Stonewall’s new CEO Simon Blake had a busy first day on the job making a stand against LGBTQ+ hate crime

Simon Blake OBE, the new CEO of Stonewall (Image: Stonewall)

The new CEO of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ charity, Stonewall, began his new role over the weekend by hosting a panel discussion at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on Sunday (22 September).

Simon Blake OBE was appointed the new chief executive of Stonewall in June of this year. He joins the charity after spending six years as the Chief Executive of Mental Health First Aid England. Prior to that, he worked as Chief Executive of the National Union of Students.

Blake spent his first day chairing a discussion at the Labour Party Conference about how to tackle LGBTQ+ hate crime. He was joined by the Women & Equalities Minister, Annalise Dodds, members of LGBT+ Labour and Colum McGuire from

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