We are delighted to welcome to Nicola (Baker) who has just joined the team as Director of Partnerships, (pictured here): Drawing on her 15 years experience of fundraising for enterprise and economic development agencies, Nicola has raised millions of pounds from major trusts and grant sources. Nicola will be supporting our partnership and fundraising activities and also providing this support to our clients when appropriate.
Launching Paper Boat: This week we would like to celebrate and profile one of our strategic partners – Paper Boat. This charity was formerly known as Joe Homan Charity and has recently undertaken a rebranding exercise. With the support of Simon (Oldroyd) our Founder Advisor, Paper Boat have been through a participative process with their own partners and members to achieve this. Please click here to read about their journey and here to receive their new updates.
Inspiring the next generation of women in international development! As part of a series of seminars entitled ‘Career Women’, Rosie (Bishop) was invited to give a talk at Newnham College in Cambridge about her experiences of international development and the voluntary sector. She was speaking alongside Sarah Wilson, former Deputy CEO at overseas development charity, VSO; and Sam Mardell, Strategic Partnership Manager with UCL, managing their relations with a South African health research institute. They can be seen pictured below with Alison Rose, Principal of Newnham College and former British Ambassador to Belgium.
Quote of the night from Charles Handy, mentioned in Rosie’s talk: ‘Do the best at what your best at for the benefit of others’.
Best wishes,
Rosie, Lorna and Ian