0-Love Southampton 2022-2023

6. Governance
Love Southampton has an Executive Board made up of leaders from the churches that
provide us with our core funding, and an independent chair, Professor Keith Brown. The
Executive Board oversees two non-executive groups for some wider church and Christian
charities. This allows Love Southampton to set a clear direction to go in, to hold itself to
account for the aims and objectives that it sets itself, and to have the ear of a wide array of
Churches and community groups within the City.
During the year we have brought in new people with additional and complementary skills
to work with Project Coordinator Matt Bunday. Esther Lewis, an experienced freelance
photographer and graphic designer joined the team in August 2022. Esther has greatly
improved the function, navigation and professionalism of the website and also the quality
of the imagery used to promote Love Southampton.
Jean Hirst joined the team in the autumn of 2022 following the completion of his Masters
degree in Management Consultancy and Organisational Change. Jean has conducted a data
collection and impact evaluation exercise funded by the Faith New Deal grant in
association with City Life Church. This was a fixed term project that involved interviewing
a cross section of people associated with Love Southampton and the food-based services
that it provides, and tracking the sources and economics of food to better understand the
quantitative and qualitative impact of Love Southampton’s food ministry.
This report has now been published and it explains the far-reaching impact of Love
Southampton food ministry on communities and individuals throughout the city. The
report also aims to share best practice (and things to avoid) with other communities to
help them launch and improve their own initiatives.
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