Tom Latchford
Chair at Localgiving
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Chair
2017 - Current
Localgiving Foundation is a leading funder and fundraising platform for local groups and charities. We have deployed tens of millions in funding to local charities. We are currently in the process of giving away £5M in cash grants (of up to £10,000) for those facing fuel poverty this winter, working with National Grid.
Director (Joyful, NFP)
2019 - 2021
Access is one of the top 10 largest tech companies in the U.K. and one fastest growing technology companies in the UK. I joined Access through the acquisition of the company I founded, Joyful, which doubled the size of Access’ not-for-profit division.
Access Insight is a software company
Chair
2016 - 2020
Belarus Free Theatre is a refugee-led theatre company standing up for the universal right of artistic expression. I chair the board that includes Jude Law, Sam West and Michael Attenborough. Banned in Belarus, we are now based at the Young Vic and perform at leading venues around the world such as The Globe Theatre. We perform shows (e.g. Burning Doors staring Masha from Pussy Riot), produce festivals (e.g. Staging a Revolution staring David Gilmore from Pink Floyd), train citizen journalists and artists (collaborating with artists such as Al Wei Wei) and organise protests.
CEO and Founder
2009 - 2019
Joyful (joyful.org) is the market-leading website, marketing and fundraising software company for charities in Europe and Australasia. Joyful was successfully acquired by the Access Group in May 2019 at which point it was a profitable company with 70 staff and over 1000 clients raising tens of millions of pounds every year through our tools. Joyful's SaaS tools include a Google Grant machine learning tool, robotic website creator and a full CMS, fundraising and marketing suite.
Board Director
2016 - 2018
Hubbub motivates mass activism around environmental campaigns, targeting ethical fashion, sustainable food, neighbourhood sharing and household energy. Hubbub runs mass participation campaigns like Pumpkin Rescue (saving 1500 double decker busses full of Pumpkins ending in landfill after halloween), Ballot Bin (voting with your cigarette butt on timely things like the elections) and A Street That's Shared (community fridges and sharing resources with neighbours).
Education
MA (Oxon)
2004 - 2007