I worked in various marketing and communications roles in publishing and events for a decade before making the move into the third sector in 2017. I then worked in several public engagement roles from communications, legacy, mid-level and individual giving roles in a range of small and large charities in health and international development as well as higher education. In 2022, I joined Oxfam as the Head of Legacy Engagement to build the new legacy engagement team and re-start a new and exciting legacy engagement program, including Oxfam’s first ever integrated legacy campaign.
Having worked across most public engagement and fundraising disciplines in a variety of roles, my passion is firmly in legacy and in-memory, the intersection, I believe, of long-term supporter engagement and brand loyalty. This passion led me to join the Remember a Charity Council in 2022. Both in this role and in day-to-day life, I enjoy the sharing of expertise and knowledge and the abundance of goodwill among fellow legacy fundraisers across levels and organisations.
With a passion to support local causes, I am also on the board of MK Snap, a Milton-Keynes based charity providing education, life skills, work preparation and opportunities for work to adults aged 18+ with learning disabilities and The Parks Trust, the independent charity that owns and manages most of the major parks, open spaces and grid road landscaped areas of Milton Keynes.
In my spare time, I enjoy reading, travelling, road cycling, and walking my dog.