New head of fundraising at Mercy Ships
Howard Lake | 17 May 2010 | News
Mercy Ships UK has appointed Sarah Balser as its new Head of Fundraising. Following an 18 year career with the NSPCC, Balser joins Mercy Ships from Chickenshed, where she was Director of Fundraising for the last two years.
Mercy Ships runs the world’s largest charity hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. Crewed by more than 400 volunteers, it provides free medical and humanitarian aid to the world’s poorest people.
Balser said: “Joining Mercy Ships is a dream come true. Having been raised in Nigeria on the west coast of Africa, I truly understand what an amazing difference Mercy Ships can make to the people of this region who have very little access to healthcare”.
www.mercyships.org.uk
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.