Staff

Sam Settle became Director in 2010, having worked as a Yoga Co-ordinator for the Trust since 2003. A former Buddhist monk and Peace Corps worker in Thai­land,  he is a BWY yoga teacher and practises zen meditation.

Deputy Director Jason Doble is a former engineer. He is a zen meditator and teaches meditation to prisoners in PPT workshops. He manages the prisoner correspondence, and directs and guides the Trust volunteers.

Public Relations Officer Lucy Ayrton (4 days a week) has a background in fundraising and marketing for arts and theatre productions and has also worked as a freelance copy writer. She has an MA in Writing and a BA in English and Theatre Studies.

Yoga Co-ordinator Sally Buxton (3 days a week) is a British Wheel of Yoga teacher and has taught in prison for four years. Before joining the Trust she worked as a probation officer, both in prisons and the community.

Yoga Co-ordinator Elaine Ulett, (2 days a week) is a British Wheel of Yoga teacher. She has worked with adults with mental health problems and socially excluded young people for many years. She volunteers with the Community Emergency Foodbank.

Accountant Clive Gillam (2 days a week) founded a Catholic Worker house for homeless people in Oxford which is now lived in by asylum seekers. He works with other charitable and volun­tary organisations and is a leader with Woodcraft Folk.

Consultant Systems Supervisor David Kennedy (2 days a week) is an IT trainer and consultant. He worked at a computer company in France for five years, as a Software Team Leader at the Post Office in London, and at Oxford Brookes University.

Director’s PA Kaye Drinkwater (2 days a week) worked for Esso Petroleum in Libya before joining the Thames Valley Police and Dr Barnardo’s Homes as a secretary. She joined the PPT in 1998. She manages donors’ correspondence and innumerable other tasks.

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