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{{short description|British charity worker|bot=PearBOT 5}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}Dame Julia Charity Cleverdon {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DCVO|CBE}} (born 19 April 1950)Dame Julia Cleverdon profile, debretts.com; accessed 2 April 2014. is a British charity worker who served for 16 years as Chief Executive of Business in the Community, one of the Prince's Charities of Charles, Prince of Wales.Honorary graduands 2010-2011: Dame Julia Cleverdon (LLD) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529035449weblink |date=2011-05-29 }}, University of Exeter website; retrieved 2 April 2014.

Biography

Born in North London, Cleverdon is the daughter of Douglas Cleverdon, the BBC Radio producer.Davidson, Andrew (2007) "The MT interview: Julia Cleverdon", Management Today, 28 September 2007; retrieved 2 April 2014. She was educated at Camden School for Girls and graduated with a History degree from Newnham College, Cambridge. Cleverdon has honorary degrees from the University of Warwick and Harper Adams University.NEWS,weblink The MT interview: Julia Cleverdon, 2018-08-28, WEB,weblink CSCLeaders — Dame Julia Cleverdon, Vice President, Business in the Community, cscleaders.org, en, 2018-08-28, She joined The Industrial Society, a business relations organisation. She eventually became the society's Director of Education and Inner City Division. She was appointed Chief Executive of Business in the Community on 1 April 1992. During her service she significantly expanded the charity's work, and was named one of the "50 most influential women in Britain" by The Times. Since stepping down as Chief Executive on 1 March 2008, she has served as Vice President.She held voluntary roles as Chair of Teach First, membership of both the National Council for Educational ExcellenceWEB,weblink NECC Progress Report, and the Prime Minister's Talent and Enterprise Taskforce Advisory Group,WEB,weblink Report from the Talent & Enterprise Taskforce September 2009, Rotherham Ready, patron of the Helena Kennedy Bursary Scheme and previously Beanstalk (formerly known as Volunteer Reading Help), an ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund, and director of In Kind Direct.WEB,weblink WWF-UK Fellows, WWF, en, 2018-08-28, WEB,weblink In Kind Direct - Annual Review, In Kind Direct,

Honours

In recognition of her work, she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1996. In the 2002 New Year's Honours, she was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO). In the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2008, she was elevated to DCVO.She is one of the co-founders of the #iwill campaign, along with Amanda Jordan, for youth social action and sits on their board of trustees.WEB,weblink Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO, CBE {{!, #iwill|website=www.iwill.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-28}}

Personal life

Cleverdon was first married to Martin Ollard, a stockbroker. In 1986 she married W. John Garnett (died 14 August 1997), former director of The Industrial Society, by whom she has two daughters Tor and Charity.NEWS,weblink The new blue line: meet two Detective Inspectors with a difference,, Evening Standard, 2018-08-28, en-GB, WEB, Crewe, Candida, 2011-02-25, Dame with a campaign,weblink subscription, 2018-08-28, Financial Times, en-GB, She is the stepmother of Virginia Bottomley (née Garnett).

References

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External links

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