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CSV embarks on strategic review
Tags: Leadership and strategy | Volunteering
Dame Elisabeth Hoodless
Dame Elisabeth Hoodless is the former executive director of Community Service Volunteers, a position she held since 1975 after ascending from assistant and deputy director. She was the charity's first employee, joining with the title of assistant director in 1963.
She retied from the charity in early 2011 after a distinguished career in which she came to be widely regarded as one of the UK's foremost experts on volunteering.
During her career she spent time as the Secretary of State’s nominee to the Personal Social Services Council and a member of the committee on Strengthening Volunteering in the National Health Service.
Dame Elisabeth has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship and a Commonwealth Youth Fellowship. Since 1969 she has been a Juvenile Court Magistrate and is currently chair of the Islington Court. In the 2004 new year’s honours, she was made a Dame for her volunteering services. She is a close friend of former Labour justice minister David Blunkett.
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