John Andrews (Treasurer)
John has been involved in accounting and finance since graduating from the London School of Economics in 1975. Before the stock market crash of 1987, he worked mainly in the city of London, after that in commerce. Since 2000 he has worked mainly in the voluntary sector, both as a volunteer and an employee. Since 2004 he has been part-time finance manager of the Historical Association, a membership organisation for historians (especially teachers). He joined the PPU in 2013 after becoming concerned about the militaristic emphasis of preparations for the 100th anniversary of World War 1. He’s been a member of the PPU Council since 2018 and treasurer from February 2020.
|
Albert Beale
Albert is a militant pacifist, born-again atheist, Londoner, pedant, and Shostakovich junkie; he opposes nationalism without exception. An active member of the PPU and of War Resisters' International since the 1970s, he has frequently represented both in the media, and has held elected office in both. He became a pacifist at school, on a day when someone was hanged "to show that killing people is wrong". Once a computer programmer, then a physics teacher, peace movement jobs include co-ordinator of the Campaign Against Arms Trade, co-editor of Peace News, and editing an international database of peace organisations. Anti-militarist campaigning has included a focus on Northern Ireland and the Middle East; he also campaigns over public transport, nuclear power, censorship, sexual rights, over-consumption, and local democracy - amongst other things. He has a varied experience of (civil and criminal) legal issues in a political context (with a 100% acquittal record).
|
Ed Bridges
Ed joined the Council in February 2020. He is a peace activist in South Wales, where he hopes to develop the PPU’s work in challenging everyday militarism, particularly given Wales’ proud history of resisting and opposing conflict. He is also a campaigner on civil liberties issues, currently working with Liberty to challenge South Wales Police’s use of facial recognition technology. Professionally, Ed has spent a decade working in campaigns, policy and public affairs roles in the devolved nations for a variety of organisations, engaging with government and policy-makers at all levels. He was also a Cardiff county councillor for 13 years, before stepping down in 2017 to spend more time with his two young sons. Ed is a season ticket holder at Newport County AFC, and a junior football coach. He hates writing about himself in the third person.
|
Bruce Cadbury
Bruce joined the Council in February 2020. Aged 70, he is a Quaker living in London and has combined a passion for environmental campaigning with a successful business career. He believes that a sustainable planet is incompatible with militarism in any form. He is appalled that Britain has lost moral authority in the world due to its position being tempered/dictated to by the economic influences of armaments manufacturers. Bruce is a past Chair of the London Cycling Campaign, a co-founder of the Westminster Citizens Climate Action Network, founder of the Planetary Diet Alliance and a Green Party activist. Bruce is married with two daughters, three sons and eight grandchildren. He has dedicated the remainder of his life to ensuring there is a survivable peaceful planet for his descendants.
|
Amy Clark-Bryan
|
Peter Glasgow (Chair)
Peter was the Peace Education Officer for the Peace Pledge Union from July 2014 to July 2016 and subsequently joined the PPU Council. At the Annual General Meeting on 29 February 2020 he took up the role of Chairperson of the PPU. Prior to working with the PPU, Peter worked as the Vice Principal, Curriculum in a large, North London College of Further Education and was particularly interested and involved in innovative curriculum development. He is also a keen cyclist.
|
Chris Henderson
Chris is currently Coordinator of Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Green Party, and an MA Political Psychology student at Bournemouth University. Chris's dual activist-organiser passions are strategic support for DIY activist media content, and contemporary humanistic approaches to capacity-building in activist groups. An experienced electoral campaigner who joined the PPU in 2017 and has delivered digital media training to several peace/anti-militarism groups, Chris's earlier activism background centred on LGBTQ community. Chris's first professional career was in policy and programme management for inner-city London boroughs, before "converting" his Sociology & Social Policy degree to Psychology and also gaining a foundation certificate in Psychotherapy. Chris enjoys dark electronic music and music videos, geek pursuits, social sciences, and sustainable travel.
|
Bill Hetherington
Bill became active in nuclear disarmament in the early 1960s before joining PPU in 1965 and was first elected to PPU Council in 1972. He has been active over Northern Ireland, involving a major trial at the Old Bailey in 1975; represented the PPU in its war tax tax resistance in the 1980s, and for many years has been Honorary Archivist of the Peace Pledge, maintaining a significant PPU and Conscientious Objection Archive, and a database of more than 13,000 British conscientious objectors. Has also served as PPU representative to War Resisters' International and was involved in 1994 in setting up the Conscientious Objectors' Commemorative Stone in Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London.
|
|