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Our Organisation

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What About The Children? is entirely run by volunteers and is supported by leading figures from many disciplines concerned with child development. The Board of Trustees sets the strategic direction of the charity. Trustees are also directors of the company, What About The Children?, and undertake the activities and work of the charity with the support of members.

Patrons

Micheal Morpurgo OBE, author and former Children's Laureate

Rebecca Abrams, journalist and author (Three Shoes, One Sock and No Hairbrush)

Non-executive

President

  • Professor Sir Denis Pereira Gray (former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners)

Vice-Presidents

  • Sir Richard Bowlby
  • Oliver James
  • Susannah Clasen

Trustees

  • Cath Armstrong
  • Diana Dean
  • Carolyn K Edwards
  • Lydia Keyte (Chair)
  • Carol Mannion
  • Stuart Oddy (Treasurer)
  • Jane Reddish
  • Joyce Francois
  • Sarah Heale

Chairman of the Scientific Board:

  • Professor Sir Denis Pereira Gray OBE Hon D Sc FRCP FRCGP F Med Sci
  • Mrs. Diana Dean BA (York), Vice-Chairman and Link to What About The Children? Board of Trustees

Scientific Board Members:

  • Professor Brenda Almond, Emeritus Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy, University of Hull, BA, MPhil (London) Dr h.c. (Utrecht)
  • Professor Jay Belsky BA (Vassar), MS PhD (Cornell), Professor of Psychology, Birkbeck College, London
  • Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown MA PhD FFPH FRCP FRCPCH, Professor of Public Health, University of Warwick
  • Dr. Maria Robinson Cert. Ed. HV, Dip. Counselling, Dip. Child Protection

The members of the Scientific Advisory Board act as an external advisory body only and are not themselves responsible for the running of the charity or its policies (with the exception of the Vice-Chairman).