The Big Give appoints new Board members

The Big Give has announced the recent addition of high-profile figures to augment their Board of philanthropists drawn from the private, public and charitable sectors.

Additions include:

• Martha Lane Fox, founder of lastminute.com and the Antigone Trust
• Jon Snow, Channel 4 journalist
• Michael Spencer, CEO of ICAP
• Sir Adrian Cadbury, past-Chair of Cadbury Schweppes and past Director of the Bank of England 
• Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead

These new board members will each bring with them a network of contacts to augment the high level word-of mouth promotion to philanthropists.

In the first nine months of operation over 4,000 charities have posted projects worth £1.4bn with The Big Give.