Regional Groups

CPT UK is working to support and nurture groups of CPT "sympathizers" around Britain and Ireland. Here are some of the places where people have already expressed interest or formed a group.

Northern Ireland - although there are no CPT corps members there are a number of CPT symapathizers in the region. If you are interested in helping to form a group contact Tim Foley (timf at clara.co.uk).

Scotland - Maureen Jack, a CPT reservist based in Fife, Scotland, has been working to put together a group in her region. If you are interested in contact her at maureenjack2000 at yahoo.com.

Get Involved

Ways you can get involved:

• Attend CPT UK meetings. Check out our regional groups page to see if there's a group in your area.
• Invite a CPT UK speaker to your church or Meeting. See our speaker's bureau for possible speakers.
• Join CPT UK mailing list. For queries about the list, email nafziger(at)cpt.org
• Provide prayer support for CPT. See our Prayer Points page for more ideas.
• Go on a delegation e.g. to Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Canada or Colombia . Email delegations@cpt.org or visit the CPT delegations page to learn more.
• Go on CPT training – usually only available in the US and Canada (see cpt.org for dates) , but please register your interest as we hope to arrange another training in the UK.
• Join CPT as a reservist – this involves committing to at least 2 weeks overseas each year for 3 years.
• Join CPT as a full timer –this involves 3 years full time commitment.

Resources

This page lists resources specific to Christian Peacemaker Teams UK. For many more peacemaking resouces like the Violent Toys Campaign Packet see the main CPT site.

Note: These resources are in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf).You may need to download Acrobat Reader to open them:

Speakers Bureau

CPT Corps members

The following members of Christian Peacemaker Teams UK are available for speaking engagements. Please note that hosting groups and organizations will be asked to pay for speaker's travel expenses.

 

Jan Benvie
Address: 2 Roods Square, Inverkeithing, KY11 1NR(Scotland)
Phone: 01383 410632
Email: jbenvie@yahoo.co.uk
Brief Bio: Jan trained with Christian Peacemaker Teams in January 2005 and is now a CPT full-timer in Hebron/Al-Khalil, and represents CPTers on the CPT Steering Committee. She spent six weeks in summer 2005 in Iraq with CPT. She works with young children with special needs and is a member of Anglican Franciscan Order, the Third Order of the Society of St Francis

Maureen Jack
Address: 80 Hepburn Gardens, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9LN (Scotland)
Phone: 01334 472697
Email: maureenjack2000@yahoo.com
Brief Bio: Maureen trained with Christian Peacemaker Teams in January 2003 and is now a CPT reservist. She spent two and a half months in 2003 in Iraq with CPT, both before and after the war. Since 2004 she has spent regular stints of time with the Hebron/Al-Khalil teams. She is a retired educational psychologist.

Alwyn Knight

Phone: 01580 766265

Email: alwynknight@btinternet.com

Brief Bio: Alwyn first visited Hebron/Al-Khalil, and the CPT apartment, on the 7th July 2005, while on a tour organised by the Alternative Tourism Group.
In 2006 he spent three months in Hebron with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Progrrame in Palestine and Israel. In August 2007 Alwyn returned to the region with a CPT Delegation. He attended the winter training course in Chicago, and returns regularly to Hebron/Al-Khalil as a reservist.
For 38 years he was a minister of the Congregational, then United Reformed, Church. In retirement he is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

John Lynes
Address: Garden Flat, 46A Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN37 6EU
Phone: 01424 720 507
Email: jlynes@iee.org
Brief Bio: John is a full time member of Christian Peacemaker Teams recently based in Hebron/Al-Khalil & Northern Iraq. He is an engineer, a lecturer in architecture and a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Justin and Jenny Alexander

Brief Bio: Justin and Jenny are CPT reservists who met in At-Tuwani (Occupied Palestinian Territories) in 2005 and married in June 2006. Justin has been visiting Iraq since 2001, first campaigning against economic sanctions, then advocating for the cancellation of Saddam's odious debts. In Spring 2005 he spent a month in Palestine and 2 months in Iraq with CPT. Jenny was with CPT in Tuwani in 2005 following a year studying arabic in Jordan.

Christy Bischoff

Address: Bradford, England
Phone: 0778 340 1175
email: bischoff@gofairtrade.net
Brief Bio: Christy did the training with CPT in January 2003, and is currently a reservist. Christy has worked with CPT in Palestine for a total of 6 months in the past few years. She is currently studying Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford.

Links

Root and Branch Network

Christian Peacemaker Teams UK is part of the Root and Branch Network, a group of organizations based in the UK with shared values and vision. Here are the other members of the Network:

Anabaptist Network - a network of study groups around the UK
Bridge Builders - a mediation and conflict skills training organization
Ekklesia - a think thank and news service focused on Christianity and politics
London Mennonite Centre - the place to go for training and resources on Mennonites and related topics
Metanoia Books - Anabaptist bookstore for the UK
Peace Church - a movement of Christian communities
SPEAK - a student and young adult prayer and campaigning network
Workshop - a Christian training course

If you would like to sign up for the Root and Branch email bulletin, a monthly collection of news, articles and book reviews from these organizations, see the bottom of this page.

Other Organisations

These are organisations based in Britain and Ireland with which CPT UK members have worked or which share similiar values or vision.

Anglican Pacifist Fellowship
Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Christian International Peace Service
Cymdeithas y Cymod, the Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wales
Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme
Fellowship of Reconciliation England
Greenbelt
International Solidarity Movement London
INNATE Nonviolence Network (Ireland)
Network of Christian Peace Organisations
Network for Peace
Pax Christi UK
Peaceworkers UK
Quaker Peace and Social Witness
Turning the Tide Nonviolence Training
Voices in the Wilderness UK
Zaytoun

Media Contacts

The following people are members of Christian Peacemaker Teams Corps and are based in the UK. 

CPT Corps members

Jan Benvie

Address: 2 Roods Square, Inverkeithing, KY11 1NR(Scotland)
Phone: 01383 410632
Email: jbenvie@yahoo.co.uk
Brief Bio: Jan trained with Christian Peacemaker Teams in January 2005 and is now a CPT full-timer in Hebron/Al-Khalil, and represents CPTers on the CPT Steering Committee. She also spent six weeks in summer 2005 in Iraq with CPT. She works with young children with special needs and is a member of Anglican Franciscan Order, the Third Order of the Society of St Francis

Maureen Jack
Address: 80 Hepburn Gardens, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9LN (Scotland)
Phone: 01334 472697
Email: maureenjack2000@yahoo.com
Brief Bio: Maureen trained with Christian Peacemaker Teams in January 2003 and is now a CPT reservist. She spent two and a half months in 2003 in Iraq with CPT, both before and after the war. Since 2004 she has spent regular stints of time with the Hebron/Al-Khalil team. She is a retired educational psychologist.

Alwyn Knight

Phone: 01580 766265

Email: alwynknight@btinternet.com

Brief Bio: Alwyn first visited Hebron, and the CPT apartment, on the 7th July 2005, while on a tour organised by the Alternative Tourism Group.
In 2006 he spent three months in Hebron with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Progrrame in Palestine and Israel. In August 2007 Alwyn returned to the region with a CPT Delegation. He attended the winter training course in Chicago, and will now return to Hebron/Al-Khalil as a reservist.
For 38 years he was a minister of the Congregational, then United Reformed, Church. In retirement he is a member of the Religious Society of Friends.

John Lynes
Address: Garden Flat, 46A Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN37 6EU
Phone: 01424 720 507
Email: jlynes@iee.org
Brief Bio: John is a full time member of Christian Peacemaker Teams and mainly based in Hebron/Al-Khalil and Iraq. He is an engineer, and lecturer in architecture. He is also a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker).

Associates

Justin and Jenny Alexander
Brief Bio: Justin and Jenny are CPT reservists who met in At-Tuwani (Occupied Palestinian Territories) in 2005 and married in June 2006. Justin has been visiting Iraq since 2001, first campaigning against economic sanctions, then advocating for the cancellation of Saddam's odious debts. In Spring 2005 he spent a month in Palestine and 2 months in Iraq with CPT. Jenny was with CPT in Tuwani in 2005 following a year studying arabic in Jordan.