Trustees and Patrons
CRAE is managed by a Council of Management which meets four times a year in London.
Council members serve for two years and are elected at our annual general meeting (AGM) in November of each year. Each member can serve for a maximum of six consecutive years. The Council can co-opt up to four members during the year. These co-opted members can only stay on the Council until the next annual general meeting when they will have to go through the formal election process to become a full member of the Council.
Any member of the Alliance can be nominated to serve on the Council. Membership is in an individual capacity, not as a representative of an organisation. The Council can have up to 27 members and four co-opted members. Up to six places are reserved for under 18s. Current Council members following the AGM in November 2009 are:
*Aged between 16 and 18 when elected.
Adam Roberts*
Nominated by UNICEF UK
Alex Gask
Nominated by NSPCC
Alex Stutz
Nominated by National Youth Agency
Alison Marshall
Nominated by UNICEF UK
Bill Badham
Nominated by Investing in Children
Diana Sutton
Nominated by NSPCC
Eleanor Debbie Cowley
Nominated by Action for Prisoners' Families
Dominic King*
Nominated by APPROACH Ltd
George Lindars-Hammond*
Nominated by Democratic Action for Bath and North East Somerset Youth (DAFBY)
James Roy le Vaul-Grimwood (known as Roy Grimwood)
Nominated by National Children’s Bureau
Jan Bryan Cosgrove
Nominated by Fair Play for Children Association
Prof. Jane Fortin
Nominated by National Children’s Bureau
Kalika Sunger*
Nominated by Children are Unbeatable!
Kea Mary Horvers
Nominated by Summerhill School Trust
Laura-Liz Partoon
Nominated by APPROACH Ltd
Lisa Payne (Secretary)
Nominated by National Children's Bureau
Marc Laurence Bush
Nominated by Scope
Mary Riddell (Chair)
Nominated by UNICEF UK
Melian Mansfield
Nominated by Campaign for State Education
Michael Paul Newman (Treasurer)
Nominated by Summerhill School
Peter Newell (Vice-chair)
Nominated by Summerhill School
Rachel Hodgkin
Nominated by Summerhill School
Sharon Jayne Owen
Nominated by Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
Tara Flood
Nominated by Alliance for Inclusive Education
Tasha Ann Harriet Xavier*
Nominated by Essex County Council Children’s Rights Team
Tom Ovenstone
Nominated by The Scout Association
Council associates
Company members aged under 16 years who, due to their age, are prevented by law from becoming Council members may be elected as Council associates. Council associates shall take part in Council business to the extent permitted by the law, but shall not hold office as Council members of CRAE during their tenure as Council associates and shall not hold themselves out as Council members of CRAE. Current Council associates are:
Rhasan Brunner
Nominated by Campaign for State Education
Sana Kiran Khan
Nominated by Children’s Empowerment Project, Rochdale
8 June 2010 - one year since the UK ratified the