The Children’s Centre has appointed Grace Phillips as the charity’s new Community Fundraiser. Grace, 22, has worked with children since she was 14 in a variety of voluntary roles including working with the Scouts. She says that most of her teenage years were spent under a tent, up a mountain or working with children - so she has the perfect background for working at the Island’s leading charity for children and families. Grace was educated in London at the Lady Margaret School, Fulham, and is the daughter of Clerk of Tynwald Roger Phillips LLB. She moved to the Island when her father took up the post in 2008. While reading Theology and Philosophy at The University of Nottingham Grace returned to the Island during breaks from her studies, but after graduating with a 2:1 BA (Hons) degree she returned to London briefly for an internship at Central Lobby Consultants in Westminster. During her three months there Grace’s main focus was on lobbying for charities. She moved to the Isle of Man permanently in 2010 and says: “I have now fallen in love with the Island and plan on being here for the foreseeable future. I love the sea and the mountains. It makes me smile every morning after years of waking up to traffic, the tube and commuters.” John Knight, Chief Executive of The Children’s Centre said: “The Children’s Centre’s charitable projects have grown over the last few years, and in 2011 we will be opening our new Community Farm. The cost of providing these services to children, young people and families here on the Isle of Man is ever increasing and therefore the appointment of Grace into this new role of Community Fundraiser is key to the charity’s future development.” - ENDS -