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New VSNW Trustee - Simon Thorrington
11 January 2010
VSNW is pleased to welcome Simon Thorrington as a new member of our Board of Trustees, following the AGM in November.
Simon Thorrington ACIB is Charity Bank's Regional Director in the North, with a portfolio of client relationships and responsibility for strategic management across the north of England, having been with Charity Bank since 2006. Charity Bank is a member of the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) family. He also has overall responsibility for the Bank’s team and office in Yorkshire & Humberside, working in close partnership with the Regional Development Agency Yorkshire Forward.
Prior to this Simon spent 15 years with a major high street bank between 1975 and 1990, latterly as Corporate Lending Manager in Lancashire. Between 1990 and 2006 he worked for a faith charity, during which time he established and chaired the board of a regeneration charity over an eight year period, redeveloping, with a £5 million funding package, a redundant church site for the benefit of a massively deprived multi-faith community in Preston. This involved working closely with the North West Development Agency, Government Office North West, the two local authorities, Sport England and other partners.
Simon project-managed the development of a new charity in Preston addressing homelessness and worklessness between 2006 and 2009, and he continues to support it on a consultancy basis. Married with four grown up children, hobbies include fell-walking, running and photography.
Featured Event
Open Public Services - Passage of a bill workshop
This VSNW/Parliamentary Outreach Service event will explore the stages that the bill would go through, their relative importance and ways to engage and influence
Featured News
Two days left to enter our case study competition - prizes up for grabs!
We are inviting local groups and local or regional infrastructure organisations from across the North West to submit ideas for Listen Value Invest 2012 case studies about their work and how they are adjusting to the new environment
Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund results announced
The beneficiaries of the £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society.
Relaunch of Voluntary Sector Cuts Website
The Voluntary Sector Cuts website has now been relaunched with additional functionality to enable VCS organisations to records cuts to funding and their effects
Events & Trainings
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
