# Comic Relief appoints Ruth Ruderham as grants director

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/05/19/comic-relief-appoints-ruth-ruderham-grants-director/
- Published: 2017-05-19T09:28:49+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Comic Relief has appointed Ruth Ruderham as its new grants director, to help improve
how charitable funds are spent and ensure their long-term impact.**

 

Ruderham is currently development director at [Prince’s Trust International](http://princestrustinternational.org/)
and joins [Comic Relief](https://www.comicrelief.com/) on 3^(rd) July, replacing
Judith McNeill who left her position last year.

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With 15 years of experience in leadership roles in the sector, Ruderham has worked
for charities including [Christian Aid](https://www.christianaid.org.uk/), and Friends
of the Earth, as well as helping to build up the [Canal & River Trust](https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/)
when it became independent from British Waterways.

 

She is also a trustee of Oxfam GB, and a member of several advisory panels including
the Charity Awards and [Rogare](https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/plymouth-business-school/centre-for.../rogare),
the philanthropy think tank of the Centre for Sustainable Development at Plymouth
University.

 

Liz Warner, CEO of Comic Relief, said:

 

> “Ruth brings the leadership, ambition and vision needed to ensure that Comic Relief
> has the biggest possible long term impact on people’s lives. She shares our determination
> that the money we raise works as hard as possible to help those who need it most.
> She is passionate about driving real, sustainable change.
> “Ruth also recognises how new technology and digital communications can transform
> how we raise and spend money. And what I like about her is that she sees the vital
> importance of having even more dialogue with the organisations we invest in and
> the people we fund and work with. She believes in being collaborative and working
> in partnership.”

 

Ruth Ruderham said:

 

> “I am delighted to be joining Comic Relief at such an exciting time. I have known
> and admired the work of Comic Relief throughout my career, not just because of
> the huge difference they have made to issues of global poverty and social injustice
> through their grant making, but also because of the vital role they have played
> in raising awareness of these issues with the UK public.
> “To join the leadership team that will review and update the way we engage – from
> our grant making process to our communication channels and messages – is an incredible
> challenge and one that I am excited to accept.”

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