Graham Allcott
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Graham Allcott is a former CEO of Student Volunteering England, co-founder of the international volunteering charity InterVol and is currently a productivity consultant at his company, Think Productive . Graham also runs Fruitful Consulting , a social enterprise offering training and consultancy to the UK voluntary sector.
Between 2004 - 2007 he was the Chief Executive of Student Volunteering England , a charity that supported student community action and volunteering projects in England, it has since been merged into Volunteering England. Between 2001 - 2004 Graham led the establishment of the University of Birmingham
's Involve (volunteering) and InterVol (international volunteering) projects; InterVol is now a registered charity in the United Kingdom and has raised over £100,000 for grass-roots organisations in developing countries over the past eight years.
Graham was also the first chair of the board of trustees of READ International
, a recycling charity sending educational text books to Tanzania (where he remains a trustee) and he is also a board member at Centrepoint , the UK's largest charity for homeless young people and The Choir With No Name .
Graham is a regular blogger about productivity, through his Think Productive Love Your Work Blog and he regularly contributes to other publications . In November 2010 he was invited to provide a guest article for Virgin's celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week and in April 2011 he was interviewed for The Guardian about time management and productivity .
Between 2004 - 2007 he was the Chief Executive of Student Volunteering England , a charity that supported student community action and volunteering projects in England, it has since been merged into Volunteering England. Between 2001 - 2004 Graham led the establishment of the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
's Involve (volunteering) and InterVol (international volunteering) projects; InterVol is now a registered charity in the United Kingdom and has raised over £100,000 for grass-roots organisations in developing countries over the past eight years.
Graham was also the first chair of the board of trustees of READ International
READ International
READ International is a charity that aims to improve access to education in East Africa by collecting school textbooks and children’s literature from primary and secondary schools throughout the UK, sorting through the books and sending the most relevant, up-to-date, and high quality ones to...
, a recycling charity sending educational text books to Tanzania (where he remains a trustee) and he is also a board member at Centrepoint , the UK's largest charity for homeless young people and The Choir With No Name .
Graham is a regular blogger about productivity, through his Think Productive Love Your Work Blog and he regularly contributes to other publications . In November 2010 he was invited to provide a guest article for Virgin's celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week and in April 2011 he was interviewed for The Guardian about time management and productivity .