Garry Lemon is an experienced charity leader specialising in strategy, policy, communications, campaigns, and external affairs. At the Trussell Trust, he helped shape the organisation’s strategic direction and built its policy and communications functions, driving a more systemic approach to tackling poverty. He has worked across research, advocacy, and public engagement to influence change and ensure strategy is understood and implemented across the food bank network.

Before joining the Trussell Trust, Garry worked at Crisis, where he strengthened the homelessness charity’s media and campaigns work. Throughout his career, he has combined strategic and policy expertise with a commitment to dignity, compassion, and justice, working closely with people with lived experience to bring about lasting social change.

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