Celebrating Trustees’ Week: Meet Alison Antill

To celebrate Trustees’ Week, we are introducing some of the people who give their time, knowledge, and experience to help guide Citizens Advice Guernsey.

Alison Antill is a Guernsey Advocate working in Dispute Resolution. Alison’s connection with Citizens Advice Guernsey began before joining the Board, when she volunteered with our Legal Advice Clinic.

During her time at the clinic, Alison worked alongside other volunteers and helped people with a wide variety of legal issues. This experience gave her valuable insight into the depth and breadth of the advice available through the service.

Alison saw how important it was for people to have somewhere to turn when facing a legal issue, particularly when they were unsure whether they needed to instruct an advocate or incur legal fees to resolve it.

After stepping down from the Legal Advice Clinic, Alison wanted to continue contributing to the charity. When the opportunity arose to become a trustee and support Citizens Advice Guernsey from a governance and management perspective, Alison said:

“I jumped at the chance. I admire the ambition of Citizens Advice Guernsey and the range of advice and services it strives to offer. Ensuring the organisation is well governed and funded enables the management and volunteers to focus on achieving what Citizens Advice Guernsey sets out to do for the community.”

Alison’s legal background also shapes her particular interest in Citizens Advice Guernsey’s involvement with government policy and legal issues.

“Citizens Advice Guernsey has first hand access to important data on political and social issues which can help inform legislative change for the benefit of Guernsey Citizens”

Alison’s journey from volunteering in the Legal Advice Clinic to serving on the Board reflects her continued commitment to the work of Citizens Advice Guernsey.

This Trustees’ Week, we would like to thank Alison for the time, expertise, and perspective she brings to our Board.