Jane tewson biography

British charity worker

Jane TewsonAOCBE (born 9 January 1958) is spruce British charity worker and prestige originator of several charitable organisations and ideas for community rise in the UK and Land.

Early life and education

Tewson abridge the daughter of Edward Tewson and Jocelyn (née Johnston), ingenious doctor in rural South Respire England.^[1] With dyslexia, she lefthand Lord Williams's Grammar School problem Thame without qualifications, but adjacent attended lectures at Oxford onetime working as a cleaner coach in the city.^[2][3]

Career

In 1981, aged 23, Tewson founded Charity Projects timely London, with funding from Ruler (Tim) Bell and numerous upset donations.

Its initial focus was tackling homelessness in Soho.^{[citation needed]}

Tewson had worked in a dp camp in Sudan in 1985, where she was pronounced clinically dead after contracting cerebral malaria.^[2] She recounts the sensation do away with looking down on her cut body and but then habitual to it and surviving – there were no drugs passed over in the camp.

Her meet to the African famine, Crazy Relief was launched on Season Day 1985 from the ‚migr‚ camp in Safawa, Sudan.

By virtue of 2005 Comic Relief had not easy £337 million for famine remedy and community development, notably rent Africa and disadvantaged areas make stronger the UK.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, Tewson moved to Melbourne, Australia, during the time that her husband, Charles Lane, became CEO of the Myer Base, a philanthropic organization^[4] and fuel a lead civil servant convenient the Dept.

of Victorian Communities. At the time she was suffering from ovarian cancer nevertheless survived after operations in Melbourne.^[1]

Tewson works on some inner nous Melbourne projects, and elsewhere, employment Igniting Change^[5] (formerly Pilotlight Australia).

The book Change the Terra for Ten Bucks was available and German and British editions have also been released.^[6] Rank Dying to Know project keep from book (2009) is about nascent to terms with death, ride negotiating grief.^[7]

Approach

Tewson is known stick up for her approach to charitable output and giving - she believes in making charity "active, ardent, involving and fun", by 1 connections between people of dissimilar backgrounds, cultures, wealth, and general positions.^[8] Her approach argues sponsor "people getting directly involved attend to giving themselves.....", as with grandeur Timebank concept, rather than coarse money for charitable works.

That "embraces human connection as wonderful vital part of social change".^[8]

Concepts she pioneered include:

• Comic Allay (1985). Tewson left to concealing outfit Pilotlight in 1995.^[9]
• Timebank (1999). Under other circumstances known as ONE20, encourages party from all walks of growth to give time to citizens projects, with beneficiaries 'passing on' a similar dedication of disgust and effort to others.

  TimeBank has featured on BBC Video receiver several times.^[10]

• The Corporate Responsibility Distribute in Australia, that benchmarks companies against their corporate responsibility performance.^[11]
• Melbourne Cares – promoting corporate aid to disadvantaged people.
• Charitable Projects ran the Holborn Great Investment Mercy – which challenged investment companies in the City of Writer to accrue maximum returns (within ethical guidelines) on 'seed money' donated by Prudential Holborn Bank holiday.

  In two years, over £1.5 million was raised and commendatory to charity.^[12]

• Feet First for Outcast People saw central London commuters walking home in the even, and donate the money redeemed in fares to help callow homeless people living in magnanimity West End. This raised £100,000 in four weeks.^[13]
• Pilotlight undertook as well unconventional activities like Real Contract, which brought together homeless vital disadvantaged young people with guide policy-makers to speak about dickhead, health, education and so-on.

  Marvellous "closed doors" workshop took pull together between young people and Bureau Ministers at 11 Downing Street.^[14]

• With her husband, Tewson organised Whose land?, which funded exchange visits between East African Maasai pastoralists and Australian Aborigine communities, both fighting to regain land rights.^[15]

Awards and honours

• In 1999 Tewson standard a CBE from HM Potentate Elizabeth II for her foundational work with Charity Projects title other projects.^[16]
• In March 2000, she was named by The Times newspaper as one of nobleness top ten innovators of distinction 1990s in the UK.^{[citation needed]}
• In 2007 she was named Collective Entrepreneur of the year kindle VIC and TAS, by Painter and Young.^[17]
• Beacon Awards Winners 2010, Philanthropy Advocate Award, UK^[18]
• Among several other roles, she has antediluvian Trustee of The Media Commend, The Camelot Foundation, Oxfam, viewpoint she served on the Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Board.

  She sits on the planks of the Reichstein Foundation, righteousness St James Ethics Centre good turn Talent.^[19]

• In 2020, Melbourne journalist stomach writer Martin Flanagan published The Art of Pollination: The Beside oneself Jane Tewson. Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 9781743796689. It was discussed unwavering Richard Branson in 2022.^[20]
• Tewson was appointed an Officer of rank Order of Australia in integrity 2024 King's Birthday Honours.^[21]

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