Richard Gutch

Richard Gutch began his career as a town planner, but moved into the voluntary sector in the 1980s when he worked for NCVO and subsequently became CEO Arthritis Care. He then worked as a funder, first as Director for England and Strategic Programmes with the National Lottery Community Fund and then as the first CEO of Futurebuilders. He was an Associate with Prospectus, a charity recruitment company. He was Secretary to the NCVO Funding Commission in 2010 and managed the merger of Disability Alliance, the National Centre of Independent Living and Radar to form Disability Rights UK in January 2012. He was the secretary of the Low Commission on the Future of Advice and Legal Support. He retired in 2014, but remains a trustee of Independent Age.

Richard Gutch began his career as a town planner, but moved into the voluntary sector in the 1980s when he worked for NCVO and subsequently became CEO Arthritis Care. He then worked as a funder, first as Director for England and Strategic Programmes with the National Lottery Community Fund and then as the first CEO of Futurebuilders. He was an Associate with Prospectus, a charity recruitment company. He was Secretary to the NCVO Funding Commission in 2010 and managed the merger of Disability Alliance, the National Centre of Independent Living and Radar to form Disability Rights UK in January 2012. He was the secretary of the Low Commission on the Future of Advice and Legal Support. He retired in 2014, but remains a trustee of Independent Age.