Recruitment / people

Simon Burne joins children's charity NCH as Director of External Affairs.

Simon will take up the position on 6th May 2003 after three years as Director of Fundraising & Communications at Acorn's Children's Hospice.

Matalan, its chairman John Hargreaves and his family have raised £1.1 million for the NSPCC FULL STOP campaign to end cruelty to children.

At CharityFair yesterday, Diana Brittan, Chair of the Community Fund, disclosed new threats to the independence of the Community Fund's grantmaking, if the proposed merger with the New Opportunities Fund goes ahead.

Nigel Dumbrell has been appointed as Corporate Development Manager of the recently launched Air Ambulance Foundation.

His responsibilities include the developing of major corporate relationships, sponsorships, high net worth individuals and payroll giving. During the last eighteen years he has held senior positions with the Prince's Trust, RNIB, BEN and CRUSE Bereavement Care.

Fundraising researchers are going to find it a little more difficult to research business leaders.

The Observer reports that 1,852 British directors of companies have successfully applied to have their home addresses removed from their listing on the Companies House register.

Samaritan's Purse, the Christian international relief charity, has appointed David Vardy as its new Executive Director in the UK.

He takes over from Rev David Applin who is retiring from the post which he has held for seven years.

Sir John Paul Getty Jr, the billionaire philanthropist, has died aged 70.

Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, has become the Royal Patron of the Shaftesbury Society.

"It will be a great encouragement to our service users, carers and all those who support our work," said the charity's Chief Executive, Mary Bishop.

Occam has appointed Martina Nertney as Senior List Broker working alongside Liz Moss.

Martina joins Occam from HLB and has over five years' experience of list broking working with clients such as Oxfam, RSPB and British Heart Foundation. She will be responsible for list broking enquiries and will help further develop Occam's List Broking service.

The Daily Mail lists the most influential women in the UK.

The list of the 100 most influential women could prove useful to fundraisers, and those looking for celebrity supporters or trustees.