# John Nickson joins UK Community Foundations as trustee

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/11/12/john-nickson-joins-uk-community-foundations-as-trustee/
- Published: 2015-11-12T11:20:57+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Philanthropy expert John Nickson has joined UK Community Foundations as a trustee,
one of five new appointments to the board of the organisation which represents the
UK’s 48 accredited community foundations.**

Nickson joins the board as an independent director. He is author of ‘[Giving is Good for You](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/03/07/giving-is-good-for-you-why-britain-should-be-bothered-and-give-more/)‘,
about which UK Fundraising [interviewed him in 2013](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2013/06/10/new-book-published-why-giving-good-you/).

The other new appointments, all of them from member community foundations, are:

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• Trevor James – chartered accountant with a specialism in charity accounting and
a trustee of Sussex Community Foundation

• Jane Moss – solicitor and experienced trustee, latterly with Quartet Community
Foundation

• Colin Seccombe – chartered accountant and former partner KPMG, head of investment
committee for Community First and trustee of Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and
Northumberland

• Laura Keen – chartered accountant, finance director and deputy CEO of Milton Keynes
Community Foundation.

John Nickson was co-opted as an independent trustee for a year, and Alun Evans (
Community Foundation in Wales) and Sonal Shah (London Community Foundation) were
both co-opted for a further year.

UKCF chairman David Sheepshanks said: “

> We have recently undertaken a governance review with all our 48 member community
> foundations invited to participate and these latest board elections demonstrate
> UKCF’s commitment to high standards of corporate governance, and by rotating our
> trustees every six years we maintain a good balance of experience and fresh ideas”.

On his appointment at [UK Community Foundations](http://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org),
John Nickson said:

> “The increasing demands on the voluntary sector means the need for community foundations
> is stronger than ever; they are ideally placed to match need with resources at
> a local and regional level.
> “Change requires the UK to think again about the best way to sustain civil society
> and this will require new and imaginative partnerships and community foundations
> are already working with some of the UK’s leading charitable foundations to strengthen
> the charitable sector.”