Curriculum Vitae

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Positions Held:

 

Founder & President, since 1984, of Y-Care, the International Development Wing of the British YMCA. Y-Care is at work in 33 countries of the world. Much work is done to assist street children. In India there are several Terry Waite Vocational Training Centres.

Trustee, since 1986, of the Butler Trust (work within UK prisons). The Terry Waite award is given annually to those who work effectively with long-term prisoners.

President of Emmaus UK, an international charity working with homeless people.

Trustee of the FreePlay Foundation, the foundation primarily concerned with the development of self-sustainable energy in the Third World.

Member of the Advisory Council of Victim Support, an agency assisting victims of violent crimes.

Founder & Chairman of Hostage UK, a charity providing support for hostage families and encourages research into post-release care and related issues.

Chairman, since 1998, of Prisons Video Trust, a charity that makes videos, distributed throughout the prison service to prison staff and inmates, covering issues such as drug prevention, suicide awareness, self-harm and information of interest to those working and residing in HM Prisons.

Ambassador for WWF-UK.

Vice President, Suffolk Association of Local Councils, since 1999.

Vice President, East Cheshire Hospice, since 2001.

President, International Friendship League, since 2000.

President, Suffolk Branch of Far East Prisoners of War Association.

Member of the Advisory Board of Gorton Monastery since 2003.

President, International Musical Eisteddfod at Llangollen, Wales, since 2006.

 

Patron of:

 

The Abbeyfield (Ipswich) Society, since 1996.

Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre, since 1997.

Bishop Simeon C R Trust (incorporating the Living South Africa Memorial), since 1993.

The Bridge Project Sudbury Appeal, since 1999.

The British Friends of Neve Shalom " Wahat al-Salam, since 2003.

Bury St Edmunds Volunteer Centre, since 1994.

Canterbury Oast Trust.

Children with Aids Charity, since 2004.

COFEPOW (Children {and families} of the Far East Prisoners of War), Coventry Cathedral International Centre for Reconciliation, since 2000.

English Springer Spaniel Welfare, since 1998.

Friends of Commonwealth Institute.

Friends of the John Bunyan Museum, since 2005.

Friends of the Samaritans, Bury St Edmunds Branch.

Habitat for Humanity, since 2004.

Kingswood Foundation.

Langley House Trust, since1999.

Lewisham Environment Trust, since 1996.

The One to One Children's Fund, since 2001.

One World Broadcasting Trust, since1987.

Rapid UK, since 2004.

The Romany Society, since 1997.

Save Our Parsonages, since 1999.

Strode Park Foundation, since 1988.

Sunderland Counselling Services, since 2004.

Tymes Trust (the Young ME Sufferers Trust), since 2005

Uganda Society for Disabled Children, since1995.

Underprivileged Children's Charity, Bristol, since 2003.

Warrington Male Voice Choir, since 1996.

West Suffolk Voluntary Association for the Blind, since 1998.

...and many other organizations.

 

Awards:

 

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), 1982.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), 1992.

Templeton UK Award, 1985.

Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal, 1992.

Doctor of Civil Law University of Kent at Canterbury, 1986.

Doctor of Civil Law University of the City of London, 1992.

Doctor of Law University of Durham, 1992.

Doctor of Law Liverpool University, 1992.

Doctor of Civil Law University of Sussex, 1992.

DHC, Yale Divinity School, 1992.

Hon LHD Wittenberg University, 1992.

Doctor of Humane Letters University of Southern Florida, 1992.

Doctor of Humane Letters Virginia Commonwealth University, 1996.

Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Anglia RuskinUniversity, 2001.

Honorary Doctor of Letters, Nottingham Trent University, 2001.

Honorary Doctor of Letters, DeMontfort University, 2005.

Freedom of Canterbury, 1992; Lewisham, 1992.