The Red Cross Lecture – the final one in the OU’s 40th anniversary year – will be on humanitarian space, preserving neutral, independent humanitarian aid to people in crisis.
Sir Nicholas Young, Chief Executive of the British red Cross, will talk at the The Open University’s Berrill Lecture Theatre, at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes on Thursday 3 December at 6pm.
Nick Young is Chief Executive of the British Red Cross, the country’s leading voluntary crisis response organisation, and part of the worldwide Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The British Red Cross has 3,000 staff, around 40,000 volunteers and an annual income/expenditure of around £247 million.
Internationally, Nick plays an active part in the work of the Red Cross Movement. In the UK, he is actively involved in the work of the voluntary sector as a whole, and its interface with government.He has undertaken various high level strategy and operational reviews both nationally and internationally.
Prior to re-joining the Red Cross in 2001, Nick was Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Before that he was Director of UK Operations at the British Red Cross, following five years with the Sue Ryder Foundation setting up new Sue Ryder Homes. He started his career as a commercial solicitor, in the City and then as a partner in a firm in East Anglia. He was educated at Wimbledon College Grammar School and at Birmingham University.
Nick was knighted in 2000 for services to cancer care and was made a Freeman of the City of London in 2007. He is a member of the Worshipful Company of World Traders and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. Nick is married with three sons and lives in London.
Tickets for the lecture are priced at £17.50, which includes refreshments, and can be reserved by emailing Sharon Charlton at scharlton@redcross.org.uk, calling 01296 739 309 or visiting www.redcross.org.uk/events. RSVP by Wednesday 25 November.
