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Jonathan De Bernhardt Wood

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Deputy Chair of Trustees at Parish Giving Scheme
📍 Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

Jonathan de Bernhardt Wood is the Director of Giving for The Church of England and Deputy Chair of Trustees for the Parish Giving Scheme. With over 30 years in the charity sector, he focuses on growing financial sustainability and generosity. He holds an MA in Applied Theology.

He is an author and presenter, having written "The Porcupine Principle (and other fundraising secrets)" and hosted a discipleship course on living generously. He is a full member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and serves as a Lay Canon at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.

In a blog post, he reminisced about his life as a fundraiser, which included dressing up as a six-foot chicken.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Deputy Chair of Trustees
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
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Generous Giving
His entire career is focused on advising and encouraging financial giving and generosity within the Church of England, and he leads the National Giving Strategy.
Charity Fundraising
He has over 30 years of experience in senior leadership and fundraising roles in the charity sector and authored a book on fundraising secrets.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Deputy Chair of Trustees
Parish Giving Scheme
1-2024
Member Board of Trustees
Parish Giving Scheme
11-2021
Lay Canon
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
1-2019
Director of Giving
The Church of England
5-2017 - 12-2018
Generous Giving Adviser
Church of England - Diocese of Oxford
In the press

Media appearances

Active Generosity Episode 6 – Jonathan de Bernhardt Wood Transcript. Featured in Parish Giving Scheme – Stewardship (PDF)
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How we cleared a £30k deficit in one month. Featured in The Church of England – Generous Church Blog
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Education
2000 - 2002
MA;
The University of St. Mark and St. John
2015 - 2015
British Sign Language Level 2
SignUp BSL
1994 - 1996
Certificate in Management
The Open University
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