Joseph Howes, who replaced Gerri McAndrew as chief executive of Buttle UK in September, joins the charity as it prepares to mark its 65th anniversary. The milestone coincides with a significant shift in Buttle's approach to grant giving - it has moved from providing a large number of small grants to fewer but larger sums for disadvantaged children and young people. He joins from homelessness charity Depaul where he headed its income generation operations, and finding new sources of income will be a key task.
Buttle has recently changed its grant-giving strategy. What has that meant?
In 2017/18, we awarded 11,500 small grants worth a total of £4.6m. That programme has now ended and we have introduced the Chances for Children grants worth £3.4m in 2018/19. We expect to award around 1,600 children and young people in crisis grants of up to £2,000. We support families and young people in poverty, and our focus has to be on helping those with the highest needs.
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