Graham Allcott

Graham Allcott is Director of Fruitful Consulting, and a freelance consultant and trainer in the UK voluntary sector.

Between 2004 - 2007 he was the Chief Executive of [http://www.studentvolunteering.org.uk Student Volunteering England] , a charity that supports student community action and volunteering projects in England. From 2001 - 2004 led the establishment of Birmingham University's [http://students.bugs.bham.ac.uk/mv/indexone.htm Involve] and [http://students.bugs.bham.ac.uk/intervol/ Intervol] projects.

Graham is also the current Chair of the board of trustees of [http://www.readinternational.org.uk READ International] , a recycling charity sending educational text books to Tanzania.

References

[http://www.fruitfulconsulting.co.uk/page4.html Biography on Graham's Fruitful Consulting website]

[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/studentpolitics/story/0,,1714049,00.html Launch of Student Volunteering Week 2006 with Boris Johnson]

[http://www.readinternational.org.uk/newsletters/newsletter3.pdf Announcement as Chairman of READ International]

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6217174.stm Commenting on Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-budget speech]

[http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/events/doc/csvs-institute-for-advanced.html Graham presenting at the Institute for Advanced Volunteer Management (IAVM)]

[http://newsletter.worldvolunteerweb.org/e_article000365090.cfm?x=b11,0,w Launch of Student Volunteering Week 2005]

[http://www.millenniumvolunteers.gov.uk/index.cfm?contentID=64 Chair, 2004 Millennium Volunteer of the Year Awards]

[http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/news/story/0,,1504001,00.html Quoted in article from The Guardian on Student Volunteering]

[http://www.volunteering.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/19D24E16-EDB4-42BD-9A45-4A18B03EAD3B/0/textonly_issue125.pdf Interviewed with Bill Rammell, Boris Johnson & Stephen Williams on Higher Education and volunteering]