TRUSTEES
Christmas Care is a registered charity (number - 1131756) run by a small committee of Trustees and co-opted volunteers that coordinates all the project volunteers, donations and everything else needed to enable the guests to be so well looked after over the festive season. The current Trustees are shown below.
Grant Hutchings - Chairman, Webmaster & Trustee
Grant has been volunteering with Christmas Care since 2014, becoming a committee member in 2022, and a trustee in 2024. He was voted in as Chairman of Christmas Care in February 2025. He is responsible, inter alia, for Christmas Care’s website.
Grant is a local engineer from Swindon, who has also previously coached the local American Flag Football team, Swindon Storm.
Victoria Hellyer - Treasurer & Trustee
Victoria has been helping at the charity since the "noughties", becoming a Committee member in 2013, and a Trustee in 2017. She became the Treasurer for Christmas Care in September 2025.
Victoria retired in January 2026, having worked for 15 years with her husband in digital marketing. Previous to that, she worked for most of her career as a chartered surveyor/web professional for Drivers Jonas Deloitte.
Since retiring, Victoria has become a Trustee for The Friends of Holy Cross, the charity for helping fund the maintenance of her local village church.
John Davidson - Trustee
John served as Christmas Care’s Treasurer between 1999 and 2025, and has been a Trustee since 2009. He also:
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is currently a volunteer in the Prospect Hospice warehouse; and
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volunteered for 20 years with Swindon’s breakfast club for the homeless, Big Breakfast +, including many years serving as a member of the Management Committee.
He is an active member of Swindon’s Dorcan Church, currently a Trustee on the Church Council. He has previously served as Council Chair and as a Church Warden.
Caroline Hull - Trustee
Caroline has been volunteering with Christmas Care since 2015, becoming a committee member in 2018, and a trustee in 2024.
Born and bred in Swindon, Caroline has worked in hospitality all her working life. Caroline is a keen netball player and has volunteered for Vixens Netball Club - a club set up for players with learning disabilities. Caroline is also a foster carer, and has been for the last 6 years.
Carrie Baker - Trustee
Caroline has been volunteering with Christmas Care since 2011, becoming a committee member in 2020, and a trustee in 2025.
Carrie is responsible for managing the Facebook page, Instagram, and getting us good publicity. After over 30 years in the corporate world, Carrie has been running her own business, Totally Zen, since 2024. She has also been on the committee for Swindon Cats Protection since 2011.