Chair - Andy Turner lives with his best friend Rachel and daughters Jessie, Millie and Eve, along with an evolving assortment of life forms in Hackney, East London. Life includes finding more in London, writing, reading, and watching and missing episodes on television. As Director of Huddleston Trust, I am part of a project working with disabled children and young people in Hackney. I'm also researching and writing about community development work on a housing estate in Hackney. I'm intrigued, sceptical and often perplexed. (Why 'special edition' confectionary and washing up liquid - and do people collect this stuff?) As part of the festival, Greenbelt attempts to engage with some of the complexity, absurdity and paradoxes within our lives. As much as a festival can, it feels like home.
Vice Chair - Jason Barnett Biog TBC
Vice Chair - Martin Wroe is being raised in Holloway, north London, makes a living as a writer and is a Trustee of the Greenbelt Festival. He is a small bookmaker with the help of lulu.com - the latest of which small books is called The Gospel According to Everyone.
Jonathan Smith (Treasurer) is predominantly from Birmingham but ended up in London where he practices the dark art of accountancy to earn a living. Was once described as "not being like a normal accountant" and he still can't work out whether this was a compliment or an insult (though he favours the former). He first came to Greenbelt in 1990 and instantly loved it. He now attempts to assuage career doubts by being involved in Greenbelt finances - latterly as the Treasurer. Knowing far more than is strictly necessary about 80s television, he has eclectic tastes in movies, music and books and pretends to be a lot more into outdoor activities than he actually is.
Gaynor Bradshaw Biog TBC
David Cullen is a 'sound engineer turned good' and director of Hedra, a leading public sector management consultancy (which pays the mortgage on the house he shares with his lovely wife and two teenage daughters). He performed on the fringe many times with Staccs Theatre Co. A Trustee now for over fourteen years, he also leads worship development in his local church and did lots of voluntary youth work - before his daughters made him stop!
Jude Levermore is a youth and community worker, living in the village of Ducklington, and working for a small voluntary sector organisation in the market town of Witney. Jude is a Licensed Lay Minister at her local Anglican church. Working almost full time she also has 3 daughters, Roseanna, Millie and Alisha, 12, 10 and 6. Her hobbies include sailing, which she does as part of her work as well as sailing the family yacht, which they plan to sail around the world someday, so far they have made it to Spain, where the boat is currently waiting for her next move. Jude began going to GB as a student, and then took youth groups, before becoming involve in the Fringe of the festival in the 90's, she became a board member and then when the festival was at its lowest point became the Chair. (St Jude is the patron saint of lost causes, so it was good to try to emulate her namesake, and she has always enjoyed a challenge) It was her privilege to be a part of an amazing turn around of Greenbelt and when in 2003 she finished her time as Chair, it was with a great sense of accomplishment. She is delighted to still be at the heart of the festival, and is looking forward to playing her role in the next phase of GB history.
Karen Napier originally from Yorkshire but having lived and worked in London for the last 15 years is recently appointed as Associate Dean, Advancement at London Business School as having spent the previous 10 years as Director of Development at Southbank Centre. Married to Harry (who she met through the Festival) and mum to Madelaine Freddy-J Bluesky, she's been a volunteer in all sorts of capacities for around 18 years, running Speakers' Reception, a member of the Management Group, a Trustee, the Chair of Planning Group, and eventually becoming Chair of the Festival in November 2003 until October 2009.
Dot Reid lives in Glasgow, mother of 2 young children, member of Lies Damned Lies, former Chair of Greenbelt and currently a law research student and teacher.
Paul Wilson used to live a life of virtue, working with homeless people and drug addicts in community projects in this country and abroad. Not entirely forgetting virtue, he now works in the City doing marketing for an MNC that makes complicated software. Paul is married to Rachel of www.childstress.com fame, and is father of the very funny and dance-crazy little girl called Jazzy and a smiley, sociable little boy called Angus, who dribbles more than he should.
Pip Wilson is a Beautiful Human Person who became an Adult when he was 40. He has worked with Urban Street Gangs in East London, a Club for Hells Angels in Lancashire, a Special Needs Group Work with humans with drug and alcohol issues, and as an Autonomous Charity CEO - 150 Staff - 200 Volunteers - 6.5k members. He has far more scars than certificates. He is the author of five books and creator of many Games, Exercises and Growth and Development Tools. He is the creator of The Blob Tree' which can open the hardest heart and top communication in all cultures and contexts. He believes that vulnerability is a strength not a weakness. He is currently employed by West London YMCA as a Training and Development Consultant, by a Secure Training Centre, for Young People aged 14 to 17, Training Staff, and as a Freelance Group Worker/Trainer/Facilitator in the Corporate and Voluntary Sector. He spends beautiful quality time with Humans living on the Underside of Society. He yearns for the uncomfortable, unease, dissatisfaction and daily refreshes the irritation. He believes that there is no such thing as a difficult person - only difficult behaviour. See www.pipwilson.com and www.blobtree.com
Nominated trustees
Vice Chair - Jason Barnett Biog TBC
Vice Chair - Martin Wroe is being raised in Holloway, north London, makes a living as a writer and is a Trustee of the Greenbelt Festival. He is a small bookmaker with the help of lulu.com - the latest of which small books is called The Gospel According to Everyone.
Jonathan Smith (Treasurer) is predominantly from Birmingham but ended up in London where he practices the dark art of accountancy to earn a living. Was once described as "not being like a normal accountant" and he still can't work out whether this was a compliment or an insult (though he favours the former). He first came to Greenbelt in 1990 and instantly loved it. He now attempts to assuage career doubts by being involved in Greenbelt finances - latterly as the Treasurer. Knowing far more than is strictly necessary about 80s television, he has eclectic tastes in movies, music and books and pretends to be a lot more into outdoor activities than he actually is.
Gaynor Bradshaw Biog TBC
David Cullen is a 'sound engineer turned good' and director of Hedra, a leading public sector management consultancy (which pays the mortgage on the house he shares with his lovely wife and two teenage daughters). He performed on the fringe many times with Staccs Theatre Co. A Trustee now for over fourteen years, he also leads worship development in his local church and did lots of voluntary youth work - before his daughters made him stop!
Jude Levermore is a youth and community worker, living in the village of Ducklington, and working for a small voluntary sector organisation in the market town of Witney. Jude is a Licensed Lay Minister at her local Anglican church. Working almost full time she also has 3 daughters, Roseanna, Millie and Alisha, 12, 10 and 6. Her hobbies include sailing, which she does as part of her work as well as sailing the family yacht, which they plan to sail around the world someday, so far they have made it to Spain, where the boat is currently waiting for her next move. Jude began going to GB as a student, and then took youth groups, before becoming involve in the Fringe of the festival in the 90's, she became a board member and then when the festival was at its lowest point became the Chair. (St Jude is the patron saint of lost causes, so it was good to try to emulate her namesake, and she has always enjoyed a challenge) It was her privilege to be a part of an amazing turn around of Greenbelt and when in 2003 she finished her time as Chair, it was with a great sense of accomplishment. She is delighted to still be at the heart of the festival, and is looking forward to playing her role in the next phase of GB history.
Karen Napier originally from Yorkshire but having lived and worked in London for the last 15 years is recently appointed as Associate Dean, Advancement at London Business School as having spent the previous 10 years as Director of Development at Southbank Centre. Married to Harry (who she met through the Festival) and mum to Madelaine Freddy-J Bluesky, she's been a volunteer in all sorts of capacities for around 18 years, running Speakers' Reception, a member of the Management Group, a Trustee, the Chair of Planning Group, and eventually becoming Chair of the Festival in November 2003 until October 2009.
Dot Reid lives in Glasgow, mother of 2 young children, member of Lies Damned Lies, former Chair of Greenbelt and currently a law research student and teacher.
Paul Wilson used to live a life of virtue, working with homeless people and drug addicts in community projects in this country and abroad. Not entirely forgetting virtue, he now works in the City doing marketing for an MNC that makes complicated software. Paul is married to Rachel of www.childstress.com fame, and is father of the very funny and dance-crazy little girl called Jazzy and a smiley, sociable little boy called Angus, who dribbles more than he should.
Pip Wilson is a Beautiful Human Person who became an Adult when he was 40. He has worked with Urban Street Gangs in East London, a Club for Hells Angels in Lancashire, a Special Needs Group Work with humans with drug and alcohol issues, and as an Autonomous Charity CEO - 150 Staff - 200 Volunteers - 6.5k members. He has far more scars than certificates. He is the author of five books and creator of many Games, Exercises and Growth and Development Tools. He is the creator of The Blob Tree' which can open the hardest heart and top communication in all cultures and contexts. He believes that vulnerability is a strength not a weakness. He is currently employed by West London YMCA as a Training and Development Consultant, by a Secure Training Centre, for Young People aged 14 to 17, Training Staff, and as a Freelance Group Worker/Trainer/Facilitator in the Corporate and Voluntary Sector. He spends beautiful quality time with Humans living on the Underside of Society. He yearns for the uncomfortable, unease, dissatisfaction and daily refreshes the irritation. He believes that there is no such thing as a difficult person - only difficult behaviour. See www.pipwilson.com and www.blobtree.com
Nominated trustees
Ruth Amos became Young Engineer for Britain in 2006 with her idea – the StairSteady. She set the company up in 2006, bringing the product to market in 2008 while studying A-levels. Ruth now runs StairSteady Ltd across the UK and Europe. In 2009 she became the youngest person to be on Management Today’s ‘35 Women Under 35’ and winner of the Women of the Future ‘Young Start’ award. In 2010 Ruth was recognised as the ‘Women of Achievement’ by the Women of the Year Foundation. She is the business editor of Verita Magazine, a trustee of the Sheffield Youth Theatre, an actor with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and involved with the Fair Trade Steering Group for Sheffield South Methodist District Circuit. Passionate about the arts she is currently one of the four Team Leaders of the Taxi Team at the festival.
David Farrow has worked in the arts and education for 12 years “unlocking creativity and raising aspirations in others through enquiry-based co-operative working”. Which just means I like asking lots of questions, developing new ideas, and working with people to see and do things differently. I'm married to Naomi and we appear to be raising 3 children pretty well so far. Until recently I managed the Creative Partnerships programme in Greater Manchester, planning, delivering and evaluating projects with 150 schools and a multitude of creative professionals and organisations. I'm now working freelance with a number of social enterprises and schools as consultant, trainer and facilitator, and doing postgrad research into art and social action.
Peter Driver (Company Secretary) was until August, Company Secretary for the Homes and Communities Agency and previously Board Secretary to the Housing Corporation. Over the last 14 years Peter has had responsibilities for the governance of three complex public organisations. Peter starts a three-year degree course in Fine Art at Winchester School of Art in September.
David Farrow has worked in the arts and education for 12 years “unlocking creativity and raising aspirations in others through enquiry-based co-operative working”. Which just means I like asking lots of questions, developing new ideas, and working with people to see and do things differently. I'm married to Naomi and we appear to be raising 3 children pretty well so far. Until recently I managed the Creative Partnerships programme in Greater Manchester, planning, delivering and evaluating projects with 150 schools and a multitude of creative professionals and organisations. I'm now working freelance with a number of social enterprises and schools as consultant, trainer and facilitator, and doing postgrad research into art and social action.
Peter Driver (Company Secretary) was until August, Company Secretary for the Homes and Communities Agency and previously Board Secretary to the Housing Corporation. Over the last 14 years Peter has had responsibilities for the governance of three complex public organisations. Peter starts a three-year degree course in Fine Art at Winchester School of Art in September.
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