Guest speakers
Giving unique insights into the fundgiver’s
perspective will be:
Penny Vowles
Programme Manager for Northern Rock Foundation
Penny manages the Foundation's Culture and Heritage programme, which supports inspiring, enjoyable and diverse culture programmes and events that raise the profile of the North East and Cumbria. She also oversees the Foundation's capital programme.
Penny joined the Foundation in 2001, initially managing its Basics programme. Following a secondment as investment team manager at Futurebuilders in 2004, she returned to the Foundation in 2005 to take over responsibility for its culture programmes. Before joining the Foundation, Penny was a founder member of Prism Arts, Cumbria's arts and disability agency. Prior to that she trained and worked as a teacher.
Other speakers include corporate, trust and foundation funders.



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