David James Bradwell
bradwelld@methodistchurch.org.uk

I am a Church Steward at Hinde Street Methodist Church in central London, and a member of the Hinde Street Community. I am also a former Chair of the Methodist Youth Executive. I joined the Methodist Public Issues Team in June 2005 as a Research Assistant after studying for a degree in War Studies & History.

Wendy Cooper
wendy.cooper@urc.org.uk

I have long experience of working in the Church and Society office of the United Reformed Church. In local church life, I am a committed ecumenical person: a member of Leaside URC/Methodist LEP in Ware, and despite (!) my URC background, currently serving as a Methodist Circuit Steward, alias one of the Executive Officers of the recently-formed Herts and Essex Border Ecumenical Area (Methodist, URC and Anglican).

Steve Hucklesby
hucklesbys@methodistchurch.org.uk

My background is in international relief and development having worked for 10 years on programmes in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa and Asia. I hold an MA in Third World Studies and am committed to exploring Christian responses to conflict and injustice. I joined the Connexional Team of the Methodist Church in 2003 as Secretary for International Affairs.

Alison Jackson
jacksona@methodistchurch.org.uk

I took early retirement in September 2005 from a career in the civil service, working in Wales until devolution in 1999, when I set up and then became director of the (non-devolved) Wales Office in London. I joined the Connexional Team of the Methodist Church in October 2005 to work on public issues. I am a member of a Methodist and United Reformed Church LEP and have been a Methodist Local Preacher since 1975.

Frank Kantor
frank.kantor@urc.org.uk

I have recently commenced as Secretary for Church and Society of the United Reformed Church based at Church House. Previously I have been involved in public policy issues in Southern Africa related to the socio-economic and human rights of refugees and economic migrants with a particular focus on the on-going crisis in Zimbabwe.

Rosemary Kidd
rkidd@baptist.org.uk

Trained initially as a teacher, I became Head of Biology in a 14-18 comprehensive school. I was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1996, and my first pastorate was with an Anglican-Baptist LEP on an outer-city housing estate, where I was also part-time Free Church Chaplain of the local teaching hospital. Most recently, I have worked for five years as a Training and Development Officer for the Methodist Church, a creative opportunity to combine my experiences in education and theology. I joined the Joint Public Issues Team in November 2007 in my new role as Faith and Unity Coordinator of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. I also continue to serve, in a very small way, on the ministry team of Whaley Bridge Uniting Church, which is a Baptist-Methodist-URC LEP, on the edge of the Derbyshire Peak District.

Rachel Lampard
lampardr@methodistchurch.org.uk

I have worked for the Methodist Church as Secretary for Parliamentary and Political Affairs since 2000 with responsibility for the Church's engagement with political issues in a range of areas. I currently work two days a week. Previously I worked for the housing charity CHAS (now Housing Justice) running their education and campaigns work, and as a researcher for the London Housing Unit. I am also a Commissioner with the Gambling Commission, responsible for regulating the gambling industry, so no longer work on gambling issues for the Methodist Church. The rest of my time is taken up by my toddler!

Alice Lundsten
lundstena@methodistchurch.org.uk

I have been working for the Methodist Public Issues Team since September 2005 as an administrator. Before this I was studying for my BA Philosophy at Heythrop College in Kensington.