Cassie Edmiston
Head of Fundraising and External Affairs
Cassie Edmiston
Head of Fundraising and External Affairs
Cassie has led the PET fundraising team since 2011, joining from a senior management role at a regional cancer charity. Cassie is a trustee for the charity Equalities Work, which works in The Foundry (PET’s office building), putting on events with the local community that promote tolerance and understanding. She also sits on the advisory group for LJ Flanders’ Cell Workout initiative, bringing sports and education into prisons.
In 2016, Cassie was named one of Fundraising Magazine’s ’25 under 35′ best professional charity fundraisers in the UK.
Which course?
“If I could pick any distance learning course, I would study Deaf Awareness and Sign Language. Good communication of all types is essential to my role and I would love to be able to sign well.”
Hannah Richards
Trusts Fundraising Manager
Hannah Richards
Trusts Fundraising Manager
Hannah has worked at PET since 2014 and been in her current role as the Trusts Fundraising Manager since 2015. Her favourite part of the job is reading the testimonies of people who have successfully finished their courses.
Which course?
"If I had the chance to study again I would choose something to do with horticulture or conservation."
Alex Hitchcock
Trusts Fundraising Officer
Alex Hitchcock
Trusts Fundraising Officer
Alex joined PET in 2021, and works in the Fundraising team to maintain PET’s important relationship with its network of Trust funders. He is also a professional saxophonist, and enjoys travelling to play and collaborating with musicians from around the world.
Which course?
"Teaching English as a Foreign Language would be a really interesting one – I really enjoy teaching and find the process of learning languages fascinating so it would be a good combination of the two."
David Veitch
Fundraising Officer
David Veitch
Fundraising Officer
David joined PET in 2017, having previously worked as a Case Study Researcher. Prior to this he worked in schools as a Teaching Assistant.
Which course?
"If I could choose any distance course I would do Principles of Plant Growth, Health and Applied Propagation as I’m obsessed with pot plants. I probably shouldn’t grow any more though, I already have 20 (and counting) in my flat!"
Hannah Stevens
Networks Officer
Hannah Stevens
Networks Officer
Hannah joined PET in 2022, to support the Prisoner Learning Alliance and PET’s wider policy work. Prior to this, she worked on communications and membership engagement for a network of European human rights and social change grant-makers.
Hannah is also an advisory board member for the Carceral Geography Working Group of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers.
Which course?
I think I’d go for Principles of Garden Planning, Establishment and Maintenance – it would be great if my knowledge could match my enthusiasm for working on my allotment!
Calum Walker
Media and Communications Manager
Calum Walker
Media and Communications Manager
Calum joined PET in 2018, after a year working in the communications team at the anti-poverty charity Turn2us. Prior to that he spent three years in the television industry, working in drama production.
Which course?
“I'd pick Italian with Linguaphone. I love Italy - Rome, Naples, Venice, you name it. It’s got such a rich history and wonderful food and drink. It would be brilliant to be able to speak the language there.”
