Marcelle speller biography of abraham

          Graduates from across UEA's history share stories of their student days and their lives and careers since graduating.

        1. Marcelle Speller MBA' Founder and CEO of Localgiving.
        2. Ms Speller who founded with her husband, Richard Coundley, (pictured) is now living apart from him, writes RICHARD KAY.
        3. TM01, Termination of appointment of Marcelle Speller as a director ; 02 Apr , TM02, Termination of appointment of Maxine Abraham as a secretary.
        4. Marcelle Speller, founder, , set up the site to redress the inequality of only 5% of charities getting 80% of donated money.

          5. Ms Speller who founded with her husband, Richard Coundley, (pictured) is now living apart from him, writes RICHARD KAY....

          Successful entrepreneur Marcelle Speller used her winning business skills to connect under-the -radar local charities with philanthropists.

          Here she shares her enriching  journey.

          My philanthropic journey started in 2005, after the sale of Holiday-Rentals.com which I had co-founded nine years previously. Without the need to make money, I could now focus on something that had always been a goal – to do something worthwhile.

          It’s hard to describe without clichés, it’s not “giving back” as that infers you’ve taken away; maybe it’s as simple as trying to leave the world a better place in some small way.

          After a few false starts, I took the Institute for Philanthropy Workshop.

          The love of money or riches is evil, because it leads to never ending greed.

          We visited charities and NGOs in the UK, Vietnam and New York. But wherever we went it was the small local charities that inspired me. They are directly accountable to their beneficiaries - the glue that holds local communities together.

          In the UK they are seriously threatened by government spending cuts, and