Our Chief Executive

Carole Cochrane

Carole has enjoyed a lengthy, exciting and successful career within the voluntary sector, initially with Volunteer Bureaux and for the past 13 years working at a senior level to support carers; her first encounter with The Trust was as a centre manager establishing North Tyneside Carers Centre.

In 1998 Carole moved back to London and worked for The Trust; establishing Carers Centres in South East England, developing training programmes to support the Network and delivering a Lottery Funded Network Consultancy Scheme. She also represented The Trust as a working group member on the Carers Strategy.

Carole maintains a passion for Community Development and for Pioneering new ways of working. In her role as Assistant Director Operations in the North, Carole combined Fundraising and Operations, with her operational responsibilities covering Northern England, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Wales. She was responsible for developing and delivering the highly valued Breaks for Carers, held annually at Pontin’s, Blackpool.

Carole is married with four children, two stepchildren and six grandchildren. As she married and had children while exceptionally young, so for years couldn’t afford holidays abroad, she now particularly enjoys travelling and experiencing new cultures.