Trustees
The People’s Postcode Lottery Trusts contribute to a wide range of charities and good causes working across a number of different thematic and geographic areas including care, culture, education, arts, environment, human rights, equality, health, sport and animal welfare. The People’s Postcode Lottery Trusts started as a small pilot project in 2005 and today, 68% of British postcodes play and over £750m has been raised for 9,000 charities and good causes. The Trusts each now distribute between £2.5m and £14m per year.
Prospectus were delighted to partner with several of the Trusts to search for individuals with a range of different insights and experiences. For several of the Trusts with geographic nature, we were tasked with searching for candidates who were from or who had knowledge of different regions across Britain. Other desireable insights included one or more of the following thematic areas: Environmental Conservation; Climate Innovation; Children and Young People; Community Development; Poverty Prevention; International Development and Human rights; and knowledge of social investment and social enterprise.
Prospectus were thrilled to support the Boards of the Trusts to appoint:
Rita Chadha (London) has worked for more than 30 years in the charity sector and was previously CEO of the Small Charities Coalition, currently Co-Director of a charity providing emergency accommodation to women who have been trafficked and also Director of City Sikhs; one of the UK’s leading national umbrella bodies for people from the Sikh faith.
Miranda Wixon (Northamptonshire) is a health and social care leader with over 30 years’ experience in the independent, charity and public sectors. She is the founder of rural Community Larders, providing over 40,000 food boxes into 90 villages during the pandemic.
John Robson (Bristol) has over 15 years’ experience collaborating with a range of communities in the UK and abroad, he is an experienced grant maker, project manager and programme leader, with particular focus on community development.
Rahul Bissoonauth (Birmingham) has led strategy and fundraising projects for diverse-led organisations and organisations tackling inequalities in Birmingham and the UK and worked with charities serving communities including the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, the Tennis Foundation and Sported.
Hannah Woods (Penarth, Wales) is a social researcher with a 20-year track record of supporting organisational change and impact programmes in the voluntary sector. Her work has focused on measuring the impact of programmes supporting young people and marginalised groups including people with a disability, single parents, refugees, and people experiencing homelessness.
Belinda Bramley is a passionate environmentalist with an interest in nature-based solutions. She has worked in the not-for-profit sphere for over 20 years, serving as Head of Impact for Nekton Foundation and CFO for Earthwatch Europe.
Chupa Phiri is a fundraising strategist and trainer with 22 years of experience including funders in Europe and Africa. She has worked across a diverse range of causes including community development, disabilities, human rights, gender issues, global health, youth and international development.
Sanjay Singh has 20 years’ experience in business development from banking, combined with his charitable sector career, providing him with expertise in how to manage high-value funding portfolios with social purpose, both in the UK and internationally.
Lorraine Barclay is a Board level executive with over 20 years of experience in Financial Services, currently a member of the leadership team at the Bank of England with responsibility for shaping and leading all finance aspects of the One Bank Strategic Transformation.
Emma Collenbrander is an internationally recognised social entrepreneur with expertise in business growth and strategy, entrepreneurship and international development innovation. She is the founder of Pollinate Group, a multi-award-winning social enterprise in India that empowers women entrepreneurs to distribute essential products to urban slum communities.
Carolyn Sims has over 16 years working with charities, social enterprises and other organisations delivering social impact. In 2020 she was named in Pioneers Post’s list of ’Women of inspiration.