Judith Brown
Judith Brown was Chair of BOPF for over a decade before becoming Ambassador in 2019.
Part of the original team who applied for Lottery money to help lonely and isolated older people and successfully won 5.9 million pounds for the city, she was Chair of Bristol Ageing Better and is a Trustee of Age UKBristol. She was a longstanding co-optee of ‘People’ Scrutiny Committee of Bristol City Council and is currently a member of the One City Home and Communities Board and Living Rent Commission.
Widowed in 2020 after 59 years of marriage, she is a Mother and Grandmother, proud of her family who are carers, nurses, teachers and writers.
She has worked as a Welfare Rights Worker, a Tribunal Officer representing the public before the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, a member of the Tribunal for 17 years, a Dictricy and Parish Councillor. Judith was a Senior Training Officer in Social Services, then became a Lecturer in Health and Social Care. At 84, she continues to volunteer.