Place for Hope (P4H), the mediation and reconciliation charity, has appointed a new director. Georgia Boon, formerly the Church Commissioners’ Director for Planning and Engagement and Reparatory Justice Programme Director, joins with more than 20 years’ senior leadership experience across the charitable and faith sectors.
The URC played a key role in Georgia’s journey to faith; she attended Sunday school at her grandparents’ church from an early age and is now an occasional pianist at her local URC in Stroud.
Additional changes also include the Revd Adrian Bulley, former Deputy General Secretary (Discipleship), joining the board alongside the Revd Fiona Bennett, a former General Assembly Moderator, as P4H focuses on the next five years.
Georgia said: “The opportunity to lead Place for Hope is one I feel privileged and blessed to be able to take up. Place for Hope is an organisation that is growing and which has significant impact through its work with partners and its amazing team of practitioners. I look forward very much to working with the team and trustees to support the organisation during its next chapter.”
Following the Assembly Executive resolution in February 2024, the five-year Living Reconciliation Partnership between Place for Hope and the URC moved forward with the practitioners’ team officially launched at July’s General Assembly.
The Very Revd John Conway, P4H’s Chair of Trustees, said: “The trustees announce Georgia’s appointment with a real sense of excitement, confident that she has the skills, passion and experience to direct and lead the next stage of Place for Hope’s development. The last five years have seen significant growth in Place for Hope’s reach, with an increasing number of church partners and growing team of practitioners. In a fast-changing church landscape, we look forward to practitioners, staff and trustees drawing on Georgia’s enthusiasm, wisdom and faith as we navigate this next stage together in hope.”
Practitioners are still needed. If you feel drawn to the ministry of reconciliation, have a passion for helping people live well with difference, or have been searching for an avenue to do more, email the Programme Lead, Martha Hunt, at [email protected].
Learn more about the URC/P4H partnership. Learn more about Place for Hope.