Career
She has extensive experience of merging United Kingdom charities. Carole Easton began her career as a child and family psychotherapist in the National Health Service. Since then, she has had 15 years experience in the voluntary sector. Before joining Platform 51, she worked permanently in the public and voluntary sector and, in 2009, undertook a twelve-month assignment at disability advocacy charity SpeakingUp, where she oversaw the merger with Advocacy Partners, and prior to that she was Chief Executive at CLIC Sargent, ChildLine and Cruse Bereavement Care.
Clic Sargent was officially formed in April 2005 when Clic and Sargent Cancer Care for Children merged.
Easton took over soon afterwards tasked with integrating the two charities and reducung their overheads. As Chief Executive of ChildLine, she persuaded NSPCC to absorb ChildLine into the larger charity in 2005.
Doctor Carole Easton, who was appointed Executive Director of Cruse Bereavement Care in March 1998 following a realignment and expansion.
