COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) Charities – we can help you find the skills to help you through the current crisis. Volunteers – find ways to use your skills and help good causes.

Who we are

At Reach Volunteering we practise what we preach. Our small staff team is supported by our volunteers who contribute their skills to our ongoing running and success.

Our team

Chief executive officer

Janet Thorne

Service team

Amanjyot Bhangal
Sarah Dewe
Idayat Odeleye

Volunteers
James Addison
Jane Fergusson
Tony Swabe.

TrusteeWorks (bespoke service)

Eleanor Urben
Francesca Harvey
Rachel Ord
Fabiola Toso

Volunteers
Gordon Cooper
John Littlewood.
Andrew Woods
Geoff Woolfe

IT

The expertise in our IT team is provided by volunteers Roger Harvey, Brian Millis and Neil Wotherspoon.

Marketing

Lucia das Neves

Volunteers
Chris Baker
Jeanne Davis
Ranno Kasemaa
Tim Langford
Damon Rutherford
Tony Tait

Fundraising

Jon Edwards and Sheila Walker volunteer their considerable professional experience in the team.

We are also lucky enough to have ex Reach employee Andrew Phillips volunteer for us across a few administrative areas.

Our trustees

Andrew Dent (Chair)
Graham Warner (Treasurer)
Jon Edwards
Rachell Fox
Alice Memminger
Mary Selfe
Chris Shaw
Dominic Tinley

Our ambassadors

Andrew G Haldane

Andrew G Haldane is the Chief Economist at the Bank of England and is Chairman and co-founder of ‘Pro Bono Economics’, a charity which brokers economists into charitable projects.

Lord Hodgson

Lord Hodgson has had a wide ranging business and political career. He currently chairs a number of unquoted companies and in 2011 was chosen as the Official Reviewer of the Charities Act 2006.

Loretta Balfour

Loretta Balfour’s career spanned more than thirty years at Estee Lauder. She has been a volunteer at several charitable organisations including Barts and The London Charity (1999-2010) and the Prince’s Trust.

Ian Anderson

Ian Anderson joined the Board of Reach in 1994 and was Chairman from 1999 to 2009. He was awarded an OBE in 1998 for services to volunteering and the voluntary sector.

About Reach

Connecting people, skills and good causes is our mission and our passion.

Our supporters

We are grateful to the many supporters who have made valuable contributions to our work in the last 12 months.