# Tanni Grey-Thompson is likely next President of NCVO

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/10/16/tanni-greythompson-likely-next-president-ncvo/
- Published: 2012-10-16T05:55:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Paralympian and campaigner Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, is the board’s choice
for the next President of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).
She would succeed the current President, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts CBE**

Since retiring from athletics Baroness Grey-Thompson has served as a crossbench 
peer in the House of Lords with specialist interest in sport, disability, health
and youth development. She has also been active in speaking out on issues including
benefit reform and accessible transport.

She is patron of many charities including Sportsleaders UK and Jane Tomlinson Appeal,
and is a trustee of V, the charity that helps young people become volunteers. She
is a board member of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation.

## 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/)

NCVO members will be invited to appoint her at NCVO’s AGM on 8 November 2012.

NCVO’s Chair, Martyn Lewis CBE, said: ‘I am absolutely delighted that in this Olympic
year, NCVO’s board has chosen Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson as the next President
of NCVO. These Olympics and Paralympics have celebrated volunteers more than ever
before and have given new impetus and inspiration to the entire volunteering community
across the UK. Tanni has played a really great part in that.

‘As well as being a redoubtable campaigner, Tanni is already an old friend of NCVO
who has inspired emerging leaders as President of the Leadership 20:20 Commission
and hundreds of others as a speaker at our events”.

www.ncvo-vol.org.uk

 * **[More how-to funding guides from NCVO on Knowhow Nonprofit](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/02/13/more-howto-funding-guides-ncvo-knowhow-nonprofit/)**(
   13 February 2013)
 * **[NCVO offers Certificate in Sustainable Funding](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/03/13/ncvo-offers-certificate-sustainable-funding/)**(
   13 March 2013)
 * **[Protect your historical records, NCVO urges charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/30/protect-historical-records-ncvo-urges-charities/)**(
   30 July 2014)