FoodCycle CEO becomes chair
Mary McGrath has announced her decision to step down from FoodCycle’s chief executive position after 10 years to become its chair.
Since taking the helm in 2013, she has driven significant expansion at the national food charity which aims to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community.
Sophie Tebbetts, currently head of programmes, will take over as CEO in January.
POhWER CEO to step down
Advocacy charity POhWER has announced that its chief executive Helen Moulinos will step down early in 2024.
Helen Moulinos will remain in post until then, pending the appointment of a new chief executive by the board.
Serving as CEO since 2020, Moulinos has led POhWER through multiple advocacy responses and campaigning programmes.
RSBC appoints CEO
The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) has appointed Julie Davis as CEO.
She will join RSBC on 17 October and will succeed the Society’s current CEO, Sue Sharp, who is retiring.
Davis said: “I am delighted to be appointed as the new CEO of RSBC. It is such a privilege to lead a charity with such a treasured history and outstanding credentials. I am excited to be working with such a talented Council, staff team, volunteers and, of course, amazing children and young people and impatient to learn more about the organisation and its people.”
She is currently the CEO of Hope for Children, an international development children’s charity.
New CEO at National Brain Appeal
The National Brain Appeal has appointed Claire Wood Hill as the charity’s CEO, and she will take up the post in October 2023. She will replace Theresa Dauncey who, in April, announced her intention to step down.
Wood Hill is currently director of fundraising and communications at King’s College Hospital Charity.
She said: “I am delighted to be taking up the role of CEO with the National Brain Appeal. Its important work is inspiring and means a lot to me personally. I look forward to working with the team and trustees to build on the great work they have already done and deliver ambitious growth to make a difference to the lives of even more patients.”
Newlife appoints CEO
Newlife, which supports disabled children, has appointed Fiona Robinson as CEO.
She joins from her role as trading director at Dobbies Garden Centres, where she was a member of the management team.
Robinson said: “It’s an exciting time to be joining Newlife, as we look to develop and drive forward the organisation to be able to help more and more disabled children and their families into the future.”
Arvinda Gohil to leave JRCT
Arvinda Gohil is stepping down as interim CEO at Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT).
She wrote on social media: “Having carried out an initial review over the last seven weeks as interim chief executive at the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, I have concluded that the time and energy needed to rectify some of the long-standing issues requires substantially more resources than I can provide, balanced with my other commitments. I am therefore bowing out, to assist John Fitzerald the chair and Trustees at JRCT in seeking alternative solutions.”
John Fitzgerald, chair of trustees at JRCT, said: “We’re grateful to Arvinda for her support as an interim chief executive. We wish her well as we move ahead with planned recruitment for a long-term chief executive, and with our work to support those who address the root causes of conflict and injustice.”
STAMMA appoints deputy CEO
Kirsten Howells, director of services at STAMMA, is now also deputy CEO as of 1 July.
Howells has led STAMMA’s services since late 2019, when she oversaw the introduction of a new webchat service.
She said: “I'm excited to be taking on this new role in STAMMA - an organisation made up of amazing volunteers, members and staff that I'm proud to be part of. I'm looking forward to the adventures ahead!”
Peter Babudu joins Impact on Urban Health
Impact on Urban Health has appointed Peter Babudu as executive director.
Part of Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation, Impact on Urban Health explores how living in cities impacts people’s health.
Babudu spent four years as the assistant director of research and youth understanding at the Youth Endowment Fund, a charity that works to keep children safe from violence.
He said: “I’m excited to lead this dedicated and talented team as we continue toward our shared vision of making urban areas healthier and fairer places to grow up, live and work.”
Peter takes over from Sarah Hickey, Impact on Urban Health’s interim executive director.
Islamic Relief UK appoints deputy director
Zia Salik has been appointed as the deputy director of Islamic Relief UK.
Salik has been Islamic Relief UK’s head of fundraising since November 2018, first joining the charity as a volunteer 23 years ago.
He said: “Islamic Relief has been a big presence in my life for as long as I can remember. Even before I started volunteering during college, I would see the work the charity did with my father who was the Imam of our local Mosque in Hull and supported Islamic Relief throughout his life.”
New director of charity development at Lloyds Bank Foundation
André Clarke has been appointed as director of charity development at Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales.
Clarke previously worked at Comic Relief, Bond, Plan International, and Save the Children UK.
He said: “I'm heartened by the organisation's reflective practice and commitment to challenge and change the structural inequalities in our society, and I'm thrilled to join Lloyds Bank Foundation at a time when the vital work of small and local charities is needed more than ever. I look forward to working with colleagues, charities and communities to help shape and deliver our approach to charity development.”
Chair of ETF to stand down
Peter Latchford, chair of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), the workforce development body for the further education and training sector in England, has announced his intention to leave the role at the end of 2023.
He was appointed to the role in October 2019 and it is anticipated the new chair will take over in January 2024 after a planned and coordinated transition period.
Latchford said: “I am deeply proud of all the charity and its partners have achieved during my tenure. I pay tribute to all the staff who have worked alongside our partner organisations, expert advisors and collaborators from across the sector, who have helped us transform the lives of learners.”
Pancreatic Cancer UK appoints three trustees
Three new trustees have joined the board of Pancreatic Cancer UK as it launches a new strategy to double survival for the deadliest common cancer by 2028.
Anne Tutt, Iain Frame and Jeremy Hand, a pancreatic cancer survivor, have been recruited.
Tutt is a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years of board-level experience across a range of sectors. Frame has a proven track record in innovation, organisational strategy development and delivery, having worked with a number of medical research charities.
Hand has built a successful career supporting leadership teams and growing businesses and is also a pancreatic cancer survivor and brings lived experience of the disease to the board.
Clatterbridge Cancer Charity appoints first board
Clatterbridge Cancer Charity has appointed its first board, including Brian Barwick, who joins as chair.
Barwick was head of sport for the BBC and ITV, CEO of the FA and subsequently chair of the RFL.
Joining him as trustees are Cathy Frost, owner and CEO of Liverpool’s Panoramic 34 restaurant, Savvas Neophytou, a specialist in technology and healthcare investments, corporate financier Stephen Stuart, Prof Philip Wilson, an experienced leader in higher education across multiple countries and local entrepreneur Jordan Wright.
Completing the board are Kathy Doran who is also the chair of the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust along with the trust’s medical director Dr Sheena Khanduri.
Refuge appoints ambassador
Former England football international and broadcaster Alex Scott has joined domestic abuse charity Refuge as an ambassador.
Refuge has been working closely with Scott since the launch of her autobiography How Not to be Strong, in which she details her childhood trauma of growing up seeing domestic abuse perpetrated by her father to her mother.
She said: “It is an incredible honour to be joining Refuge as an ambassador. I first started working with Refuge following the launch of my book, in which I opened up about my experience of domestic abuse as a child. Since then, I have learned so much more about the scale of domestic abuse in society and the impact sharing your experience can have on fellow survivors. As an ambassador, I want to use my platform and voice to spread awareness of domestic abuse and ensure that women know what support is available to them.”
Greg Wise becomes ambassador for Carers Trust
Carers Trust has appointed actor and producer Greg Wise as a Carers Trust ambassador.
Wise was an unpaid carer for his sister in the last months of her life before she died of cancer. That experience has given him an acute understanding of the pressures faced by unpaid carers.
He has supported Carers Trust for many years, becoming a regular at the charity’s fundraising events.
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