Meet the Justice First Patrons
Lady Polly Feversham
Justice First Patron
Lady Polly has an interest in the arts, literature, and architectural curation.
She ran Duncombe Park with her late husband and became involved with Justice first through a mutual friend. Since then, she has been an enthusiastic supporter of Justice First and has worked with us on many occasions to help our clients.
Curtis Fleming
Justice First Patron
Passionate about raising awareness of the fight against racism it seemed like a natural progression for Curtis to join us as one of our Patrons and help raise the awareness of the plight faced by those seeking sanctuary in Teesside, by raising the profile of Justice First.
An honorary member of Show Racism the Red Card, Curtis became aware of our work through mutual associates. Curtis’s work within football has taken him far afield from India to Bristol, but his commitment to Justice First has not diminished.
For obvious reasons, he particularly enjoys our annual football tournament. Just don’t tempt him to lace up the boots again!
Dr Paul Williams OBE
Justice First Patron
Paul is a GP (family medicine specialist) and public health doctor.
He was the Labour MP for Stockton South from 2017 – 2019, and was also the Chief Executive Officer of Hartlepool and Stockton Health (H&SH).
The Justice First Board of Trustees
Barbara Hungin, Chair
One of the founding members of Justice First. From 2001 she was a member of a group that ran a Stockton based Saturday morning “Drop-In” for newly dispersed asylum seekers. She has spent her career in social work and counselling and is also Chair of the Middlesbrough Catholic Diocese Justice and Peace Commission.
Frederick (Fred) Hutchinson, Vice Chair
Principal Lecturer in Accounting at Teesside University where he worked for almost 25 years. He has a background in public sector and Third sector accounting and was Director of Teesside’s Centre for fraud and financial crime. He has been involved with several local charities and supports local churches with accounting matters.
Catherine Ramos
Is a professional interpreter/translator. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. She joined the Justice First Board in 2006. Her three ‘Unsafe Return’ reports about the post removal experience of people removed from the UK to the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been cited by academics and successfully submitted in cases in the UK, USA and Canada.
Tresor Bukasa
Is a former airline pilot and worked extensively overseas. He is currently service coordinator for the British Red Cross. He holds an ATPL/master’s degree in international Relations and an MA in Human Rights from Teesside University.
Hamida White
In 2007, Hamida joined the Justice First team as a caseworker, helping asylum seekers and refugees helping with their legal cases. She then moved on to work with the British Red Cross as a service co-ordinator, working with the local asylum seeker and refugee community and has continued to be a positive force and reputable source of advice and support within the sector, since this time.
