all the best on his retirement as a Trustee.”
ENDS
Issue Date: 6 November 2006
For further information please contact:
Irena Babic, Tel/Fax: 01275 343547
email:

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or
Suzi Walton, HFT, Tel: 0117 930 2655, Fax: 0117 922 5938
email:

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