Newbie Natalie

In addition to the fantastic Gemma and lovely Liz, we now have newbie Natalie working on our charities helpdesk. With Liz and Gemma, she (wo)mans the phones and email inbox from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm and is there to answer any charity queries.

I asked Natalie why she wanted to work at Justgiving:

I've always felt my path was somewhere in the charity sector, and this came to light even more whilst I was living in Uganda.

After returning to the UK, and making the step to move to the big smoke, I realised I would need to be involved with the third sector to be happy and develop professionally.

I think the idea behind Justgiving is genius [Ed - you'll fit in well] and was keen to be involved with the company since it helps charities to raise the money required for the invaluable work they do.

So far I've really enjoyed communicating with charities and helping them to achieve the most from their relationship with Justgiving.

And to give you a chance to get to know Natalie a bit better, we've got a, er, photo of some fish she (allegedly) cooked the other day. Apparently it was quite tasty:

Plus, we've asked her the traditional tough questions that all JG newbies need to take...

Where would you like to live?

Somewhere with mountains, sun sea and sand…with a lake nearby!

What would your super power be?

An attached magic carpet

What is your favourite book?

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski (quite highbrow, our Nat)

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

Lovely, mint, you're kidding me, I’m hungry! (as probably never heard together in the sentence, "Lunchtime's over? You're kidding me! I'm still hungry. Got any lovely mints?)

What kind of biscuit would you be?

A Lindt chocolate covered shortbread with raisins, cranberries and macadamia nuts.

What's your secret talent?

I can tap dance! (I think we need footage)

Lastly, tell us one thing about you that we'd only ever find out if we gave you one of these silly questionnaires...

When I was a wee bairn my nana was pushing me home in a pram. She had lots of shopping and approaching the road she decided to take me out and put the shopping in…

She crossed the road, a car came whizzing along and crashed into the pram - shopping went everywhere (but I was probably still asleep). It’s a miracle!

So, when she's not tap-dancing, or cheating death, Natalie (and Liz and Gemma) can be contacted on 0845 021 2133 or charities@justgiving.com. Welcome to the team!