# Charity Commission expands public affairs team

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/06/28/charity-commission-expands-public-affairs-team/
- Published: 2006-06-28T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

![](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/images/news/4331.jpg)

The Charity Commission has added two new senior staff to develop its public affairs
work.
Sarah Atkinson joins the Commission as its new Head of Corporate Affairs. 
She will be driving forward a new strategy that links the regulator’s communications
and public affairs work, helping to increase awareness of the role and distinctiveness
of charities and build on relationships with Parliament and the charity sector. 
She joins the Charity Commission from Nationwide where she was Public Affairs Manager.

Jane Hobson is the Commisson’s new Head of Policy and will be responsible for bringing
together the Commission’s policy agenda including its regulatory, status and public
benefit activities.

She will focus on formulating and disseminating policy that reflects charities’ 
experience and regulatory requirements, with the aim of helping charities to work
more effectively.

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

Jane previously co-ordinated the Commission’s work on the Charities Bill.

 * **[Vote for trustees of the Institute of Fundraising](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/06/29/vote-trustees-institute-fundraising/)**(
   29 June 2006)
 * **[HRH The Duchess of Cornwall to become hospice patron](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/07/03/hrh-duchess-cornwall-become-hospice-patron/)**(
   3 July 2006)
 * **[Martin Clunes becomes a Patron of Julia's House](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/07/07/martin-clunes-becomes-patron-julia039s-house/)**(
   7 July 2006)