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18-596: NBFA can refer to: National Benevolent Fund for the Aged , London-based charity National Black Farmers Association , for African American farmers in the United States National Business Forms Association, original name of Print Services & Distribution Association Newport Beach Firefighters Association, supporting Newport Beach Fire Department Topics referred to by

36-591: A group of other women Conservatives, Sandys signed a letter in support of David Cameron 's election as Conservative Party leader which was printed in The Daily Telegraph in August 2005. Sandys nominated Christabel Flight in the May 2006 Westminster City Council elections. In 2006, Sandys was placed on the new 'A-list' of Conservative candidates ahead of the 2010 general election . In October 2006, she

54-557: A significant step in raising the profound problems of social isolation for a fast growing and ageing population in the UK. NBFA Assisting the Elderly continued to work to address loneliness and isolation by providing direct services to disadvantaged older people, particularly in areas of high deprivation. The charity began by distributed financial grants to existing organisations and charities supporting older people. The first of its own services

72-584: A wide range of issues, including urban development and the Iraq war . She contributed the opening chapter Paul Cornish's book The War in Iraq (October 2004). Sandys completed an Open University course on Environment and Development in 1993 and is currently a trustee of the Open University Foundation, which was established in 1973 as an independent charitable trust to further the objects of

90-647: Is a former chair of the European Movement UK , and a British Conservative Party politician , who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Thanet between 2010 and 2015 . The daughter of Duncan Sandys through his second marriage to Marie-Claire ( née Schmitt), Sandys was born on 5 June 1964 and christened on 17 July 1964 in the Crypt Chapel of the Palace of Westminster . Her father

108-530: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Benevolent Fund for the Aged The charity's long held mission was to tackle the widespread problem of loneliness and isolation for older people through services that offer access to social contact and support. By 2011 a national campaign - the Campaign to End Loneliness - was set up and represents

126-565: The 2010 general election , Sandys gained the South Thanet seat from Stephen Ladyman with 48% of the popular vote. In August 2014, Sandys announced that she would not be standing in the 2015 general election. She explained, "I have been considering my future in light of a wide range of family demands and have decided that I cannot combine the level of dedication and service needed for the constituency with my growing personal responsibilities to those closest and dearest to me." As Chair of

144-574: The European Movement , Sandys played a role in campaigning to remain in the EU during the 2016 referendum on EU membership. After the result, she resigned as Chair of the Movement and was succeeded by Richard Corbett . On 30 April 2019, Sandys joined former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and Caroline Lucas in calling for a Green New Deal in the UK. Sandys was appointed Commander of

162-656: The Parliamentary Unit at the Consumers' Association . Sandys has also worked in public relations ; since 1992 she worked through Laura Sandys Associates, also known by its abbreviation LSA. She later became Head of Communications at the Shopping Hours Reform Council, an organisation which promotes allowing shops to open on Sundays. She is also a journalist, also writing for newspapers, and a commentator appearing on television and radio on

180-656: The University. She is a non-executive director on the board of openDemocracy ; her biography on that site describes her as: "having experience of political structures across Europe, Turkey , South America and the US". The site also states that she has worked as a journalist and policy strategist in Washington D.C. She was appointed a Trustee of the Civic Trust on 18 July 2000 and is a member of its Policy Committee. and

198-498: The charity regretfully closed its operations and intends to distribute remaining funds for the benefit of disadvantaged older people. Founded in 1957 by MP Jeremy Thorpe as one of its early Trustees, the charity has always been rooted in its connections with Westminster and the Churchill family . Clementine Churchill (widow of the prime minister) became president in 1972. The chairman from 1995 to 2010 (and trustee since 1974)

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216-404: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NBFA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NBFA&oldid=745091759 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

234-650: Was Winston Churchill (grandson of the former prime minister), The sole patron for many years was Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (daughter of Prime Minister Winston Churchill ). A serving trustee is Minnie (Mary) Churchill. Former and current trustees include Paul Burstow , Dermot de Trafford , John de Trafford , Roger Pincham , Jeff Rooker, Baron Rooker , Laura Sandys , Stephen Lloyd , Sheila Gilmore and Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree . The vice presidents were Frederick Forsyth , Christopher Herbert , John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice , Dafydd Elis-Thomas and David Steel . George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy

252-478: Was a member of parliament, and later a life peer, who served as Minister of Defence in Harold Macmillan 's government and was also the son-in-law of Winston Churchill (through his first marriage to Diana Churchill ). In the 1980s, Sandys was a Director of Barter Group, an organisation doing business by exchange of goods or services rather than cash in the former Eastern Bloc . She moved on to lead

270-684: Was also a Senior Research Associate for the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College London . She also completed a Master's degree in International Relations at Wolfson College, Cambridge in 2003. Before the 2005 general election , Sandys applied to be selected as a Conservative candidate in fourteen parliamentary constituencies and was shortlisted in Surrey Heath and Arundel and South Downs . She missed out, however, to Michael Gove and Nick Herbert respectively. With

288-473: Was appointed chairman of the NBFA in 1984 and served for a decade and was then appointed honorary president. He was succeeded as president by Betty Boothroyd who held that post until her retirement in 2015. The current chairman is Marion Roe . Registered charity number 1147447. Registered as a company 07937093. Laura Sandys Laura Jane Sandys CBE ( / s æ n d z / ; born 5 June 1964)

306-580: Was selected to stand as the Conservative candidate for Thanet South , defeating Mark MacGregor , the party's previous candidate at the 2001 and 2005 elections. The constituency was then held by Stephen Ladyman for the Labour Party . She lives locally within the constituency in the town of Ramsgate with her husband, Randolph Kent, whom she married on 3 September 2007 in Ramsgate, Kent. In

324-609: Was to donate television sets to isolated older people - in the days when friends and neighbours would gather in the nearest home with access to a television. The most popular and longest lasting service was short breaks to the seaside, later re-modelled as friendship and respite breaks, and by 1996 over 35,000 older people had benefited from a short seaside break. Other services included donating emergency home alarms for vulnerable older people still living at home and donating TENS pain control machines for older people coping at home with medical conditions which caused them chronic pain. In 2015

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