Trustees

Andrew, Chris’ husband and Heather’s father, has been chair of Natalya’s Fund since its registration in 1994, and treasurer since 2004. He also created and maintains our current website. After a career spanning engineering, administration, business and sales, he retired from paid employment in 2018. That gives him more time not only for Natalya’s Fund but also for church initiatives, writing, music and walking, in addition to the essential activities of DIY, gardening, and looking after their small orchard.

As Chris is now largely retired as an archivist, she has more time to pursue her own historical research – on a variety of topics, as well as local and family history, and to help other people with their research.  She also enjoys both sewing and gardening, and says, “It is such a positive feeling to create (or mend) clothes, and to eat our home-grown fruit and veg.  It is wonderful to be so self-sufficient and it really spurs me on to help youngsters, less fortunate, to learn how to be self-sufficient.”

Heather Thornton is married to Ben, and the daughter of Andrew and Chris, therefore Natalya’s older sister. She lives in Hereford and is a peripatetic music teacher in the county. She regularly plays the flute and piccolo in local orchestras as well as at her church. She enjoys walking, both in and around Herefordshire, and doing long distance trails.

Peter was brought up in Tanzania, East Africa. After school he studied for a degree in Building – Civil Engineering with Management. He spent over 40 years working in the Construction industry mainly for major contractors in the London area, with a spell working in Nigeria during the early part of his career, and another spell in the USA in 1989 and 1990 just after getting married to Jane. They have two children – a boy and a girl (twins). Peter and Jane are members of and involved in the life of a large evangelical church in North Surrey near where they live. Peter retired from full time employment last year, is doing some voluntary work and has recently joined Natalya’s Fund as a Trustee.