Heather Brandon was the chairman of the
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of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...
(WAGGGS), from 1996 - 1999. For her work, she received the OB-PS certificate and insignia at the WAGGGS conference in July, 2008.
In addition to working as Chief Executive to a number of not for profits, she was also Director of
The Global Fund for Children
Global Fund for Children (GFC) is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform the lives of the world's most vulnerable children. GFC pursues this mission by making small grants to innovative community-based organiz ...
UK Trust, a grant making organisation that helps provide opportunities to vulnerable children.
Brandon is a qualified executive coach and training expert in motivational team building and social diversity.
She has been influential in youth education, international development and
social entrepreneurship.
In 2009, Heather Brandon co-founded
UnLtd South Africa
UnLtd South Africa is a nonprofit organisation that identifies and supports social entrepreneurs in South Africa.[UnLtd
UnLtd - The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdomhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110708135204/http://www.charityperformance.com/charity-details.php?id=12738 , The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, ...]
in the UK to support
social entrepreneurs in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
.
Education
Brandon graduated from the
University of Witwatersrand with a Bachelor of Arts degree and holds a postgraduate diploma in Executive Coaching from the
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...
.
References
Living people
Social entrepreneurs
Year of birth missing (living people)
Scouting and Guiding in South Africa
Chairs of the World Board (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
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