Our team – Trustees

Catherine Foster – Trustee

Catherine has worked in experience marketing across a number of industries for over 20 years and is currently Brand & Marketing Projects Director at The Great Run Company. She has been a passionate volunteer for Dreamflight since 2002 and is excited to be joining the Board of Trustees.

David Gawn – Chair of Trustees

David has worked in the travel industry for over 30 years. His current role is Senior Manager for Inflight Services at Virgin Atlantic.

Patricia Pearce MBE – Founder

Patricia is the co-founder of Dreamflight and worked at British Airways for 39 years, lastly as a Cabin Services Director. She was awarded an MBE in 1997.

Professor Simon Bailey – Medical Director

Simon is a Paediatric Neuro-Oncologist and has been involved with Dreamflight since 1989. He is the Charity’s Medical Director.

Gaylene Kendall – Finance Trustee

In her most recent role, Gaylene was Group Corporate Finance Director at Centrica PLC. She also holds Non Exec roles with Peabody and Town and Country Housing.

Robert Bass – Governance

Robert has 40 years' experience of legal and corporate governance affairs in business. He has been involved with Dreamflight since 1992.

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All the love, dedication and passion makes such a difference to every VIC and adult and makes this charity as magical as it is! Calvert 2026 volunteer

It’s really fun, you get to do things that you would never dream of, you get to meet a lot of people, have new experiences. Calvert 2026 child

After the trip I was more confident at school and happy to be myself Dreamflight Child (The Simpsons Group)

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London Marathon 2027

28 Jul 2026

Were you lucky enough to get a place in the London Marathon ballot? Congratulations! We’d love you to consider running…

24 Jul 2026

Our next life-changing trip to Orlando is now under 100 sleeps away! The countdown is officially on and we’re delighted…

21 Jul 2026

Congratulations to our wonderful ambassador, former Dreamflight child Aidan, on raising over £32,000 at his recent golf day at Garforth…

10 Jul 2026

40 years of Dreamflight starts here! This November we’re kicking off our 40th anniversary celebrations with a very special evening…