# New Director at GuideStar UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/03/14/new-director-guidestar-uk/
- Published: 2008-03-14T10:39:03+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Lewis Temple is the new Director of GuideStar UK (www.guidestar.org.uk), the free
online information resource on the 168,000 charities of England and Wales.**

Temple joins GuideStar UK after 10 years working for international charities in 
developing countries, most recently as Regional Representative for Eastern Europe
and Central Asia for HelpAge International.

GuideStar UK was founded in 2003 to provide an easily accessible source of detailed
information about charities in the UK, and its website was officially launched in
2005. The service “was used over half a million times in 2007”.

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The appointment of Temple as Director of the charity comes as GuideStar UK and Civil
Society Systems merge to form GuideStar International and David Brocklebank, former
GuideStar UK chief, is appointed as CEO of GuideStar Data Services (GDS), a community
interest company wholly owned by GuideStar International (GSI).

www.guidestar.org.uk

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