Our Supporters

The Big Give Board of Philanthropists

The Big Give is supported by the following Board of Philanthropists. These exceptional individuals from the private, public and charitable sectors promote the site to other high-level donors and provide invaluable feedback as users.

Please note that our supporters will not respond to unsolicited appeals. If your charity projects are well presented on The Big Give, they will contact you if they wish to discuss funding.

Board of Philanthropists

Lord Bell - Chair, Bell Pottinger Communications - MD, Saatchi & Saatchi 1970-85 Lord Gavron CBE - Chair, Guardian Media Group 1997-2000 - Director, Royal Opera House 1992-98 Lord Haskins - Chairman, Northern Foods 1986-2002 Lord Joffe CBE - represented Nelson Mandela at trial in 1963-64 - Chair of the Government's Giving Campaign, 2001-04 Lord Rana MBE JP - Founder & Managing Director, Andras House - Founder, Rana Charitable Trust Lord Salisbury PC DL - Leader of the House of Lords from 1994-97 Sir Peter Mason, KBE CBE DL - Chief Executive, AMEC 1996-2006 Sir Adrian Cadbury DL - Chair, Cadbury Schweppes 1975-89 - Director, Bank of England 1970-94 Sir Sigmund Sternberg KCSG JP - Founder, Three Faiths Forums - Chairman, Martin Slowe Estates Sir Hugh Sykes DL - Chairman, Renaissance South Yorkshire - Chair, Yorkshire Bank 1999-2004 John Blaxland, Dr Peter Bottomley MP - MP for Worthing West Hamish Donaldson DL - ret. merchant banker (Hill Samuel Bank, Chief Executive) - Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey Frank Field - MP for Birkenhead Martha Lane-Fox - Founder, lastminute.com - Founder, Antigone Trust

Bruce Jobling LLB - Solicitor Martyn Lewis CBE - Chairman, Teliris & NICE TV - Chairman & Founder, YouthNet UK - Trustee, Windsor Leadership & EduTrust - President, United Response Frank Kirwan - OSCR - Former Trustee of Oxfam - Director of RBS; Grahma Tech Frederick Mulder, Dr - Founder of the Funding Network - Beacon Fellowship Simon Murdoch - Launched amazon.co.uk - Founder, friendsabroad.com Tim Partington - Director, Chapman Taylor LLP Alec Reed CBE - Founder, Reed Specialist Recruitmenmt - Founder, The Big Give Judith Rich OBE - Co-founder, Institute of Fundraising - Founding Director, Cards for Good Causes Jon Snow - Channel 4 Journalist Michael Spencer - CEO, ICAP John Spiers - Founder, BestInvest Larry Sullivan - Chairman and Co-founder of COINS - Director, Total Objects - Chairman, Oasis Solutions Stuart Wallis FCA CTA - Chairman, Protherics Ian Watson Trevor Yang - Group Director, Hong Kong

Board of Advisory Trusts & Foundations

The following Trusts and Foundations have provided expert advice and feedback for The Big Give, helping us to develop the website as a useful tool for grant-making organisations.

A Glimmer of Hope AB Charitable Trust (Woodsford Consulting) Asian Foundation for Philanthropy Baring Foundation Charles Hayward Foundation Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund Hilton in the Community Foundation Lloyds TSB Foundation for England & Wales London Funders

The Barrow Cadbury Trust The Big Lottery The Bull Dog Trust The City Parochial Foundation The Foyle Foundation The Pilgrim Trust The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts The Sutton Trust Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (Charitable Trust)

Board of Advisory Charities

Arts & Business Good business and great art together create a richer society Asthma UK Improving the lives and well-being of those who suffer from asthma. Beacon Fellowship Encouraging individual contributions to charitable and social causes Business in the Community Companies committed to improving their positive impact on society Cancer Research UK The UK's leading charity dedicated to cancer research Great Ormond Street Hospital An international centre of excellence for treating sick children

Intelligent Giving An independent charity-advisor website Male Cancer Awareness Achieving lasting change in the fight against male cancer Oxfam Reducing poverty and suffering around the world Royal Opera House A world stage Save the Children The world's independent children's charity The National Trust Protecting special places in the UK, forever, for everyone The Prince's Trust Practical solutions to help change young lives

Messages from Philanthropists

"a marvellous idea, and a very lively and appealing website" - Sir Sigmund Sternberg " a terrific website - it is going to make a colossal difference to the charity world" - Martyn Lewis CBE "very worthwhile, imaginative initiative" - Lord Rana "I was very impressed with the layout, the ease of use and the breadth of information available" - Brian Long "I appreciate its usefulness for grant makers looking for, rather than being inundated by, potential beneficiary charities" - J West "I applaud your project and hope that it will attract much support" - JM Raisman CBE "A wonderful idea. I wish it every success" - The Viscount Cowdray "congratulations on a terrific idea" - Nigel Wray "I very much hope theBigGive.org.uk is an enormous success" - Lord Carrington "An excellent scheme" - the Duke of Richmond "An innovative and praiseworthy scheme" - Sir Michael Angus "I think this a very good idea. We are certainly innundated by the number of submissions we receive, and they must be costly to make. Whilst we always acknowledge these, the supporting information is wasted." - Henry Lumley