Sir Nicholas Young

Sir Nicholas Young

Sir NicCharity Awards Winnerholas Young (Nick) has been the chief executive of the British Red Cross since July 2001 and has travelled widely to countries where the Red Cross is active, including visiting countries affected by the Asian tsunami as well as Iraq, Zimbabwe, North Korea and Syria. 

Nick was chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Before that he was director of UK operations at the British Red Cross, following 5 years with the Sue Ryder Foundation setting up Sue Ryder Homes.

He started his career as a commercial solicitor, in the City and then as a partner in a firm in East Anglia.

Nick was knighted in the year 2000 for services to cancer care

 

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Baroness Howe of Idlicote, chair of the NCVO Charity Law Review Advisory Group

The Charities Act 2006 has, overall, proved to be a good piece of legislation that is fit for purpose, the NCVO Charity Law Review Advisory Group has concluded.

Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive of British Red Cross

Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive of British Red Cross, has said the whinging of the voluntary sector to government can get depressing.

Young, at heart: Sir Nicholas Young on charity leadership

Passion, optimism, trust, focus. Sir Nicholas Young outlines his key components for a successful charity leader.

Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive, British Red Cross

Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive of the British Red Cross, has hit out at the collective refusal of corporate donors to fund charities’ overheads.


Having your logo on a project is 'sexy' and attracts positive images for your organisation. The necessary but 'unsexy' job of ensuring that there is an organisation there to launch and support projects isn't. What we need is a little more naturity and a little more real philanthropy from both business and the government.

» Red Cross chief attacks corporate attitudes to funding charity infrastructure

Sir Nicholas Young

Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive of the British Red Cross, was unveiled as this year’s winner of the Outstanding Leadership Award at the Charity Awards in London last night.

Sir Nicholas Young. Image by Yolanda Chiaramello

The chief executive of the British Red Cross is the judges’ choice for the 2011 Outstanding Leadership Award.  Tania Mason finds out why.

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