13 Facts About Elisabeth Hoodless

Elisabeth Hoodless is a former Labour councillor in North London, and a long-term Labour party member.

Elisabeth Hoodless is the author of Getting Money from Central Government.

Elisabeth Hoodless attended Redland High School for Girls in Bristol and then studied at King's College, Durham.

In 1962, Elisabeth Hoodless lived in Israel and taught Hebrew as a volunteer to French-speaking immigrants to prepare them for University.

Elisabeth Hoodless returned to study social work at the London School of Economics and qualified as a medical social worker.

Elisabeth Hoodless was appointed Assistant Director of CSV in 1963, becoming the only paid staff member, since the founding director Dr Alec Dickson, and his wife, Maura, were volunteers.

Elisabeth Hoodless became CSV's Deputy Director in 1972 and was their Executive Director from 1975 to 2011.

Elisabeth Hoodless chaired the Network of National Volunteer Involving Agencies which included 46 UK agencies, including the National Trust, Age UK and the Refugee Council until 2001.

Elisabeth Hoodless was president, Volonteurope; and the Deputy Chair, Speaker's Commission on Citizenship from 1987 to 1990; and was a member of a UK Department of Health working group on Strengthening Volunteering in the National Health Service between 1993 and 1996.

In 2004, Elisabeth Hoodless was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to volunteering.

Elisabeth Hoodless received an Honorary Doctorate Sheffield Hallam University in 2004.

Elisabeth Hoodless was awarded the Commemorative award for England at the CSV Year of the Volunteer awards on 22 January 2006.

Dame Elisabeth Hoodless received the Alec Dickson Award at the National Service-Learning Conference in 2009.