Stuart Etherington

Sir
Stuart Etherington
FRSA
Photograph of a man in a suit standing behind a podium so only his upper chest and head are visible. His mouth is open as he is speaking.
Etherington speaking at the NCVO Annual Conference in 2012.
Chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations
In office
1 February 1994 – 1 January 2020
Preceded byJudy Weleminsky
Succeeded byKarl Wilding
Personal details
Born
Stuart James Etherington

(1955-02-26) 26 February 1955 (age 69)
Epsom, Surrey, England
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materBrunel University
University of Essex
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
London Business School, University of London
AwardsKnight Bachelor (2010)

Sir Stuart James Etherington FRSA (born 26 February 1955) is a British charity executive and former social worker. From 1994 to 2020, he was chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, with the membership base increasing from 400 to over 14,000.[1] He was previously the chief executive of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.[2][3][4] He received a knighthood in 2010 in recognition of his work for the voluntary and community sectors.[5]

He is now the Chair of the Oversight Trust, Chair of the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and Chair of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Charity Effectiveness.[6][7] [8] He is also the Honorary Visiting Professor at the Business School in the Centre for Charity Effectiveness.[9]

He has more recently become Freeman of the City of London and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass in 2021.

  1. ^ Little, Mathew. "Knighthood for Stuart Etherington". www.thirdsector.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive, NCVO". National Council for Voluntary Organisations. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Sir Stuart Etherington". CivilSociety.co.uk. Civil Society Media Limited. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive, NCVO". The Guardian. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. ^ Payne, Malcolm (2009), "Working in the voluntary and independent sectors", Social Work, London: Macmillan Education UK, pp. 338–354, doi:10.1007/978-1-137-08215-2_24, ISBN 978-0-230-21865-9, retrieved 29 May 2022
  6. ^ "Sir Stuart Etherington". The Oversight Trust. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  7. ^ vCard, Download Sir Stuart's. "Stuart Etherington". natcen.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Advisory board | Bayes Business School". www.bayes.city.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Advisory board | Bayes Business School". www.bayes.city.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2022.