Prison Phoenix Trust
"In 1986 Ann Wetherall, the PPT’s founder, was working on a research project with Sir Alister Hardy at the Religious Experience Research Centre investigating spiritual experiences arising from imprisonment. Her role involved writing to prisoners.
"Ann found there was a spiritual hunger among prisoners that was not being met. She felt if prisoners were introduced to disciplines like meditation and yoga, and supported in their efforts, they might feel differently about themselves.
"With this as its aim, The Prison Phoenix Trust was registered as a charity in July 1988, and the work continues to be funded solely by donations." In 2003 they received an award from the Schumacher Society. [1] Resurgence article wiki Their sister organization in the US is the Human Kindness Foundation.
- Sandy Chubb, the Director of the Trust
Contents
Board of Trustees
Accessed April 2012: [2]
- Giles Charrington - chair
- Nicholas Colloff
- George Coppen
- Wendy Dawson
- Peter Dewey
- John Dring
- Stephen Eeley
- Tigger Ramsay-Brown
- Peter Stevenson, Treasurer
Patrons
Accessed April 2012: [3]
- Sir Mark Tully
- Kiran Bedi
- Shirley du Boulay
- Lionel Blue
- Sheila Cassidy
- Laurence Freeman
- Jeremy Irons
- Elaine MacInnes
- Benjamin Zephaniah
