Defra

Global Action Plan

Trewin Restorick

Director

Defra

Jill Rutter

Sustainable Development Director

Voluntary & Community Sector members

Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)

Sylvia Brown

Chief Executive

Age Concern

Hilary Mansfield

Special Adviser, National Development

Arthur Rank Centre

Gordon Gatward

Director

BTCV

Miles Sibley

Development and Support Director

Farm Crisis Network

Helen Bagwell

Director

Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens

Ian Eggington-Metters

Assistant Director

Furniture Reuse Network

Paul Smith

Chief executive Officer

London Community Recycling Network

Matthew Thomson

Manager

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Michael Krause

Head of Funding Development

Rural Youth Network

Carolyn Caldwell

Consultant

South East Rural Community Council

Jacinta Thorley

Regional Officer

Streetforge Workshops

Lynne Peet

Manager

The Tree Council

Pauline Buchanan Black

Director General

Defra

Richard Pullen

Head of Local & Regional Governance Division

Defra

David Cooper

Regional, Local and Communities Sustainable Development Team

Defra

Tony Williamson

Rural Stakeholder Relations Team

Defra

Carol Davis

Communications Directorate (Stakeholder Relations)

Defra

Dominic Jackson

Waste Processing Policy

Defra

Andrew Gwilliam

Environmental Business & Consumers (EAF & Sustainable Consumers)

Natural England

Sharon Gunn

Principal Specialist Community Engagement Manager

Commission for Rural Communities

Dr David Land

Policy adviser

Local Government Association

Steve Hopkins

Director

National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)

Paul Barasi

Director

Rural Communities Network Northern Ireland

Michael Hughes

Director

Wales Council for Voluntary Action

Constance Adams

Policy Officer