Geraldine Peacock
Former sociologist Geraldine Peacock CBE reflects on change management and living with Parkinson’s Disease.
What drew you to the voluntary sector in the first place?
I hadn’t actually planned on it; I was a lecturer in social work and social policy. But when my marriage ended in 1984 I moved from Scotland to London and took an unusual job as deputy director of the London Boroughs Training Committee, the only agency providing multi-disciplinary training across health, education and social services. Then I saw the ad for CEO of the National Autistic Society and, after an intensive recruitment process, I got the job as the first paid CEO of the charity. They thought I would ‘grow with the organisation’ – and so I did.
Author: Geraldine Peacock
It is just over a year and a half since Geraldine Peacock CBE retired as Chair of the Charity Commission. She has had early onset Parkinson's for eighteen years and has just moved with her partner, Bob, from London to Wells in Somerset. In 2000, Geraldine received a CBE for her services to the voluntary sector, along with many other awards, in November 2008 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Third Sector magazine. Geraldine is a Vice President of the Parkinson’s Disease Society.
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