in rural Essex until his wife became terminally ill. Father of two young girls Lyra and Sofia.

BeSharing.org started with the idea of setting up a website directory for the charity and voluntary sector. Identifying that charity information and opportunities were fragmented online and needed a central hub.

When my mother, then wife were terminally ill, information and services were quickly needed. Contacting charities was time consuming.

My daughters’ school is constantly raising awareness and money for various charities and we thought that these should be recorded to see the different charities they have engaged with.”

Our aim is to make charity access as easy and fun for children, adults, charities and organisations.

We want to acknowledge and award good deeds of sharing.

Alongside co-founding BeSharing and being a full time dad of three, Nick is an active volunteer supporting adults with learning difficulties. I am passionate about making volunteering more mainstream. We have built a framework which promotes volunteering and fundraising activities within education and the workplace. My goal is to champion a ‘lifetime of giving’ where charitable acts are better recorded, and recognised, within organisations and throughout people’s lives.”  

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Up until the end of 2018 Les was the Chief Executive Officer for the Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW) the recognised thought leader in Collaborative Working which he took over in 2001.

During this time he was also a Board member for Policy Connect the Parliamentary Think Tank working with the public and private sectors as input for the evolution of UK Government policy 

Corporate life

Prior to ICW Les held various positions in the ICT sector with ICL, subsequently acquired by Fujitsu. He was a Divisional director for 18 years in a variety of operational roles including Group Procurement, Group Supply Chain, Group Property, Group Marketing Services. 

Post the Fujitsu acquisition in 1990 – Les was appointed to the Board of several Fujitsu International Group Companies (FIGCs) including Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

Throughout his careers as a Senior Lecturer Dave has also managed a range of projects for various UK Universities. He spent two years managing a portfolio of internationally franchised courses and progression agreements with academic partners across Europe and the Far East with the aim of extending the reach and impact of UK higher education, and now leads on the implementation of digital and blended learning in a higher education setting.

For a number of years Dave balanced his career with providing care for his grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, and undertaking fundraising activities for the Alzheimer’s Society.

Dave is currently involved in a diverse range of projects including exploring ways to engage those under the care of the state with higher education and reducing the global energy deficit.

Whether as a Non Exec Director, a Data Protection Officer, a Business Coach or a Sales & Marketing lead Kris strongly believes in the BeSharing ethos and the benefits to be derived by its volunteers, charities, corporates and those in full time education.  He is married with three grown up children and lives just south of Cambridge in the sleepy hamlet of Saffron Walden.