Ilan Tricker is Hope for the Valleys' childrens/youth and schools worker. Ilan joined Hope for the valleys in March 2024. Ilan works with the local schools and churches working to engage children and young people with the Christian faith.
After serving as a Pastor in Merthyr Tydfil for eighteen years, Andy Pitt has recently become the Pastor of Emmanuel Evangelical Church in Newport. He is married to Viv and is passionate about sharing the Gospel with his community. Andy is one of our Trustees at Hope For The Valleys.
Trystan Hallam serves as the Chair of Trustees for Hope for the Valleys. He has served as the Pastor of Bethel Baptist Tredegar since January 2017. Before that he spent time training and on the Pastoral team in the Welsh Evangelical Church Cardiff.
James is a trustee (acting as secretary) for Hope For the Valleys / Gobaith i'r Cymoed. He has been the pastor of Hebron Evangelical Church in Dowlais since November 2017. Before that, James spent fifteen years as a teacher in secondary schools in London, the valleys and Cardiff.
Graham Bent is a member of Crickhowell Evangelical Church and is the treasurer for H4V. Graham is a director of his own company called Neurosynapse Limited, which currently provides consulting research services in artificial intelligence to IBM and Cardiff University.