He was promoted to Director General within the civil service in 2012, managing a team of drafters and sharing in the joint leadership of OPC. For several years he was in charge of drafting the annual Finance Bill. David retired in 2023 and was subsequently awarded an OBE for public service.  David is spending his retirement enjoying cycling, travel and opera with his partner and in trying to improve his Italian.

We are also very grateful to Harriet Gross, our previous chair of some 8 years, having been a Board member for several years prior to this. Harriet made a magnificent contribution and dedicated herself unceasingly to the work of Hope for Home, including leading  us through the  very challenging few years of Covid, and allowing us to emerge in a healthy  financial state. Thank you Harriet! 

Our wonderful drop-in groups for unpaid carers of people looking after their loved one with dementia continue to flourish, both in Gipsy Hill, South East London, and in Brixton. Here are some lovely pictures of creative craft – making ready for the The Queen's Platinum Jubilee!

Our partnership with Age UK Lambeth continues to flourish, despite the impact of the pandemic. Here is a photo from January 2022 of attendees at our Magnolia Club in Gipsy Hill, reveling in a wonderfully creative embroidery session. 

This was hugely enjoyed by all, and we are so pleased that the group continues to expand.

We are so very grateful to Age UK Lambeth for their work in helping us to reach people with dementia and their unpaid carers in their local communities in the two drop-in groups that Hope for Home funds in the Borough.