Thrive Africa is a UK based charity. We work with communities across Africa assisting in their development to provide a more prosperous future. Each community we work with is assessed for its individual needs and we aim to assist in its development through a wide range of self-sustainable educational, health & sanitation projects.
We provide opportunities for communities to develop in a way where the help given is self sustainable, ethical and environmentally friendly. We work with communities to understand their needs and make sure our aid is put to its optimum use.
We are currently working towards a better future for the people of Ghana.
Trustees
(Chairperson) Tom Chadwick
Currently an undergraduate student in Politics at the University of Sussex, Brighton. My main interests there are in climate change, power distribution in different political systems, gender relations in politics and political theory. Alongside this I am the co-president of Sussex Environmental Society, a group of students committed to education, appreciation and action in the environmental debate. Thrive Africa is full of potential ways to reconcile interest with practice towards positive ends and I hope to pursue my interests in politics, development and climate change, both in study and in work once I graduate.
(Vice-Chairperson) Daniel Bates BA(Hons)
Daniel Bates has been involved with Thrive Africa since the charity was first formed in 2010.
“This is the first charity I have been involved with developing, and I am enthusiastic about been a part of an organisation that has the ability to impact peoples lives in such a positive way.“
A recent graduated of a Sports Development degree in Leeds, he is currently working as a project/client manager for a sports development consultancy in West Yorkshire.
“Prior to this I was a member of my universities ‘Get Ahead’ project team, who work to raise the aspirations and attainment of young people that would not have traditionally progressed into higher education.”
His main interests are sport and community development; both participating in and the sociology of.
“My other recent voluntary experiences include a community development project in South Africa, and working as part of the technical support team for a number of GB elite level triathletes.”
(Secretary) Richard Long B.Sc (Hons)
Richard Long is currently working in a senior HR role in an international FMCG business, I am strongly committed to projects improving the quality of education for young people both in the UK and developing world countries. I am currently the Vice Chairman of the North Yorkshire Business and Education Partnership, having been a Board member for the last 5 years, and in 2010 was appointed by the Secretary of State for Education as a Board Member of an Interim Executive Board for an under-performing secondary school in my region.
Prior to this I have been a member of a Regional Regeneration Partnership in the North East of England and was also Secretary, then Chairman, of The Prince’s Trust in North Yorkshire.
(Treasurer) Annie Medcalf, PhD
Annie Medcalf is the Managing Director of The Fusion Firm, a consultancy specialising in Organisation Development and Executive Coaching. She has made over 30 trip to sub-Saharan Africa where she works for clients including DFID offices in Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa. She is particularly interested in the education, training and development of girls and women in the developing world.
Annie is also the Treasurer of the Stamford Forum, an organisation which operates as a partnership, seeking collaborative advantage from joint working between its members who share key values and experience of enabling participative learning processes, and she also chairs the Gillygate-Ghana Health Link which is a partnership between health practitioners in York and the Fanteakwa District in Ghana.
Management
UK
(CEO) Mark Cambridge
Ghana
(Country Director) Maxwell Yaw Donkor
