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Howard League chief Frances Crook announces retirement

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Frances Crook has announced her retirement after 30 years as chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Frances Crook has led the charity for 30 years. Picture: Howard League
Frances Crook has led the charity for 30 years. Picture: Howard League

Crook, who has described her three decades at the charity as “my life’s work, my life’s mission” will step down in July.

Announcing her retirement, she described her time at the charity as “an honour and a joy”.

“I have taken an organisation that was on the brink of being wound up, to one that is vibrant, benefits from an amazing staff team and is facing the future with energy and vision,” she said.

Prior to taking up her role at the Howard League, Crook worked as a teacher, a campaigner for Amnesty International and in non-executive roles at both Greenwich University and NHS Barnet.

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