Joe Irvin

Joe Irvin is the Chief Executive of Living Streets the UK charity that campaigns for pedestrians.[1] He was formerly CEO of the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action.[2]

He was previously a British Labour Party politician who was a political advisor to Gordon Brown during his term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[3] He has in the past worked as special advisor to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, as well as for the Transport and General Workers' Union,[4] BAA[5] and the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).[6]

Personal life

He is married to Diana Holland, Assistant General Secretary of Unite trade union and Treasurer of the Labour Party.

References

  1. ↑ Living Streets Announces Joe Irvin as its new CEO, Charity Times, 21 July 2014
  2. ↑ Guardian Voluntary Sector network
  3. ↑ Gordon Brown's biggest influences: 40-31, Daily Telegraph, 12 Feb 2008
  4. ↑ Labour to pick Chris Lennie as new general secretary, New Statesman, 27 June 2011
  5. ↑ Deedes, Henry (2007-04-25). "Tories try to rubbish Gordon's next bag man". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  6. ↑ http://www.prospect-us.co.uk/joe-irvin-is-new-chief-executive-at-navca


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