Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
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Action for Kids

Disability charity Action for Kids has appointed Miriam Deakin as its new chair and Katie Cavanagh as its permanent chief executive.

Cavanagh joined the charity in 2021 as its director of fundraising and communications before being promoted to interim chief executive last year.

She has previously been in senior fundraising and marketing roles with the MS Society and British Lung Foundation.

“I am delighted to be taking up this role in a charity I love, leading a caring, expert team to support disabled and neurodivergent children and young people with mobility equipment and into paid employment,” said Cavanagh.

Deakin leads the board after four years as a trustee at the charity. She is currently director of strategy and policy and FODO Group.

Lincolnshire Rural Support Network

Farming communities charity Lincolnshire Rural Support Network (LRSN) has appointed Lisa Gibson as chief executive.

She joins this week from Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire Mind, where she was most recently its head of services, innovation and business development.

“Having grown up in a farming community, I know that farming is about so much more than a job. It is about family, community, a way of life and a deep connection to the land,” said Gibson.

“I feel very fortunate to be joining LRSN and to have the opportunity to contribute to the wonderful work that is already being done. I’m excited to get to know people, understand what matters to them and in time, find ways that I can make a positive difference.”

Young Enterprise

Financial and enterprise education charity Young Enterprise has appointed Conservative Party peer Baroness Amanda Sater as chair, replacing Simon Lewis, who has led its board for the last seven years.

She was a government whip during former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s administration and was made a life peer by his predecessor Theresa May.

Sater said: “I am delighted to be taking up this role in a charity I love, leading a caring, expert team to support disabled and neurodivergent children and young people with mobility equipment and into paid employment.”

Henshaws

Sight loss charity Henshaws’ chief operating officer Tom Harte, has been appointed as its interim chief executive.

He takes on the role next month while the charity finds a permanent chief executive to replace Sally Daniels, who is stepping down to take up a new role at a national charity.

Daniels said: “It has been a privilege to lead Henshaws and to work alongside so many committed colleagues, volunteers, Trustees and supporters.”

In addition, Alistair How is stepping down as chair of the charity, and will be succeeded by current vice chair Pete Bulkley.

Harte added: “It is a privilege to have been asked to lead Henshaws as interim chief executive. Having been part of the organisation and its executive leadership team, I know first-hand the commitment, expertise and ambition that exists across Henshaws, and the difference our teams make every day to the people we support.”

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