Polly Neate
Polly Neate CBE is chief executive of Shelter,[1] a British homelessness and housing charity that campaigns to end the housing emergency.[2] She was recognised for her work in the 2020 New Year Honours list.
Early life and education
Neate was born in 1966. Her mother, Patricia Mulligan, is a psychotherapist and her father, Francis Neate, is a lawyer and former president of the International Bar Association. One of her brothers is novelist Patrick Neate.[3][4]
She attended Gumley House Convent School, Isleworth and St Paul's Girls' School, London, before going to University of Bristol, where she took a Bachelor of Arts in English. She then took a postgraduate diploma in journalism at City, University of London.[5]
After her diploma she was a freelancer whose work was published in The Guardian and the New Statesman before becoming the editor of Community Care magazine.[3][5]
Career in the charity sector
Neate moved into charity work in 2005 when she became Executive Director of External Relations at Action for Children until 2013.[5] She also sat as an independent member of the Labour working group on children's policy in 2008–09.[5]
Neate became chief executive for the
Neate became CEO of Shelter in 2017.[5]
She also sits on the board of Agenda,[7] the alliance for women and girls at risk, and is a trustee of the Young Women's Trust.[8]
In her charity roles, she writes opinion pieces on housing, women's rights, leadership, and wider social justice issues.[9]
She won Best CEO on Twitter in 2019's Social CEOs awards.[10]
Personal life
She is married to Hugh Thornbery CBE.[11]P
References
- ^ "Polly Neate". Shelter England. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "What we do". Shelter England. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas, Anthony (20 October 2005). "Messenger of social justice". Community Care. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Neate, Francis Webb: Fortunatusfamilia". fortunatusfamilia.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Foster, Dawn (5 September 2017). "Polly Neate: 'Housing is the bedrock of everything' | Dawn Foster". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Chief Executive Polly Neate to leave Women's Aid for new role at Shelter". Women's Aid. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Polly Neate". Agenda. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Our trustees". Young Women's Trust | Charity. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Polly Neate". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Polly Neate [@pollyn1] (25 May 2020). "A year ago today @HThornbery and I surprisingly got married! Still kind of surprised - and still feeling super-lucky. ❤️" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 March 2023 – via Twitter.
External links
Twitter: @pollyn1
Instagram: pollyatshelter
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