Denise Rawls

Denise joined NNECL in October 2023 to support the delivery of our strategic growth. Denise was a civil servant for three decades gaining valuable experience in public affairs, education, the criminal justice system, health and safety and international trade. She moved into the not-for-profit-sector in 2016 to focus on strategic planning, advocacy, marketing and income generation for charities and social enterprises.

Denise is care experienced and undertook her degree part-time as a mature student in her 30’s. Now in her 50’s Denise is a student again, this time studying Black British Literature. Outside of NNECL Denise is a diversity and inclusion trustee at the Charleston Trust, a trustee at the Primary Shakespeare Company and an avid fiction writer. Denise lives in east London with her family and can often be found ankle-deep in mud with her rescue dog Lynda.