# Melanie Ward joins Migraine Action

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/04/16/melanie-ward-joins-migraine-action/
- Published: 2010-04-16T13:01:23+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Melanie Ward has been appointed to the new position of Head of Fundraising and
Deputy Director at Migraine Action.**

She joins the charity’s team of seven full and part-time employees based in Leicester.
She will primarily be responsible for securing funding from grantmaking trusts, 
identifying new income streams, and developing the charity’s community, corporate
and legacy fundraising activity. She will also deputise for Migraine Action’s Director,
Ms Lee Tomkins.

Ward joins the charity after completing a 15 month contract as Project Manager with
the Care Quality Commission. Before that she spent five years at the RNLI where 
she was responsible for income generation across South and East Yorkshire. In addition
she has spent six years running her own successful business selling specialist library
equipment.

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Migraine Action is a membership-based charity with 5,000 members. It provides a 
telephone helpline and offers a wide range of information and support services for
children and adults affected by migraine, and funds research into the causes and
treatment of migraine.

www.migraine.org.uk

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