# Fundraiser appointed CEO at UCanDoIT

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/09/fundraiser-appointed-ceo-ucandoit/
- Published: 2016-11-09T11:32:40+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Samantha Barber has been appointed CEO of UCanDoIT, the charity that provides 
IT training for disabled people. She joins from veterans’ charity Stoll where she
was in charge of fundraising.**

Barber will be just the third chief executive in the charity’s 20 year history. 
She will take over from Mary Payne who is retiring.

The charity, supported by a core team of five staff and sixty tutors, provides IT
training to hundreds of disabled people in their own home every year.

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As Director of External Relations at Stoll, Barber led a team of nine and took the
charity from an annual fundraising income of £200,000 to £12 million over five years.
In her 20-year career in the charity sector she has also held roles with Shelter
and the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

Samantha Barber said:

> “Technology is a great enabler – if you have the equipment and know how to use
> it. Given the barriers to employment and social exclusion that some disabled people
> experience, the service [UCanDoIT](http://www.ucandoit.org.uk/) provides is vital
> in helping more and more disabled people lead independent lives. I am looking 
> forward to working with colleagues, tutors and users to widen the reach of our
> service across the country and help ensure more and more disabled people take 
> the steps to being tech independent.”

 

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