Mike Locke

Trustee

Mike Locke lives in Bawdsey and is a writer and researcher on volunteering and voluntary organisations. He is Chair of the Advisory Panel for the Institute for Volunteering Research at the University of East Anglia, and joint author of The Complete Volunteer Management Handbook (Directory of Social Change, 4th edition. 2019). He has worked with voluntary organisations since getting involved in community action in the North Kensington area of London in the 1970s. At University of East London he developed teaching and research on voluntary organisations and volunteering. At Volunteering England and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), he led on policy and management for volunteering. He has been a trustee and committee member for numerous organisations, including the Riding for the Disabled Association as Chair of Greater London Region, and he is now a Governor of Bawdsey CEVC Primary School.