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Our Team: Purposeful People

Our Team: Purposeful People

Loneliness isn’t just an absence of people, but a lack of purpose. Ikigai is all about finding your purpose; your reason for being.

We love to hang out and work together to make the world a better place. To help make one another’s dreams come true. This creates community in a sense of shared purpose, as well as getting to spend time with each other.

Members of our Management Committees are elected and are open to members that wish to stand for election, to serve our community.

The White Horse pub management committee.

Our pub is run by our community, for our community.

Responsibilities include: oversight, management and decisions for The White Horse public house operation & trading. Ensuring a stable, popular business that serves the needs of Thelnetham, our community and our patrons from surrounding villages, local areas and beyond.

The White Horse Management Committee has the following members:

John Grayling, Chair

John has been a resident of Thelnetham since 1988 and was married in Thelnetham Church where his two boys were also christened. He holds a BSc Environmental Science, a Diploma in Environmental Health, MA in Environmental Law, Post Grad Diploma in Environmental Acoustics and a Post Grad Diploma in Management.

John is retired Head of Environmental Health for Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils. He is a keen organic gardener, Beekeeper, Morris Dancer and Folk Musician although not necessarily very good at any of them. John has volunteered at the pub since it opened as a community venture.