CAMPBELL Robb is to step down as chief executive of the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust to become chief executive of the social justice charity Nacro.

Campbell only started in York in January 2017 but says it is now time for him to accept a new challenge, closer to his London home, and for new leadership to guide them through the next stage of their 'crucial mission to achieve a prosperous UK without poverty.'

Trustees chair Will Haire said he had led comprehensive change and ensured JRHT was in a far stronger financial position and JRF had been transformed into a modern social change organisation.