Julia Middleton
Julia Middleton started Common Purpose in 1988. She formerly worked at The Industrial Society. Her husband, Rupert Middleton went on a business course in USA where Rupert spotted the Community Leadership Programmes.
Julia Middleton raised half a million in business sponsorship. According to Charles Handy, Common Purpose has 120 paid staff with turnover of £3m. Julia's father worked for Peat Marwick and she met Rupert, John Garnett, Julia Cleverdon at the Industrial Society.[1]
CP's website PR and sponsor list is quite impressive: but what does it really mean? There are a few rants about it online (mostly centring around Middleton's proximity to the Office of the Deputy PM (ODPM) and the political patronage thereof. For example [2])
Yet she criticises political patronage with relation to public appointments.[2]
Middleton is also associated with the Arab Learning Initiative, which describes its role as venture philanthropy.[3]
Middleton is well networked in the New Labour, Careerist, Atlanticist networks. Latterly she has joined the Media Standards Trust.
Notes
- ↑ Handy, C. (1999) The New Alchemists, Random House
- ↑ House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee, Government By Appointment: Opening Up The Patronage State, Fourth Report of Session 2002–03
- ↑ Arab Learning Initiative [1]
