Previously Sandra was a Non-Executive Director of the Trust between 1996 and 2006. Sandra is a Trustee and Vice Chair of Yorkshire Cancer Research and Trustee and Chair of Masiphumelele Trust Ltd, which raises funds for the education and support of children in a township in South Africa. Sandra has been involved with education over a number of years having been a Governor and then Chair of Governors at Harrogate Grammar School for ten years. Sandra is now the Chair of Red Kite Learning Trust.