Derry Nugent
Head of Philanthropy Services
Email: dn@communityfoundation.org.uk
Derry leads on the the advice, support and services offered to our current donors. She is responsible for the Foundation’s philanthropy strategy, the quality and effectiveness of its grant-making and she leads the fund management team.
Derry joined the Community Foundation in May 2004 and came with over 20 years’ experience in the voluntary and community sector as a volunteer, paid worker and trustee with local and national charities. Derry’s early career was in the Citizens Advice Bureaux service followed by a period at Sunderland City Council. On moving into the world of grant-making, Derry worked for the Big Lottery Fund and chaired the North East Advisory Committee of Children in Need.
Derry is currently a trustee of Voluntary Organisations North East (VONNE) and a Justice of the Peace.
