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Gracia has been Chief Executive of the children's mentoring charity Chance UK since 2001. Under her leadership, it has grown from a local project to an organisation with national influence within the Third Sector.

Gracia said:
"I am delighted to receive this great honour. I feel that it is as much recognition of the work and achievements of Chance UK as it is mine. I have had the privilege of running one of the best children's organisations in the UK for the last eight years helping to develop it from a small local organisation into an innovative and influential national one. This has made the hard work well worthwhile as I am constantly able to view our successes, this honour being one of the biggest."

Gracia's commitment to early intervention work and prevention for children with high levels of needs includes becoming an advisor on the Youth Crime and Gangs working party for the Centre for Social Justice, an independent think tank putting social justice at the heart of British politics as well as serving as a trustee of the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation from 2004 to 2009. Since 2003, she has also been a representative for the European Union for Mentoring and Befriending.

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