# New Chief Executive at Northern Rock Foundation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/06/03/new-chief-executive-northern-rock-foundation/
- Published: 2009-06-03T13:47:50+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Penny Wilkinson has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Northern Rock
Foundation. She joins from Museums, Libraries and Archives, North East, where as
Chief Executive for three years she had a strong track record in partnership working
and strategic development.

 

Northern Rock Foundation was established in 1998 and since then has made grants 
of almost £190 million, focusing on social and cultural issues and promoting social
justice.

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Last month the Foundation announced 22 grants totalling £1,716,006.

 

The Foundation will receive a minimum of £15 million a year in 2008, 2009 and 2010
from Northern Rock, as part of the arrangement under which the bank was taken into
temporary public ownership.

 

www.nr-foundation.org.uk

 

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