The BBC's Charity Appeals Advisory Committee is made up of independent experts from outside the BBC with wide experience of the charitable sector who advise and support the BBC in a number of areas, including:
- Policy matters relating to all charity appeals associated with the BBC (by broadcast or on other platforms)
- The overview (and scrutiny where required) of specific fund-raising projects such as Children in Need, Comic Relief, St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal, emergency appeals and other projects where funds are raised for charities.
- The allocation of broadcasting time on BBC Television and Radio to Radio 4 and Lifeline appeals for individual charities
The BBC recognises its responsibility to take reasonable steps to ensure that the individual charities are financially sound and that donations will be used appropriately, and the Appeals Advisory Committee play a key part in this.
They work with the BBC’s Charity Appeals Advisor Emma Kingsley.
Appeals Advisory Committee Members
Robert Williamson OBE DL (AAC Chair)
Chief Executive, Community Foundation North East
Ben Simms (Vice Chair)
Chief Executive, Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET)
Eliot Lyne
Chief Executive Officer Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Paul Streets CBE
Non-Executive Director at the Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Frances Longley
CEO, FIGO - the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Jean McLean
Director of Policy Engagement and Communications for Elrha
Jane Dye
Chief Executive at InFocus Charity
Helen Foster
COO of Accounting for Sustainability (A4S)
Richard Bowyer
Chief Executive of Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity
Isa Miah
Programme Director at Chemonics
Rose Caldwell
CEO of Plan International UK
Bailey Grey
Human Rights Consultant
