Sex Education Forum is delighted to announce the appointment of three new trustees to our board. Sakira Intrabal joins the board as lead on Youth Participation, with Amena Dove and Chris Schulz taking up finance roles. Liam Beattie, one of the charity’s founding trustees, steps up to become our Deputy Chair.
Sakira brings a breadth of experience in youth participation relating to sexual health and relationships and currently works in a communications and outreach role at The Eve Appeal and sits on the Expert Advisory Panel for Fumble. Sakira arrives as we embark on a multi-year National Lottery Community Fund project to embed youth inclusion in the work of the Sex Education Forum.
Amena is an ACA qualified chartered accountant and brings extensive expertise in finance, risk management, and compliance. Alongside her finance expertise, Amena brings her passion for education and experience as a mentor. Chris is an auditor who specialises in working with clients in the public sector. She has experience scrutinising the financial statements of NHS bodies, councils and other local authorities. They previously volunteered with Sexpression: UK. The financial and scrutiny skills that Amena and Chris bring will help ensure the Sex Education Forum’s continued financial health and sustainability.
All ten of our trustees have a breadth of responsibilities in their voluntary role for us, ranging from finance to managing risks and setting the strategy for the charity. We are delighted to welcome a young and highly skilled cohort of new trustees, who have a close understanding of the needs and experiences of our beneficiaries, and to benefit from the continuity of existing board members. In his new role as Deputy Chair, Liam supports the board with a depth of experience in voluntary sector communications and policy leadership across health and inequalities.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank Sarah Faithfull for her brilliant contribution as Youth Participation lead over the past three years and Yoan Reed for the incredible commitment given in her role as Deputy Chair throughout the process of founding and establishing the charity on a firm footing.
We now embark on an exciting journey as an organisation, as we shape our three-year strategy and fully embed youth inclusion in our work. Crucially, our board of trustees will help us stick to our values and principles and in doing so, make sure that we fulfil our commitment to improving relationships and sex education (RSE) for all young people.
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