Dame Julia Charity CleverdonDCVOCBE (born 19 April 1950)[1] is aBritish charity worker who served for 16 years as Chief Executive ofBusiness in the Community, one of thePrince's Charities ofCharles, Prince of Wales.[2]
Biography
editBorn inNorth London, Cleverdon is the daughter ofDouglas Cleverdon, the BBC Radio producer.[3] She was educated atCamden School for Girls and graduated with a History degree fromNewnham College, Cambridge. Cleverdon has honorary degrees from theUniversity of Warwick andHarper Adams University.[4][5]
She joinedThe Industrial Society, a business relations organisation. She eventually became the society's Director of Education and Inner City Division.[1][3] She was appointed Chief Executive of Business in the Community on 1 April 1992. During her service she significantly expanded the charity's work, and was named one of the "50 most influential women in Britain" byThe Times. Since stepping down as Chief Executive on 1 March 2008, she has served as Vice President.[2]
She held voluntary roles as Chair ofTeach First,[3] membership of both the National Council for Educational Excellence[6] and the Prime Minister's Talent and Enterprise Taskforce Advisory Group,[7] patron of theHelena Kennedy Bursary Scheme and previously Beanstalk (formerly known as Volunteer Reading Help), an ambassador for theWorld Wildlife Fund, and director ofIn Kind Direct.[8][9]
Honours
editIn recognition of her work, she was appointed aCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the1996 Birthday Honours for services to Training and to Equal Opportunities.[10] In the2003 New Year Honours, she was appointed aCommander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO),[11] and was promoted toDame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) in the2008 Birthday Honours.[2][12]
She is one of the co-founders of the#iwill campaign, along with Amanda Jordan, for youth social action and sits on their board of trustees.[13]
Personal life
editCleverdon was first married to Martin Ollard, a stockbroker. In 1986 she marriedW. John Garnett (died 14 August 1997), former director ofThe Industrial Society, by whom she has two daughters Tor and Charity.[14][15] She is the stepmother ofVirginia Bottomley (née Garnett).[3]
References
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- ^"CSCLeaders — Dame Julia Cleverdon, Vice President, Business in the Community".cscleaders.org. Retrieved28 August 2018.
- ^"NECC Progress Report"(PDF).
- ^"Report from the Talent & Enterprise Taskforce September 2009"(PDF).Rotherham Ready.
- ^"WWF-UK Fellows".WWF. Retrieved28 August 2018.
- ^"In Kind Direct - Annual Review"(PDF).In Kind Direct.
- ^"No. 54427".The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. p. 8.
- ^"No. 56797".The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2002. p. 3.
- ^United Kingdom list:"No. 58729".The London Gazette (1st supplement). 14 June 2008. p. 3.
- ^"Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO, CBE | #iwill".www.iwill.org.uk. Retrieved28 August 2018.
- ^"The new blue line: meet two Detective Inspectors with a difference".Evening Standard. Retrieved28 August 2018.
- ^Crewe, Candida (25 February 2011)."Dame with a campaign".Financial Times. Retrieved28 August 2018.