NCVO chief to lead Shelter

Sarah Elliott, who has led the National Council for Voluntary Organisations for four years, will join the housing and homelessness charity in September.

She succeeds Polly Neate, who left Shelter in March to pursue leadership coaching. 

Elliott, who has worked at NCVO for five years, the past four as chief executive, has more than 15 years of senior leadership experience in the voluntary sector, including stints as chief executive of the Neurological Alliance and director of strategy and external affairs at the Epilepsy Society.

She said: “I am proud of what the NCVO team has achieved over the past five years, and it is a privilege to be taking on this role at one of the most influential change-making organisations in the sector.”

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In-person working a ‘rarity’ for charities since Covid-19

Working in-person for charities “has become a privilege and a rarity” since the pandemic, a report by a company that runs a free community hub in London has found.

The PPL Hub, in Southwark, was opened last May by the social enterprise management consultancy PPL, offering free office space for charities and other not-for-profit organisations.

PPL said that since its launch, the PPL Hub has unlocked a “huge” £250,000 in financial value for the voluntary and community sector, from an initial investment of £80,000 from PPL’s social impact fund.

In its Making Space for Community report, PPL says feedback from charities using the space has highlighted “the universal importance of in-person working”.

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Two new members appointed to Charity Commission board

The solicitor Tasnim Khalid and digital transformation leader Alan Mather will take up their posts on the regulator’s board from 23 April, filling two existing vacancies.

Khalid is the founder and managing partner of Private Client Solicitors, a boutique law firm that specialises in private wealth planning, charity law and practice. 

Mather is an “experienced transformation leader with a strong track record in leading complicated technology programmes across the public and private sectors”, the government said.

They have both been appointed for three-year terms. 

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