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01308 897 130

bookings@othonawestdorset.org.uk

Othona Community, West Dorset Coast Road Burton Bradstock Bridport Dorset DT6 4RN UK

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Othona is Registered Charity number 1154204. Its work continues thanks to many people’s donations of time, energy, enthusiasm and money.
© Copyright 2023 Othona West Dorset, All rights reserved.

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Our Committee and Trustees

Our Committee and Trustees

Our Committee

The core residents are supported by a passionate, down to earth group of people who, though they don’t live on site, contribute their time and love to creating community at Othona West Dorset. They don’t just sit in meetings but can be involved in all kinds of other practical ways too.

If you wish to get in touch with our current chair, he or she can be contacted at owdchair@othona.org. In case you have the time and interest and skills to offer, we welcome enquiries about possible committee membership.

Our current committee members are:

  • Christine (Chris) Wilson (Chair) *
  • Tony Jaques (Warden)
  • Andy Davey (Bookkeeper & Admin assistant)
  • Elizabeth Turner
  • Mark Gallagher

*Trustee as well as committee member

Our Trustees

The Othona Community is a registered charity and is governed by a Board of Trustees. Our trustees are also members of the Community and have personal experience of spending time at one or both of the Centres.

Our current trustees are:

  • Mark Ringrose (Chair)
  • Jane Pearse (Vice-Chair)
  • Mark MacDonald (Board Secretary)
  • Steve Barnes (Bradwell Committee Co-Chair)
  • Maria Freeman (Bradwell Committee Co-Chair)
  • Paul Simon (Bradwell Committee Comms lead)
  • Chris Jones (Bradwell Committee H&S lead)
  • Chris Wilson (West Dorset Committee Chair)
  • Marie Martin (Safeguarding Lead)
  • Gareth James (Lead Trustee for Health & Safety)

In addition to their responsibility for managing the finances and the assets of the Community, the trustees have overall responsibility for the life and mission of the Community and for the welfare of the paid core members at the two centres. If you wish to get in touch with our current chair, he can be contacted at chair@othona.org.

Membership

Othona members support the work of The Othona Community through a £12 per year membership fee. If you would like to be a be a member or would like more information please email us.

You are very welcome to attend our Annual General Meeting held in September each year – whether you are a member or not! Currently the AGM is held online. See details of this year’s AGM below. You can also see information from previous AGMs and other governance meetings below too.

AGM 2024 ONLINE

Sat 21st Sept 2025

10.30am to 12noon

Details will be supplied closer to the date.

Mission Statement

Othona is an open and inclusive Community rooted in the Christian tradition and drawing on a wealth of other inspirations. We welcome people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and beliefs to our two centres on the quiet coasts of Essex and Dorset.
Through sharing in a daily rhythm of work, learning, worship and play, we seek personal renewal and glimpses of the sacred. In community we explore the relationship between faith and life and encourage one another in caring for the world and its people.

Full Circle Magazine Archive

Full Circle was the newsletter of the Othona Community and was issued three times a year. As of 2018, we will no longer be producing a magazine. Instead, we are looking to produce, twice a year, a digest of interesting items from our centres’ websites, blogs and other sources. This will be available in printed form, so that those without computer access have an option. Farewell and thank you to Full Circle!
2017 Winter * Summer
2016 Spring * Summer
2015 Spring * Summer
2014 Spring * Summer
2013 Summer * Autumn
2012
2011 Summer
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