“Thank you and well done” is our message for this edition’s members update.

Our governors are volunteers and with their help we continue to ensure that we provide a caring service to our population. We also have a separate volunteer team who complement and support the work that existing staff do across the Trust. They are all an invaluable source and we all grateful for their valuable experience and dedication to the NHS.

Our Chair Eileen is hosting a thank you event in December for our volunteers who take time out of their day to make someone else’s better – it is our way of saying thank you for their hard work throughout the year.

You may have seen that we held governor elections in the summer - thank you if found the time to nominate yourself, there was a lot of competition this year which was great to see. Finding time to vote is also appreciated, our governors are very grateful and looking forward to representing you. Governors have a statutory role here at the Trust, however the time they give to represent you they give for free.

The election results are as follows:

Constituency	Elected
Bedford Borough	Felicity Stocker
Central Bedfordshire	Mark Cox
Hackney	Renato Congias Caroline Diehl Coral Jones Beverley Morris Eseoghene Okonedo
Luton	Fatima Begum
Newham	Ian Gibbs Hazel Thomas
Rest of England	Elliot Goodman
Staff	Andrea Okoloekwe
Tower Hamlets	Gren Bingham David Edgar Rofikul Islam

Please see Council of Governors elections for further details.

If you would like to know more about volunteering please follow ELFT volunteer service

If you have any feedback our questions for Membership please email us at elft.membership@nhs.net