Parris to leave Remember a Charity

Fundraising | Gemma Ware | 7 Feb 2008

Jonathan Parris has resigned as the chief executive of Remember a Charity.

Parris, who will remain in post until Easter, has been offered a new role closer to his home in the north of England.

Suzanne Levy, who joined RAC last November as interim membership and marketing manager, will replace him as interim director. She is a former head of the Jeans for Genes Appeal.

Parris’s resignation comes as RAC undertakes a strategic review, following the election of a new board and their decision last year not to press ahead with the promotion of a free will-writing scheme.

Stephen George, chair of the consortium and development director of legacies at NSPCC, thanked Parris for his contribution and said the campaign had “achieved record membership levels under his directorship”.

George said RAC was considering how it could shift its focus from awareness-raising to the task of imbedding legacies into the processes people go through when making a will.

“Over the next few months, we will be reviewing our long-term strategy with the key goal of generating behavioural change within the will-making public. We have had significant success in raising awareness, but we now want to focus the campaign on the need for that awareness to be converted into behaviour that results in more legacies and greater legacy income to the voluntary sector,” he said.

Parris has been at RAC for three years. A former fundraiser at Macmillan Cancer Support and Diabetes UK, he also led the merger between Sharing the Caring and CAF.

"The campaign really runs through my blood and I wish it every huge success in the future," he said.

Who's Who: Gemma Ware

Comments

[Cancel] | Reply to:

Name *

Email *

Organisation

Job Title

Comments *

Verification *

* Please read our Community Standards

Close »

Community Standards

The civilsociety.co.uk community and comments board is intended as a platform for informed and civilised debate.

We hope to encourage a broad range of views, however, there are standards that we expect commentators to uphold. We reserve the right to delete or amend any comments that do not adhere to these standards.

We welcome:

Robust but respectful debate
Strongly held opinions
Intelligent relevant discussion
The sharing of relevant experiences
New participants

We will not publish:

Rude, threatening, offensive, obscene or abusive language, or links to such material
Links to commercial organisations or spam postings. The comments board is not an advertising platform
The posting of contact details for yourself or others
Comments intended for malicious purpose or mindless abuse
Comments purporting to be from another person or organisation under false pretences
Gratuitous criticism, commentary or self-promotion
Any material which breaches copyright or privacy laws, or could be considered libellous
The use of the comments board for the pursuit or extension of personal disputes

Be aware:

Views expressed on the comments board are left at users’ discretion and are in no way views held or supported by Civil Society Media
Comments left by others may not be accurate, do not rely on them as fact
You may be misunderstood - sarcasm and humour can easily be taken out of context, try to be clear

Please:

Enjoy the opportunity to express your opinion and respect the right of others to express theirs
Confine your remarks to issues rather than personalities

Together we can keep our community a polite, respectful and intelligent platform for discussion.