Meet the Press and Media Team
CAFOD's media team provides up to the minute information to journalists of all CAFOD's work at home and around the world from emergency situations to campaign actions.
| Damian McBride - Head of Media and PR 
Damian is the Head of Media and PR, and has worked for CAFOD since April 2011. He has previously worked as Head of Communications at HM Treasury and as a media adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and most recently worked at Finchley Catholic High School in North London. He is responsible for all CAFOD’s communications with the media, and acts as the lead contact point for the media on issues relating to CAFOD and its work. He is also acting chair of the Media Group working on the joint NGO campaign on food and hunger. You can reach Damian by email or follow him on Twitter. Phone: +44 (0) 7825 734 390 / +44 (0) 20 7095 5450 |
Nana Anto-Awuakye is the Senior Media Officer for humanitarian emergencies, and has worked at CAFOD since August 2005. She has previously been a BBC radio producer, producing programmes such as Woman's Hour on Radio 4, and Outlook on BBC World Service radio, and ran the United Nations radio operation in Kosovo. She is responsible for CAFOD's national and Catholic media coverage of all aspects of humanitarian response and policy. She is also the lead contact for media relating to CAFOD's development work across Africa and HIV and AIDS work. You can reach Nana by email or follow her on Twitter. Phone: +44 (0) 7799 477 541 / +44 (0) 20 7095 5456 |
Pascale Palmer is the Senior Media Officer for Policy and Campaigns, and has worked at CAFOD since November 2008. She has previously been a staff news reporter for the Daily Mirror and Sunday People, Content Editor for AOL (UK) and a journalism trainer for the British Council in India. She is responsible for CAFOD's national and Catholic media output on all policy and campaigns issues. She is also the lead contact for media relating to CAFOD's work in Latin America. You can reach Pascale by email or follow her on Twitter.
Senior Media Officer (Policy & Campaigns) |
Ged Naughton is Acting Regional Media Manager, and has worked for CAFOD since February 1996. He has previously worked for local newspapers and worked in CAFOD’s Press office for six years until 2001. His media strategy for CAFOD’s Millennium Stars Liberian football tour won ‘Best Public Information Campaign by an NGO’ at the One World Media Awards. After three years as CAFOD’s Youth Team Leader, he has been running his own business, specialising in Media Relations & PR for small businesses, social enterprises and the not-for-profit sector. He is responsible for CAFOD’s media output on all regional work in England and Wales. You can reach Ged by email or contact him by telephone on 0044 (0) 20 7095 5457. |
Sophie Bradley is the PR Manager, and has worked for CAFOD since April 2009. She has previously worked as Celebrity Relations Executive at Action for Children and as head of radio promotions for fabric music venue and record label, with a background in music industry promotions. She is responsible for CAFOD’s PR strategy, including media work relating to our World Gifts programme and other fundraising campaigns, and manages CAFOD’s work with high-profile supporters including David Harewood MBE, Dermot O’Leary and Delia Smith CBE. She is also currently the standing celebrity coordinator for the Disasters Emergency Committee. You can reach Sophie by email or follow her on Twitter. Phone: +44 (0) 774 7778 217 / +44 (0)20 7095 5454 |
Ellie Wilcock is the Press Office Assistant, and has worked for CAFOD since March 2011. She has previously worked as the Assistant to the Advisory Nurse at the Local Education Authority of Montpellier, France, and in the CAFOD Supporter Relations Team as receptionist and Support Relations Assistant. She is responsible for the day-to-day running of the press office and is the main contact for general media enquiries. She is acting Secretariat of the Media Group working on the Joint NGO campaign on Food and Hunger. You can reach her by email here. Phone: +44 (0) 754 0265 715 / +44(0) 20 7095 5451 |
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