After completing his degree in Communication Science, Christopher Newberry worked for several years with voluntary organisations, including Shelter, where he developed a strong interest and understanding of the not-for-profit sector. He chaired an effective homelessness campaign and pressure group. Later he returned to producing audiovisual, printed and, most recently, electronic media. He has written and produced documentary and educational television and radio in Britain and abroad for BBC Education, BBC World Service, EFS Television, Loftus Productions and others. He has been a media producer for organisations such as the Housing Corporation, Citizens Advice Bureau, Community Health Council, Advice Services Alliance, many housing associations and more. He is bilingual in Spanish and English and fluent in French. He is married with two teenage boys and two Border Collies .