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Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
I am a late arrival in academia. The beginning of my 25-year career was spent promoting people's participation in the health and community sectors in the UK. In a varied series of jobs I have established new departments, projects and organizations - inter alia pioneering hospital patient information and advocacy services as the first Quality Manager of Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham; establishing community groups; setting up a national art award; and being the first Executive Director of the Community Foundation in Derbyshire. While working at Nottingham Community Health Council and at the King's Fund in London I was able to influence healthcare policy and practice locally and nationally, and have contributed publications, workshops and conference talks to my various areas of involvement. My track-record in the field of community foundations is based on successful practical experience in Derbyshire and extensive learning gained from contact with colleagues in Europe and North America. I served from 1997 - 2003 on the Board of the UK's national support organization for community foundations, Community Foundation Network, and have been a member of the Transatlantic Community Foundation Network since 2000. I am now applying these skills and learning as a development practitioner in Egypt, where, with my husband and colleagues, I have established the first community foundation in Egypt: the Community Foundation for South Sinai, which I chair along with our partner foundation, the South Sinai Foundation (UK). Most recently I have researched the impact of conservation and development on bedouin lives and livelihoods in South Sinai, obtaining my PhD from the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester. I am committed to spending the rest of my working life contributing to the academic understanding of the position of South Sinai Bedu, and securing improvements in their condition.
University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD
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