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Profile: Polly Neate

23/12/2023

Polly Neate

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Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter.

Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter. Recently rescued in a dramatic cliff top drama, Neate was determined to fight social injustice from an early age.

Polly Neate. CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter. Recently rescued in a dramatic cliff top drama, Neate was determined to fight social injustice from an early age.  She started life as a journalist and then worked for the charities Action for Children and Women's Aid before taking the top job at Shelter.  Her climbing injury has left her on crutches but she continues her professional work campaigning to help the homeless and is still determined to carry on climbing. 

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