Elected Committee

We have a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 9 Elected Officers on our Committee.  They are expected to be pro-active in their role.  They attend committee meetings (4 times a year) and make collective decisions about the running of the Morris Federation e.g. whether to awards Grants, what projects to support, etc.  They write an annual report for the AGM.

President

Pauline Woods-Wilson
(she/her)

Officer for anything not covered below.  Contact

Secretary

Andrew Knight
(he/him)

Officer for general enquiries and membership advice.  Contact

Treasurer

Jenny Everett, our previous Treasurer, was appointed in mid 2025.  See Special Projects.

Peter Celi-Stamp – from 1st Jan 2026
(he/him)

Officer for membership applications and queries, and grant requests.  Contact

Membership Communications Officer

Eliza Russell
(she/her)

Officer for newsletter contributions, membership broadcast emails and news.  Contact

Events Officer

Rob Tidy – from 1st Jan 2026
(he/him)

Officer for events management (including days of dance, workshops and talks, whether in-person or online).  Contact

Marketing Officer

Helena Painting – from 1st Jan 2026
(she/her)

Officer for marketing, external communications, Press and PR.  Contact

Archive Officer

Graham Lee
(he/him)

Officer for archives and the lending library.  Contact

Notation Officer

Jerry West
(he/him)

Officer for dance notations.  Contact

Co-opted Committee

Any number of people may be co-opted onto the Committee.  They are expected to be proactive in their role which will generally have a specific focus.  They attend part of committee meetings to raise anything about their role, or requests for financing, etc., but are welcome to attend all of it.  They have no vote on any decisions made by the committee.  They write an annual report for the AGM.

JMO Secretary

Fee Lock
(she/her)

Co-opted as Joint Morris Organisations Secretary from 1st Jan 2022.  Past MF Secretary until 31st Dec 2021.  Contact for JMO matters.

IT Administrator

Dan Watford
(he/him)

Co-opted to run the IT Infrastructure. Contact

IT Advice and Support

Brian Kelly
(he/him)

Co-opted for Communications and IT resources for members.  Contact

Keeper of the Bells

Lin Steel
(she/her)

Co-opted to keep and manage the stock of morris bells, badges and other merchandise.  Contact

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Roary Neat
(they/them)

Co-opted for EDI.  Contact

Special Projects

Jenny Everett
(she/her)

Co-opted for special projects.  Contact

Mike Everett
(he/him)

Co-opted for special projects.  Contact

Social Media

Lucy Grainger
(she/her)

For social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, BlueSky).  Contact

Youth and Education Volunteers

These volunteers are working with our elected and co-opted committee to help deliver teaching, educational resources, and funding bids.

Barry Goodman
(he/him)

Past Primary School Headteacher and delivers folk education.
See more at: Barry Goodman – folk arts education

Esther Ferry-Kennington
(she/her)

Helps drive funding bids and deliver folk arts events.  Esther is the Executive Producer for Encounter Festival in Preston.

Sally Smith
(she/her)

Schools teacher, under 18’s rugby coach and delivers educational resources.  Freelance Multi-Camera Director and Operator: see Sally Smith on LinkedIn

Other Volunteers

These are people that the committee call upon from time to time, and provide us with valuable support, but at a lower level of commitment than the other roles.  Although they may be proactive at times, they are generally reactive to requests.

Press & PR

James Merryclough
(he/him)

Press liaision.

Photography

Alan Courtney
(he/him)

Official photographs (aka Dorset Morri’arty)

Barry Pitman
(he/him)

Official photographs (aka @pixelsonapage).

AGM Support

Jess Searle
(she/her)

Technical support including collecting the votes at our AGM.

Wordsmith

Melanie Yates
(she/her)

Authoring and reviewing content for print and web.

Advisor

Health and Safety Advisor

Sally Wearing
(she/her)

Health & Safety advice for members.

Advisor for guidance on H&S and first aid.  Contact

Other Key Contacts

Insurance

Chris Dent – from March 2025
(he/him)

Insurance Officer for the JMO.

For guidance on Public Liability Insurance and Personal Accident Insurance.  Contact

Michael Stimpson – up to Feb 2025
(he/him)

Previous Insurance Officer for the JMO.

Last updated: October 2025