Julia Cleverdon

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Dame Julia Charity Cleverdon DCVO CBE (born 19 April 1950) [1] is a British charity worker who served for 16 years as Chief Executive of Business in the Community, one of the Prince's Charities of Charles, Prince of Wales. [2]

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Biography

Born in North London, Cleverdon is the daughter of Douglas Cleverdon, the BBC Radio producer. [3] She was educated at Camden School for Girls and graduated with a History degree from Newnham College, Cambridge. Cleverdon has honorary degrees from the University of Warwick and Harper Adams University. [4] [5]

She joined The 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" by The Times . Since stepping down as Chief Executive on 1 March 2008, she has served as Vice President. [2]

She held voluntary roles as Chair of Teach 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 the Helena Kennedy Bursary Scheme and previously Beanstalk (formerly known as Volunteer Reading Help), an ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund, and director of In Kind Direct. [8] [9]

Honours

In recognition of her work, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1996 Birthday Honours for services to Training and to Equal Opportunities. [10] In the 2003 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), [11] and was promoted to Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) in the 2008 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

Cleverdon was first married to Martin Ollard, a stockbroker. In 1986 she married W. John Garnett (died 14 August 1997), former director of The Industrial Society, by whom she has two daughters Tor and Charity. [14] [15] She is the stepmother of Virginia Bottomley (née Garnett). [3]

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  1. 1 2 Dame Julia Cleverdon profile, debretts.com; accessed 2 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Honorary graduands 2010-2011: Dame Julia Cleverdon (LLD) Archived 2011-05-29 at the Wayback Machine , University of Exeter website; retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Davidson, Andrew (2007) "The MT interview: Julia Cleverdon", Management Today , 28 September 2007; retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "The MT interview: Julia Cleverdon" . Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "CSCLeaders — Dame Julia Cleverdon, Vice President, Business in the Community". cscleaders.org. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "NECC Progress Report" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Report from the Talent & Enterprise Taskforce September 2009" (PDF). Rotherham Ready.
  8. ↑ "WWF-UK Fellows". WWF. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "In Kind Direct - Annual Review" (PDF). In Kind Direct.
  10. ↑ "No. 54427". The London Gazette . 14 June 1996. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "No. 56797". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2002. p. 3.
  12. ↑ United Kingdom list: "No. 58729". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 14 June 2008. p. 3.
  13. ↑ "Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO, CBE | #iwill". www.iwill.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "The new blue line: meet two Detective Inspectors with a difference". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  15. ↑ Crewe, Candida (25 February 2011). "Dame with a campaign" . Financial Times . Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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