Barbara Rouse

CEO and Community Volunteer
Community Change - Winner

Barbara Rouse is affectionately known as the “Duchess of Bootle” and with good reason! She has worked tirelessly as a community volunteer for over 45 years to make things better in the town she loves so much. Barbara packs more into a week than most people half her age, whether volunteering in her role as CEO of Bootle YMCA, Chair of Derby Park or Director of SAFE Community Homes CIC, Barb gives her time freely, with infectious enthusiasm and genuine affection. She's amazing and Bootle is incredibly lucky to have her!