Heather Farley

Heather Farley became the first Chief Executive of West Norfolk Voluntary and Community Action (WNVCA) in 2002. She plays a major role in her Local Strategic Partnership Board where she is Vice Chair and is also Chair of the Management Group. She chairs the Diverse Community Forum which considers the cohesion of West Norfolk and this area of work is a focus for WNVCA. With her trustees she has ensured that WNVCA has a focus on the core needs of the sector.

She believes in the principles of a member organisation, the responsibilities that go with that and ensuring that you stick to your mission. Her previous work includes mental health nursing, mental health and supported housing organisations including MIND and Stonham Housing Association. She is on the board of COVER, the regional general infrastructure organisation, a school governor, and has chaired CVS East, a struggling regional grouping of Chief Executives from the East of England. Personally she lives just outside King's Lynn in Norfolk with her husband and two children and has been in Norfolk since 1995. She comes from Essex and has also lived in East London.