Triple A Leadership
Diversity in Leadership
Triple A is comprised of many parts which help to mould and shape our direction and vision. We are very proud of our diverse leadership team which ensure we are meeting our core mission principles of supporting autistic adults right across Cumbria and providing a great service to our users and trainees. In order to do this effectively we have appointed a President and Board of Trustees to oversee the charity’s governance, and a Chief Officer to manage the day-to-day running.
Chair of Trustees
Sheila Gregory
chair@tripleaproject.org.uk
Sheila first started working with people with autism and learning disabilities 47 years ago as a student volunteer.
She then worked for the British Deaf Association for 13 years. She was their marketing and publication manager. For the last 23 years she was the Chief Officer of Carlisle Mencap. Carlisle Mencap is one of the biggest local Mencap societies in the UK. Whilst at Mencap she was responsible for development of the Cumbria Autism Family Support project which supports the families of young people with autism across the county. She was also responsible for the creation of the Grace Little Children’s centre. Sheila has vast experience of providing services for people with disabilities, managing large staff teams and budgets running into millions of pounds per annum.
Sheila retired from work in June 2021. She still takes an interest in the voluntary sector and is a board member for Cumbria CVS. Sheila enjoys fellwalking, birdwatching and gardening in her spare time.
Trustee
Andrew Asquith-Vallance
Andrew was born and brought up in Cumbria. Having obtained a degree in Economics from Durham University he went on to work in Investment Banking in London before returning home to Cumbria where he works as a Chartered Financial Planner.
Andrew is passionate about contributing to the autism community. He is married to Sarah and proud father of Atticus.
Trustee
Sarah Burrows
Sarah Burrows is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) with 25 years’ experience of strategic communications within the public sector. Her experience ranges from Government Economic Development Organisations, County Councils and currently the Lake District National Park Authority where she is their Public Relations and Digital Media Officer.
She is a skilled communicator who specialises in stakeholder engagement, partnership working and crisis communications.
Personally she is Mum to two autistic teenagers and is passionate about making a real difference to the support that’s available to people of all ages following a diagnosis.
Trustee
Louise Galloway
Trustee
Steve Prior
Steve is a Technical Specialist for an International disaster-relief and development NGO working to relieve poverty.
“Specialist” covers a wide variety of areas ranging from vehicle requirements through generators and solar power to satellite phones and internet connectivity, He is also involved in improving data governance and digital maturity. Before that he worked in multiple technical roles including 15 years in an IT department and several years with the BBC.
Steve is parent to three proudly neurodivergent adults.
Honorary President
Rev. Canon. Dr David Peacock OBE
On his retirement in 2000, he was appointed a member and subsequently Chair of the then Cumbria Probation Board. He went on from there to found Cumbria Reducing Offending Partnership Trust (CROPT), a voluntary organisation providing community support and a range of services for offenders and ex-offenders across Cumbria.
He is a Church of England ordained clergyman.