Editing Ben Summerskill (section)

{{Short description | British LGBT advocate and journalist}}
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{{Infobox person
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| name                      = Ben Summerskill
| honorific_suffix          = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| image                     = Ben Summerskill Stonewall awards Nov 2011.jpg
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| caption                   = Giving a speech at the [[Stonewall Awards]], November 2011
| birth_date                = {{Birth-date and age|6 October 1961}}<ref>[http://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=5378961&c=uk]{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| birth_place               = [[Kent]], [[England]]
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| nationality               = [[British nationality law|British]]
| education                 = {{plainlist}}
* Cobden Road Infants School
* Amherst County Primary School
* [[Sevenoaks School]]
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| alma_mater                = [[Merton College, Oxford]]
| occupation                = {{Plainlist}}
* [[Businessperson|Businessman]]
* [[Campaigner|Equality campaigner]]
* [[Journalist]]
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| years_active              = 1987–present
| title                     = Chief executive of [[Stonewall (charity)|Stonewall]] (2003–2014)
| predecessor               = [[Angela Mason]] (1992–2002)
| successor                 = [[Ruth Hunt]] (2014–2019)
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'''Ben Jeffrey Peter Summerskill''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (born 6 October 1961)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/public_sector/article410296.ece |title=Industry : Public Sector Articles |access-date=2013-11-01 |location=London |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> is chair of [[The Silver Line]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/01/whos-moving-appointments-round/ |title=Who's moving where? Appointments round-up |date=1 May 2018 |website=Fundraising UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119091944/https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/01/whos-moving-appointments-round/ |archive-date=19 November 2018 |access-date=15 May 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and director of the Criminal Justice Alliance, a consortium of 135 charities working across the GB criminal justice pathway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/former-stonewall-chief-executive-ben-summerskill-head-criminal-justice-alliance/management/article/1334849 |title=Former Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill to head the Criminal Justice Alliance |publisher=Third Sector |date=2015-03-02 |access-date=2016-09-10 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402110251/https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/former-stonewall-chief-executive-ben-summerskill-head-criminal-justice-alliance/management/article/1334849 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.criminaljusticealliance.org.uk |title=committed to improving the CJS |publisher=Criminal Justice Alliance |access-date=2016-09-10 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312010007/http://criminaljusticealliance.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was the chief executive of the [[United Kingdom|UK]]-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality organisation [[Stonewall (charity)|Stonewall]], the largest gay equality body in Europe, from 2003 to 2014. He has also worked as a [[businessperson|businessman]] and [[journalist]]. Summerskill is an occasional contributor to ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Independent|The Independent on Sunday]]'', ''[[The Observer]]'', ''The Times'', ''Time Out'' and other publications. In 2015 he won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the [[British LGBT Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlgbtawards.co.uk/ |title=Home |publisher=British LGBT Awards |date=2016-08-02 |access-date=2016-09-10 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922022735/http://www.britishlgbtawards.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, he was appointed by the UK government to the council (Board) of ACAS, the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-appointment-of-2-acas-council-members |title=Government announces appointment of 2 Acas Council members |date=30 June 2017 |website=[[Acas]] |publisher=gov.uk |quote=Ben Summerskill joins the Council as an independent member and Christina McAnea as an employee representative  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402074429/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-appointment-of-2-acas-council-members |archive-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> He was first appointed a trustee of the Silver Line in 2017.<ref>[https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/THE-SILVER-LINE-BOLSTERS-ITS-BOARD-OF-TRUSTEES-WITH-FIVE-NEW-APPOINTMENTS-F.pdf THE SILVER LINE BOLSTERS ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH FIVE NEW APPOINTMENTS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426151148/https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/THE-SILVER-LINE-BOLSTERS-ITS-BOARD-OF-TRUSTEES-WITH-FIVE-NEW-APPOINTMENTS-F.pdf |date=26 April 2017 }}. 5 April 2017, The Silver Line. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019</ref>