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Kim and Paul Hutchinson

Waterways Chaplains

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Amy Eastwood

Head of Grants

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Kat Osborn

Co-CEO of Safe Families and Home for Good

Co-CEO of Safe Families and Home for Good

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Lisa Friel

Grants and Impact Officer

Nick Sykes

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Grants and Impact Officer

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Angela Caley

Operations Manager, Linking Lives UK Share

Dexter Jameson and Alice Garwood

Dexter (pictured) is Beyond Funding Producer. Alice is Beyond Funding Host

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Dexter Jameson

Graphic and Multimedia Designer

Amy Eastwood

Head of Grants

Graphic and Multimedia Designer

Joining Benefact Trust at the beginning of 2024, Dexter will be supporting the team to execute their marketing and communications over the next year as our Graphic and Multimedia Designer. With a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Design, and more recently a Master of Arts in Service Design from the Royal College of Art, Dexter brings a fresh perspective and a host of skills to compliment the Trust’s marketing team. In Dexter’s own words, “I’m excited to support Benefact Trust’s marketing team in promoting our incredible beneficiaries and the wonderful ways they continue to help communities in need”.

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Kat Osborn

Co-CEO of Safe Families and Home for Good

Dexter Jameson and Alice Garwood

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Angela Caley

Operations Manager, Linking Lives UK Share

Co-CEO of Safe Families and Home for Good

Dexter (pictured) is Beyond Funding Producer. Alice is Beyond Funding Host

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Tyra Sirandula

Content Marketing Executive

Ian Moore

Trustee

David Paterson

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Patrick Rudden

Trustee

Content Marketing Executive

Tyra joined the Trust in October 2023. Led by Sue Jenkins and working closely with Alice Garwood and Hannah Filmer, Tyra is responsible for increasing the awareness and profile of the Trust predominantly through its social media channels. Having graduated with a Master of Arts in Political Communication, Tyra is keen to share news of the Trust by combining her background in communications with a natural creative flare. Regarding her role, Tyra said: “I’m extremely excited to see our community grow through social media and all the other work our team produces. It is my mission that every church and Christian charity knows about the Trust and knows that they can come to us not only for grants, but also for advice and resources”.

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Danielle Nash

Grants Operations Assistant

Iain Hearn

Grants Administrator

Usman Saeed

Grants Officer (East and East Midlands)

Joanna Luck

Grants Officer (London & South East)

Lisa Friel

Grants and Impact Officer

Paul Playford

Senior Grants and Operations Officer (Wales, West Midlands, South & South West)

Denise Cockrem

Trustee

Grants Operations Assistant

Grants Administrator

Grants Officer (East and East Midlands)

Grants Officer (London & South East)

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Senior Grants and Operations Officer (Wales, West Midlands, South & South West)

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Denise is a Chartered Accountant with significant industry experience, predominantly in financial services, having held senior finance roles at EY, Barclays, RBS, RSA and Good Energy Ltd.  She has helped to support sustainable, profitable growth, both organically and through M&A and to strengthen governance and oversight.  Most recently she was Group CFO and Executive Director for Benefact Group, before retiring from her executive career in June 2024.

She has been a non executive director / trustee since 2012 for a number of purpose led businesses including MacIntyre Charity and Skipton Building Society. She is currently a Non Executive Director at ITM Power plc, Julius Baer International Ltd and Chairs the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committees for the broking and asset management divisions within Benefact Group. In October 2024 she was appointed Chair of MacIntyre Academy Trust, a multi-academy special education trust and a Trustee / Director of Benefact Trust. 

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Alice Garwood

Senior Content Marketing Specialist

Amy Eastwood

Head of Grants

Andrew Bass

Senior Grants Officer (North of England, Scotland and Ireland)

Carrie Coombs

Trustee

Dexter Jameson

Graphic and Multimedia Designer

Francois-Xavier Boisseau

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Helen Gray

Trust Director

Paul Davis

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Sue Jenkins

Head of Communications and Marketing

Senior Content Marketing Specialist

Alice joined Benefact Trust in March 2020 and is responsible for raising the profile of the Trust with engaging content on our website and social media channels. A journalism graduate with a background in marketing and communications, Alice is passionate about storytelling and sharing the amazing projects we support with others. Alice said: “I joined Benefact Trust at the beginning of the Coronavirus lockdown, when there was a lot of uncertainty and worry in the world. Being able to share stories of our continuing grants and how they have helped communities throughout the pandemic has been a really positive and touching experience. I feel very proud to continue to share our work and the light it brings to many communities.

Head of Grants

Senior Grants Officer (North of England, Scotland and Ireland)

Trustee

Graphic and Multimedia Designer

Joining Benefact Trust at the beginning of 2024, Dexter will be supporting the team to execute their marketing and communications over the next year as our Graphic and Multimedia Designer. With a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Design, and more recently a Master of Arts in Service Design from the Royal College of Art, Dexter brings a fresh perspective and a host of skills to compliment the Trust’s marketing team. In Dexter’s own words, “I’m excited to support Benefact Trust’s marketing team in promoting our incredible beneficiaries and the wonderful ways they continue to help communities in need”.

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Trust Director

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Head of Communications and Marketing