Samantha Harding
Patron
Samantha is a trusted and accomplished leader in the non-profit sector, with over 35 years of experience across the UK, Europe, Australia, and the United States. She has led organisations and programmes focused on delivering national and regional policy change through high-profile campaigns, coalition building, and political and media engagement.
Her expertise includes strategic planning, political influencing, and communications, evidenced by a strong track record of attracting funding and achieving lasting impact.
Alongside this, she brings extensive experience in organisational development, governance, partnership building, developing people, stakeholder engagement, organisational change, risk and impact assessment, and financial management.
Committed to values-led leadership and collaboration, Samantha combines insight, determination, and a sense of humour to lead organisations through complex challenges and achieve meaningful, long-term change.
With over 15 years’ experience of local environmental quality campaigning, most notably leading to the carrier bag charge in England and the incoming UK-wide deposit return system for drinks cans and bottles, Samantha is well-placed - and delighted - to support and champion the excellent work of CleanupUK.