Trustees, patrons and consultants

Trustees

The Trust is managed by a board of Trustees, appointed in accordance with the Trust Deed. The Trustees meet four times a year in addition to an away day with staff.

Giles Charrington, Acting Chairman of the Trustees, a management consultant, also coaches prison governors, and is a zen meditator.

Nicholas Colloff, Oxfam’s Director of Strategy and Innovation, co-founded the PPT.

George Coppen, is an Anglican priest and former prison psychotherapist at HMP Grendon.

Wendy Dawson is the Chief Executive of the Ley Community, helping people with serious drug and alcohol addiction.

Peter Dewey is an Anglican parish priest and a former school chaplain who runs meditation groups.

John Dring, former prison governor and Prison Area Manager, now coaches prison governors.

Stephen Eeley is a magistrate, former senior administrator at Oxford University and a zen meditator.

Tigger Ramsay-Brown, sister of PPT founder Ann Wetherall, is a former senior manager in charitable agencies and a meditator.

Peter Stevenson, Treasurer, is a Chartered Accountant, who works for a number of charitable organisations.

Patrons

We are deeply grateful to our patrons who support and publicise our work and offer us encouragement:

Sir Mark Tully, acclaimed broadcaster and journalist

Dr Kiran Bedi, former Inspector General of Prisons, Tihar Jail, and former Deputy Chief of Police in India

Shirley du Boulay, author and biographer of world-renowned spiritual leaders, including Father Bede Griffiths and St Theresa of Avila

Rabbi Lionel Blue, author and broadcaster

Dr Sheila Cassidy, author, oncologist and former nun, who experienced torture as a political prisoner in Chile

Father Laurence Freeman OSB, Director of the World Community for Christian Meditation

Mr Jeremy Irons, actor

Sister Elaine MacInnes OC OLM, former PPT Director, zen teacher and founder of Freeing the Human Spirit, which supports prisoners in Canada

Dr Benjamin Zephaniah, best-selling poet, broadcaster and human rights activist

Consultants

We are indebted to these consultants for their help and advice:

Jamie Bennett, Governor, HMP Morton Hall
Monawar Hussein, Imam of Eton College
Ian Mulholland, Regional Manager for Custody & Community in Wales
Luke Serjeant, Regional Manager, Custodial Services, West Midlands
Professor Alison Leibling, Director, Prisons Research Centre

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