New chair and trustees for the Nationwide Foundation

Governance | 1 Dec 2008

John Kingston, director and founder of Venturesome at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF )has been appointed chair of the Nationwide Foundation . Mr Kingston has been a trustee of the Foundation for two years and succeeds Margaret Mayne, former director of finance at the British Council.

He is joined on the board by five new trustees:

Richard Davies, management board director and head of the Department for Public Services & Performance Welsh Assembly Government;

Ben Stimson, director of responsibility and reputation at British Sky Broadcasting (Sky);
Lucy Gampell, outgoing director of Action for Prisoners’ Families and vice chair of CLINKS;
Karen McArthur, a magistrate and board member of Quality Housing Services and previously the senior manager of corporate responsibility at Vodafone Ltd; and
Dr Michael McCarthy, director of the strategic marketing consultancy Workhouse and author of books on Unemployment; on Child Poverty; and on the Future of the Welfare State.

Mr Kingston said “This is a very exciting time for the Nationwide Foundation as it progresses its commitment of long term, core funding to charities alongside development of a new grant making strategy by the Board. This new strategy focuses on financial inclusion and housing issues. The new trustees bring a wealth of expertise from both fields and will support the Foundation in determining how best to deploy its grants, taking into consideration the activities of government and other funders. We will also look at unmet needs and how to fund in a way which builds the resilience of charities so as to achieve more lasting impacts.”

News on the new grant making strategy will be announced in 2009.

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