Charity trustees are the people who serve on the governing body of a charity.
Trustees have, and must accept, ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of a charity, and ensuring that it is solvent, well-run, and meeting the needs for which it has been set up. 

READ Internationals board of trustees:

Graham Allcott – Chairman
Graham is a freelance consultant and trainer, specialising in youth engagement and volunteering issues. Previous to this, Graham was Chief Executive of Student Volunteering England, a role he held for three years; and before that, cofounder
of the Involve and Intervol services at Birmingham University.

Rachel Stevenson - Treasurer
Following a Masters course in International Management , Rachel trained as a Chartered Accountant , specialising in charities and nonprofit organisations. Rachel moved on to a top 10 accountancy firm where she now works with a variety of clients ranging from AIM-listed companies to large charities.

Rachel Maranto – General Secretary
Rachel joined the Nottingham book project when it was first established in 2003. Since then she has been a volunteer, a project leader and has led a team of student volunteers to Tanzania. She fully understands the book project process and has seen it grow into a national network. She is a valuable founding member of READ International and graduated from Nottingham University in 2006.

Thomas Beveridge
Tom is a founding member of READ International. He is now working as a history teacher in south-east London and is currently piloting our latest scheme of work for the global citizenship agenda within his school. He has developed our UK school presentation service extensively over the past year, working with a team of citizenship experts. 

Martin Farrell
Martin held senior positions in large (Red Cross and Save the Children), small (Centre for Crime and Justice Studies) and middle size organisations (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health) and has a broad range of experience of different professional areas including refugees, young people, crime, mentoring, corporate social responsibility and community development.
He has worked independently since 1997 and helps people and organisations to ‘get2thepoint’ - which is the name of his consultancy (www.get2thepoint.org)                                                                                                                         

Claire Morgan

Claire spent 2003 travelling the world after graduating in Business Studies in 2001.  She is now a professional fundraiser, having worked in a variety of positions in the charity sector, and is currently a major donor fundraiser at Help the Aged.  Claire is involved in the development of our fundraising strategy and our fundraising support for volunteers.