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Raising awareness on issues affecting children and girls.
Raising awareness on issues affecting children and girls.
Plan International UK is the go-to voice on children’s and girls’ rights and gender equality, both globally and in the UK.
From humanitarian crises to issues like gender-based violence and access to education, we provide journalists with timely evidence, insight and lived experience from the communities we work alongside.
Our media team can offer expert commentary, in-depth interviews, first-hand accounts and a range of multimedia content from our programmes.
Working in more than 80 countries, we can facilitate overseas media visits where appropriate, or arrange remote interviews with colleagues and partners around the world.
Get in touch
You can reach us at [email protected] or by emailing one of our media experts below. Please call 0300 777 7374 if you need to contact the Media Team out of hours.
Freya Carr
Senior Media and External Relations Manager
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Leah Godfrey
Media and PR Adviser
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Ben Willy
Media and PR Officer
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Our spokespeople
We have experts across the UK and globally, ready to comment on all aspects of our work – including our international development programmes and responses to humanitarian emergencies. Our spokespeople include:
Rose Caldwell, CEO
Appointed as Plan International UK’s CEO in 2019, Rose has over 20 years of senior leadership experience in NGOs. She can discuss all aspects of Plan International UK’s work. Rose currently chairs the International Broadcasting Trust, is a trustee of the Disaster Emergency Committee and has previously been on the board of BOND. Recognising the colonial construct of the global aid system, Rose has joined with other INGO leaders to develop the Pledge for Change initiative. The initiative is re-imagining the role of INGOs in the global humanitarian and development aid system.
Kathleen Spencer Chapman, Director of Influencing and External Affairs
Kathleen is a seasoned leader in global poverty and social justice issues. Experienced in offering expert commentary on topics ranging from girls’ rights in the UK, to the impact of government cuts to overseas aid budgets, she has been leading policy, advocacy and communications at Plan International UK since 2018. Kathleen has previously worked for NGOs and charities including Bond, Oxfam and NSPCC.
Bethan Lewis, Head of Humanitarian
As Head of the Humanitarian Unit at Plan International UK, Bethan can speak on a wide variety of the most pressing humanitarian crises today. With over 15 years working on crisis response across the world, Bethan has also led humanitarian teams at Save the Children, including as their Head of Syria response.
Nick Radmore, Director of Fundraising and Supporter Engagement
Nick has worked in the charity sector for over 20 years and, prior to joining Plan International UK, he led fundraising and marketing functions at some of the UK’s biggest charities – including the British Heart Foundation and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Nick is an expert in brand-building and driving charity effectiveness. He can speak about Plan International UK's brand and fundraising campaigns, as well as the charity sector more broadly.
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