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.

London - a group of CPT corps members along with other interested people has been meeting monthly in London to hear stories from CPTers returning from the field and to support each other in local peacemaking efforts. If you are interest in meeting with the group, contact dmgoulet at menno.org.uk.

North England - although there are currently no CPT corps members in the North there is an interest group called CPT North of England Network. To get in touch with them contact Jonathan Blakeborough (joncpt at yahoo.co.uk) or Ray Gaston (ray at allhallowsleeds.org.uk).

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. See our speaker's bureau for possible speakers.
• Join CPT UK mailing list. For queries about the list, email nafziger@gmail.com
• Provide prayer support for CPT. See our Prayer Points page for more ideas.
• Go on a delegation to Iraq, Hebron or Colombia. Email delegations@cpt.org or visit the CPT delegations page to learn more.
• Go on CPT training – currently only available in the US and Canada (see cpt.org for dates) , but please register your interest as we hope to arrange a training in the UK in 2007.
• 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.

Jenny and Justin Alexander
Phone: 07813 137171
Brief Bio: Justin and Jenny are CPT reservists who met in Tuwani in 2005 and married in June 2006. Justin has been visiting Iraq since 2001, first campaigning against economic sanctions, then as the coordinator of Jubilee Iraq, advocating for the cancellation of Saddam's odious debts. In Spring 2005 he spent a month in Palestine and 2 months with CPT. Jenny was with CPT in Tuwani in Autumn 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 three years. She is currently studying Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford.

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, 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 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 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 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 based in Hebron. He is an engineer, a lecturer in architecture and a Quaker.

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
Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme
Fellowship of Reconciliation UK
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

Justin and Jenny Alexander
Phone: 07813 137171
Brief Bio: Justin and Jenny are CPT reservists who met in Tuwani in 2005 and married in June 2006. Justin has been visiting Iraq since 2001, first campaigning against economic sanctions, then as the coordinator of Jubilee Iraq, advocating for the cancellation of Saddam's odious debts. In Spring 2005 he spent a month in Palestine and 2 months with CPT. Jenny was with CPT in Tuwani in Autumn 2005 following a year studying arabic in Jordan.

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, 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 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 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 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 based in Hebron. He is an engineer, a lecturer in architecture and a Quaker.

Associates

Jonathan Bartley
Address: Tooting Bec, London
Work: 020 8769 8163
Mobile: 07771 598 097
Email: director@ekklesia.co.uk
Brief Bio: Jonathan is director and founder of the thinktank Ekklesia, which works to promote radical theological ideas in public life. He is a supporter of Christian Peacemaker Teams and has done extensive press work on their behalf in the UK. He can speak on the rationale behind nonviolence and peacemaking work, as well as the methods employed by Christian Peacemaker Teams.