We are pleased to introduce our Team:
Val Huxley
CEO and Co-Founder
After a life changing visit to Romania in 2004 Val left her family and friends back in Kent to support the then fledgling charity. Few would argue that since joining the charity she has been the main stay whilst going through many changes over the years, serving selflessly. Respected by project leaders and loved by hundreds of the children and families within our projects, Val is fired for the charity’s objectives in helping to relieve communities from poverty. She attends the West Wilts Vineyard Church, Trowbridge.
Bill Huxley
Trustee and Co-Founder
Founder of Business against Poverty, relationship is at the centre of who Bill is. He loves to link businesses and other communities to the international projects we work with, currently in Romania, Nepal and Haiti. He has an ambition for all those who engage in the fight against injustice and poverty to prosper financially, emotionally and spiritually.
He is a qualified Therapeutic Counsellor and a Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP) & Member of the Association of Christian Counsellors (MACC), Person-centred working within an integrated framework specialising in trauma therapy. Bill is also a Certified and Accredited Personal Coach and a Member of the Association of Coaching (MAC.) Bill attends the West Wilts Vineyard Church in Trowbridge.
Alistair Steadman
Finance Manager
Alistair joined People Against Poverty as a volunteer in October 2017. He has a background in I.T. and has helped many charities to select and implement fundraising systems and make the most of new technology. He joined as a permanent member of the team in January 2019 as Finance Manager.
Alistair is married with two children and attends St Katharine’s Church in Holt, Wiltshire.
Claire Rowlands
Fundraising
As Fundraiser and Marketing Manager, Claire supports Business against Poverty by promoting the humanitarian work that goes on within our charity and encourages businesses to have a greater social purpose.
Since gaining her BA Hons degree in Graphic Design and Photography, Claire has spent 20 years working within the Media Sector as well as playing her part within the local community. During this time, Claire had the opportunity to follow her heart and set up her own purpose-led Media Company which included putting various businesses in touch with local schools and charities and introduced several enterprising initiatives along the way creating synergy between both those within the commercial sector and the charity sector.
Ben Veal
Charity Communications Trustee
Ben is the founder of Second Mountain Comms, a communications consultancy specialising in helping ethically-minded and purpose-driven companies and charities through PR, content and marketing strategy.
Ben is an experienced marketing, PR and corporate comms professional, committed to doing things the right way. A creative and strategic thinker with 15 years’ industry experience, Ben has worked with household names across the technology, food and drink, property, healthcare and lifestyle sectors, helping them to tell their stories to the audiences that matter most. A passionate content writer, former freelance national journalist and CIPR Accredited Practitioner, Ben’s primary focus is on helping good people and business leaders do good, by championing their values, accomplishments and purpose.
Ben lives in Holt, Wiltshire with his wife and two young children and is part of the St Katherine’s Church community in the village.
