Wes Streeting was right to the extent that charities and Government are unlikely marriage partners. But there is plenty of scope for fruitful affairs when their purposes overlap. See below.
               
            
            
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                                            Humanitarian aid worker.  Londoner, European, Arsenal supporter. Metropolitan liberal values. Son of a migrant, married to a migrant.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Caron Bradshaw, CEO of Charity Finance Group. Barrister by training. Committed to loving leadership, fairness and striving to make the world a better place
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Deeds Not Words 🐝  Changemaker, Fundraiser, Marketeer & 'Profit for Purpose' Leader
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                                            Together with our network, we inspire and support civil society leaders through connection, skills and influence. Our members lead civil society organisations of every shape and size across England and Wales: acevo.org.uk
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            We're a Christian presence in every community across England and in Europe. Learn more about the work we do from churches, cathedrals and Christian communities.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            The 98th Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell. Serving the Diocese of York and the dioceses of the Northern Province of the Church of England.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Tea, scones, independent institutions and why they need looking after. Director of Communications @NationalTrust.bsky.social Trustee, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The posts are just mine.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Director of the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Writing a new book.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are changing the world with women and girls. actionaid.org.uk
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Head of Programmes @ActionAid Global Secretariat. Activist/writer on education, public services, human rights, tax and climate justice, & feminist alternatives. Fan of Paulo Freire, ending austerity & neoliberalism, connecting movements for system change
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE KC: Barrister, Cross-bench Peer, Independent Prevent Commissioner; HL Constitution Cttee; Chair Inter Mediate, @uclei.bsky.social; Vis Prof KCL; AFPS; ex-indept reviewer terrorism legn; history, nature, sea kayaking, Suffolk
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
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                                            Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader & Co-Leader of @greenparty.org.uk.Co-President of the European Movement. Mum of 2, plus puppy Nell. Author, Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story. Still writing & campaigning on climate & nature 🌎
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy with @leviyonit. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE, coming in September 2025
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
                                     
                            
                    
                    
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