GiveOut, the award-winning charity working to grow giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights, has appointed Aisha Shaibu and Daniel Gerring to its Board of Trustees.
Aisha Shaibu is the founder of Moonlight Experiences and an activist for integration, diversity and equality. She works to increase the representation of LGBTQI people of colour in travel and society and works closely with UK Black Pride. She brings a wealth of experience in diversity, community engagement work and movement knowledge.
“I feel so honoured to be part of GiveOut. It’s truly a unique opportunity to join an organisation that doesn’t only support our LGBTQI community globally, but one that truly makes a significant impact”, said Aisha Shaibu.
Daniel Gerring is a senior partner at the law firm Travers Smith and a founding member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Board. He has been an activist for LGBTQI rights for many years and holds a number of non-executive positions with non-profit organisations. Daniel brings significant expertise in international law, governance and organisational change in both the corporate and charity sectors.
“It is an enormous privilege to be joining the awesome team at GiveOut. Activists fighting for LGBTQI human rights around the world deserve our strong support and GiveOut is a great platform through which to do this”, said Daniel Gerring.
“We are so excited to welcome Aisha and Daniel – they both bring important new skills and perspectives to our Board and we hugely look forward to having them help to shape, govern and grow GiveOut over the coming years”, said Elliot Vaughn, GiveOut’s founder and the Chair of its Board of Trustees.
The appointments of Aisha and Daniel come in the year that GiveOut will announce its third and largest portfolio of grants so far, pooling donations from individuals and businesses to support LGBTQI human rights groups worldwide as they adapt to the COVID-19 crisis and work towards building a more equal future.
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GiveOut (@GiveOut_Org) is a UK-based charity working to grow giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights, ensuring that activists and their organisations have more of the resources they need to defend their communities and campaign for equality. The organisation enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI human rights activism worldwide, pooling these donations and distributing them as grants to activist-led organisations around the world.
Aisha Shaibu (@ aisha_shaibu_ ) is an activist who has been championing integration, diversity and equality to help level the playing field. She is a rising LGBTQI role model and founded Moonlight Experiences, a company that immerses travellers into the authentic side of queer communities whilst empowering marginalised voices. Moonlight Experiences also harnesses the economic power of LGBTQI tourism to support queer artists and venues. Recognised by the Mayor of London for impact, Aisha’s activism extends to increasing the representation of black and POC queers in travel and society with the work she does with UK Black Pride.
Daniel Gerring (@Daniel_Gerring) is a senior partner at the law firm Travers Smith and a member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Board. He sits on a number of charity boards, including as Chair of Trustees of Just Like Us – the LGBT+ charity for young people – and as a Trustee of Refugees at Home and City YMCA, London. He is an expert in governance and organisational change in both the corporate and charity sectors and also acts as pro bono legal counsel to a range of international organisations. Daniel is a member of the Network Group for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT+ Rights and a Leadership Fellow of St George’s House, Windsor Castle.