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The Centre for Social Justice has continued to research areas of policy since 2007’s release of Breakdown and Breakthrough Britain. Below are listed the Working Groups which have undertaken the research on each of the subsequent papers.


	ASYLUM WORKING GROUP Julian Prior, Chairman Julian Prior is the Project Director of Open Door (North East) an organisation that provides accommodation for failed asylum seekers who have become destitute in Tyneside. He is the author of a significant piece of research into this issue called ‘Destitute and Desperate’ (April 2006). On the basis of his research and first-hand experience, Julian has campaigned for change locally and nationally. Prior to working for Open Door, Julian was an Account Director for a number of leading advertising and marketing agencies in the North East. Bob Holman Vice-Chair Retired Community Worker and former professor of Social Policy Yeukai Taruvinga Asylum Seeker Louise Zanre Director of Jesuit Refugee Service UK Advisors Jonathan Cox, Advisor to the Asylum Working Group Parliamentary and External Relations Officer, Refugee Council Gareth Morrell, Advisor to theAsylum Working Group Information and Research Coordinator for the Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees
	COURTS AND SENTENCING WORKING GROUP Martin Howe QC, Chairman Martin Howe is a practising Queen’s Counsel specialising in European law and intellectual property law, who conducts cases before the English courts, the European Court of Justice, and other European tribunals. He was appointed QC in 1996. He was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1978. Before joining chambers Martin worked as a commercial and systems software programmer for IBM and for a software house, and continues to maintain an interest in evolving computer technology. Victoria Elvidge JP Simon Pellew OBE CEO, Time for Families Helen Reeves, DBE Former Chief Executive, Victim Support His Honour Judge John Samuels QC (Retd.) Chairman, Prisoners’ Education Trust Enver Solomon Deputy Director, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, King’s College London Tom Stancliffe Former Secretary, Conservative Social Justice Policy Group Malcolm Thomson Project Manager, CLINKS Advisors Rob Allen Director, International Centre for Prison Studies, King’s College London; Chairman, CLINKS Professor Sir A.E. Bottoms Emeritus Wolfson Professor of Criminology at Cambridge; Honorary Professor of Criminology at Sheffield District Judge Daphne Wickham

	COMMUNITY COHESION WORKING GROUP Dr Jeff Bailey, Chairman CSJ Chairman in Residence WORKING GROUP Jas Bains CEO of Ashram Housing Association. Ben Hughes CEO of BASSAC (British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres) Dr Hiranthi Jayaweera Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS). Angie Kotler Director of the Schools Linking Network Dr Philip Lewis Author of Young, British and Muslim(Continuum 2007, with a forward by Jon Snow) and lectures in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. Niamh Mc Mahon Research assistant for the CSJ Working Group in Social Cohesion, and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Politics and International Studies. Glen Williams Counter-terrorism and community relations with the East Midlands Community Contact Unit.

	ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY WORKING GROUP Dr. Stephen Brien,Chairman Dr Stephen Brien is a partner of Oliver Wyman and was Chairman of the Social Justice Policy Group Economic Dependency Working Group. Nicholas Boys Smith Consultant Director, Reform. David Godfrey Head of Public Policy, Kent County Council James Greenbury Deputy Chairman of DX, a business mail service and a Non Executive Director of Holidaybreak plc Nicholas Hillman Chief of staff to David Willets MP Peter King Reader in Social Thought, De Montfort University Sara McKee Group Marketing Director, A4E Cllr Lee Rowley Deputy Cabinet Member for Communities & Economic Development, Westminster City Council Debbie Scott Chief Executive of Tomorrow’s People Corin Taylor Research Director, The Taxpayers Alliance Cameron Watt Deputy Director, the Centre for Social Justice Advisor Mike Brewer Director of tax and welfare research programmes at the Institute for Fiscal Studies

	EARLY YEARS COMMISSION Dr Samantha Callan, Chairman Dr Samantha Callan is recognised as a research and policy expert in the field of family relationships and work-life integration. She is an honorary research fellow at Edinburgh University and formerly a research consultant to major UK and international non-governmental organisations aiming to strengthen family life. In this capacity she chaired the Family Breakdown Working Group of the Social Justice Policy Commission and the Family Law Review and Early Years Commission for the Centre for Social Justice. Prior to joining the CSJ full-time she was the Family and Society Policy adviser in the Conservative Policy Unit. Maria Robinson Independent adviser, consultant and lecturer in early years care and learning Dr Margot Sunderland Director of Education and Training, The Centre for Child Mental Health, London Dr Elly Farmer Chartered Clinical Psychologist, National Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service, NSPCC and Hillingdon Drugs and Alcohol Service, NHS Melanie Gill Child forensic psychologist, former Advisor of the Conservative Social Justice Policy Group Benjamin Fry

	ELDER CARE WORKING GROUP Sara McKee, Chairman Sara McKee is Group Services Director of Anchor Trust. She was previously Group Commercial Director at A4e. Sara has over 20-years experience in commercial consumer-facing businesses, across a range of sectors including technology, retail, travel, training and employment internationally. Sara is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. WORKING GROUP Stephen Burke Chief Executive of Counsel and Care. Former Director of Daycare Trust Harry Cayton OBE Chief Executive of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence, Chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care, Co-Chair of National Voices, Advisor to The Health Foundation and to Macmillan Cancer Support and a Trustee of Comic Relief. He was previously Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society (1992 – 2003) and Director of the National Deaf Children’s Society (1981-1992). Former National Director for Patients & the Public at the Department of Health Roger Davies Chief Executive of MHA Care Group and a non-executive Board Member of English Community Care Association Richard Furze CEO of Friends of the Elderly. Previously worked at the Shaftesbury Society and as a Chartered Accountant at Price Waterhouse Caroline Glendinning Research Director (Adults, Older People and Carers) in the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York, Trustee of the Thalidomide Trust and Chair of the UK Social Policy Association Dr Nori Graham Emeritus Consultant in the Psychiatry of Old Age at the Royal Free Hospital. Former Mental Health Consultant to Nightingale House, National Chairman of the Alzheimer’s Society for England (1987 – 1994) and Chairman of Alzheimer’s Disease International (1996 – 2002) Caroline Greenhalgh Policy researcher specialising in disability issues, a Governor of the Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust, and a member of the London Committee of Human Rights Watch Andrew Harrop Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Age Concern and Help the Aged Susan Kaye Freelance Consultant, working for clients in areas including recruitment, training and strategic planning Janet Morrison Chief Executive of IndependentAge. Founder and former Deputy Chief Executive of NESTA, former senior adviser on UK Policy at the BBC (1997 – 1999), and former Director of Policy and Research at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations James Reilly Director of Community Services for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Former Chair of the London region Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and co-Chair of the ADASS Older People’s Network. Former member of the National Task Force on the Future of Social Work

	FAMILY LAW REVIEW CHAIRMAN David Hodson David is an English family law solicitor, mediator, family arbitrator, Australian solicitor and mediator, and practices at The International Family Law Group, Covent Garden, London. He is a deputy District Judge at the Principal Registry of the Family Division, High Court, London WORKING GROUP Rebecca Bensted MA (Cantab) Associate Principal Lecturer, BPP Law School Philippa Taylor Independent Consultant on bioethics and the family Brenda Almond Emeritus Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy, University of Hull Helen Grant Family Lawyer (Solicitor) and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Maidstone and The Weald, Senior Partner of Grants Solicitors LLP Benjamin Fry Psycotherapist and member of the British Association for Counselling and Psycotherapy Dr Samantha Callan Research and Policy Consultant Honorary Research fellow at Edinburgh University Sheela Mackintosh Family Lawyer (Barrister and Solicitor); Matrimonial Consultant and Coach of Divorce & Family Law Service; Conservative Party Approved Parliamentary Candidate; Law Society Mentor and Coach for Junior Lawyers; Trustee of the charity DrugFAM. Richard Bruce Educated at Epsom College and Bristol University, where he gained both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Law, Richard Bruce was Called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1974. For many years he maintained a broad common law practice but now covers solely Family work with a particular interest in ancillary relief. He is the author of a text book on the general principles of English law published by John Murray in 1978 and now in its fifth edition. He was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1992 and appointed as a Recorder in 2002. Rachel Gillman Practising barrister since 1988, specialising in all aspects of family law both relating to money matters and children, with a particular commitment to representing less advantaged clients. Advisors Dr Andrew Bainham Fellow and Reader in Family Law, Christ’s College, Cambridge Andrew is a Fellow of Christ’s College Cambridge and Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge. For over a decade he was editor of the International Survey of Family Law. He was a founder of the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group and co-edited four of their books, two of which deal with parentage and contact between children and parents. He also authored the leading textbook, Children: The Modern Law (3rd edition, 2005). Recently he has written an article entitled ‘Arguments about Parentage’, in the forthcoming number of the Cambridge Law Journal which is concerned in part with the arguments surrounding the parentage provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. District Judge Nicholas Crichton, Inner London Family Proceedings Court Professor Patrick Parkinson, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Australia Patrons Lady Elizabeth Butler-Sloss of Marsh Green Baroness Ruth Deech of Cumnor

	GANG CRIME WORKING GROUP Simon Antrobus, Chairman Simon Antrobus has over 20 years experience in the voluntary and community sector. He has held senior positions in a number of national voluntary organisations, including Scope, the Parkinson’s Disease Society and currently as Chief Executive of Clubs for Young People. Simon has served as acting Chairman of the National Council of Voluntary Youth Services and is currently its Vice-Chairman. Gracia McGrath Chief Executive, Chance UK Patrick Regan Chief Executive Officer, XLP Andy Smith Chief Executive, Regenerate Professor John Pitts Vauxhall Professor of Socio-legal Studies, University of Bedfordshire Ginny Lunn Director of Policy and Development, Prince’s Trust Tracie Trimmer-Platman Senior Lecturer in Youth and Community Studies, University of East London, and advisor to London Youth Steven Brooks National Development Manager, Black Boys Can Dr Howard Williamson Professor of European Youth Policy, University of Glamorgan Chris Stanley Advisor to NACRO Roger Reid Project Manager, Ascension Trust

	HOUSING WORKING GROUP Kate Davies, Chairman Kate Davies joined Notting Hill Housing in mid-2004 following roles as Chief Executive of Servite Houses and Director of Housing in Brighton and Hove. She also has experience in local government and the private and voluntary sectors. She has two degrees and qualifications in housing management (MCIH) and housing association development. She is particularly interested in families, parenting, equality issues and regeneration. David Cowans Group Chief Executive, Places for People Cllr Angela Harvey Chairman of Built Environment Overview & Scrutiny Committee, Westminster City Council David Ireland Chief Executive, Empty Homes Agency Dr Peter King Reader in Social Thought, De Montfort University Ferdinand Mount Author and former head of No.10 Policy Unit Malcolm Offord Partner, Charterhouse Capital Partners Dr Mark Pennington Senior lecturer, Department of Politics, Queen Mary, University of London Cllr Lee Rowley Deputy Cabinet Member for Communities & Economic Development, Westminster City Council Cameron Watt Deputy Director, the Centre for Social Justice

	LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN WORKING GROUP Ryan Robson, Chairman Ryan Robson is a Partner of Sovereign Capital, an investment fund which supports the growth of education and social care groups. He has served as a Non-Executive Director of education and training organisations including Alpha Plus, a group of 20 independent schools and colleges and the SENAD Group which educates children with special educational needs and supports them into adulthood. Ryan is a former Governor of the Alton School in Wandsworth and was a Councillor for Wandsworth from 2002-2006 and Chairman of its Education and Performance and Standards Committee. Ivor Frank L.L.B., L.L.M. Human rights barrister and Trustee of the Frank Buttle Trust. Simon Howlett Education Consultant, Senior Coach and founder of Catalyst Coaching Michael Bailey Children's services director, founder member and director of Excel3 Susanna Cheal Former Chief Executive of The Who Cares? Trust. Harriet Sergeant Author of four reports for the Centre for Policy Studies: 'Welcome to the Asylum: immigration and asylum in the UK' (CPS 2001): 'No System to Abuse: immigration and health care in the UK (CPS 2003): 'Managing not to Manage: management in the NHS (CPS 2003): and 'Handle with Care: An investigation into the care system': (CPS 2006). Malcolm Stevens Director of Justice Care Sarah Richardson Cabinet Member for Children’s Services on Westminster City Council, writer for the Evening Standard and South-East candidate for the 2009 European Parliamentary elections.

	POLICE REFORM WORKING GROUP Ray Mallon, Chairman Ray Mallon is serving his second term as the elected mayor of Middlesbrough. Before 2002, Ray spent 28 years as a police officer, rising through the ranks to become Detective Superintendent in charge of Criminal Investigation in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough in 1996. ‘Robocop’, as he came to be known in the press, cut crime in Middlesbrough by 20 per cent in 18 months through proactive policing and a focus on education and rehabilitation. Ray is a board member of the regeneration agency One NorthEast as well as a columnist for The Northern Echo. He used to play waterpolo for Great Britain. Professor Norman Dennis Visiting Fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Dr. David Green Director of Civitas Steve Green Former Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police Professor Ken Pease Professor at the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice Sir Charles Pollard Former Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police Professor Jonathan Shepherd Director of the Violence & Society Research Group, University of Cardiff Jimmy Watson Senior Partner of Watson Woodhouse Solicitors Advisor Professor Lawrence Sherman Wolfson Professor of Criminology, Cambridge University Jan Berry Former Chairman of the Police Federation

	PRISON REFORM WORKING GROUP Jonathan Aitken, Chairman Jonathan Aitken is a former Conservative government minister who was jailed for perjury in 1999. He chronicled this life-changing experience in a two-part autobiography, Pride and Perjury, and Porridge and Passion. He is a Director of Prison Fellowship International and frequently visits prisons to talk to inmates. Jonathan’s experience of both politics and prison means he is uniquely qualified to lead the Prison Reform Policy Group. Jonathan has also written biographies of Richard Nixon and Charles Colson. Professor Rod Morgan Professor Emeritus Bristol University; visiting professor at the London School of Economics; Co-editor, The Oxford Handbook of Criminology Brian Kingham Chairman, Reliance Security Group, Business Adviser to Restorative Solutions, Former Trustee of Crime Concern Derek Sayer JP Chairman of Regent Square Estates; Member of Lord Chancellors Advisory Committee; Ex Deputy Chairman Board of Visitors HMP Wormwood Scrubs; Trustee of Apex Paul Cowley Director of Social Transformation Holy Trinity Brompton; Director of Alpha for Prisons, Caring for Ex-Offenders and Alpha for Forces Trevor Philpott OBE Director of ‘Life Change UK’ training programmes; Founder and former Chief Executive of C-FAR Erwin James Former prisoner, now writes for the Guardian Ann Creighton Former Chief Executive, Prisoners Education Trust Simon Edwards Chief Executive of Mowgli, an international mentoring organisation; Former Chief Executive of Believe Bernard Jenkin MP Member of Parliament for North Essex, member of the Defence Select Committee Stuart Mitson Independent prison consultant, former Prison Governor

	MENTAL HEALTH WORKING GROUP Dr Samantha Callan, Chairman Dr Samantha Callan is recognised as a research and policy expert in the field of family relationships and work-life integration. She is an honorary research fellow at Edinburgh University and formerly a research consultant to major UK and international non-governmental organisations aiming to strengthen family life. In this capacity she chaired the Family Breakdown Working Group of the Social Justice Policy Commission and the Family Law Review and Early Years Commission for the Centre for Social Justice. Prior to joining the CSJ full-time she was the Family and Society Policy adviser in the Conservative Policy Unit. WORKING GROUP Prof Peter Fonagy Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, Head of the Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at University College London and Chief Executive at the Anna Freud Centre, London Prof Chris Thompson Director of Healthcare Services, The Priory and expert on depression. Currently elected President of the International Society for Affective Disorders Prof Martin Baggaley Medical Director of the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (with clinical expertise in treating post-traumatic stress disorder including in war/combat veterans) Prof Richard Gray Professor in Research Related to Nursing and Deputy Associate Dean for Research, University of East Anglia Paul Farmer Chief Executive of Mind Penelope Leach Chartered Psychologist and hon snr research fellow, Inst for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London Melanie Gill Child forensic psychologist and former advisor to Conservative Social Justice Policy Group

	SPORT WORKING GROUP Michael de Giorgio, Chairman Michael is the CEO and co-founder of Greenhouse, a charity that empowers young people to overcome adversity through sport and performing arts. Providing high quality coaches to state schools and community clubs in deprived areas, Greenhouse reaches out to include young people from marginalised groups to raise their aspirations and achievements by teaching them positive life skills. WORKING GROUP John Amaechi Former NBA Star, Psychologist, best-selling Author and social entrepreneur Professor Fred Coalter Professor at the University of Stirling and previously at the University of Edinburgh Clare Corran Regional Manager for Positive Futures (North West), and founder of the nationally recognised Positive Futures social enterprise in Liverpool Tony Hartney Head teacher at Gladesmore Community School, Tottenham Dr Damian Hatton Founder and CEO of Street League Professor Barrie Houlihan Professor of Sport Policy at Loughborough University, Chairman of UK Sport Anti-Doping Research Steering Group, Member of the Editorial Board of Leisure Studies and Sport in Society and Associate Editor of the Journal of Public Works Management and Policy Simon Marcus Founder of the London Boxing Academy Community Project Sangita Patel Manager, London Community Sports Network and member of the Mayor of London's Community Sports Board Matthew Patten Chief Executive of The Lord’s Taverners and Vice Chairman of the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival PATRON Sir Tim Rice Author, lyricist and former MCC President
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	YOUTH JUSTICE WORKING GROUP Mike Royal, Chairman National Director of the Lighthouse Group, a charity working with young people excluded from school across the UK. He has considerable experience in youth work delivered by the faith sector and has worked as an adviser to statutory agencies on gang related issues. He has considerable experience of policy formulation and was part of the CSJ Education Failure Working Group. WORKING GROUP Rod Morgan Professor Emeritus at the University of Bristol, visiting Professor at the Police Research Institute, Cardiff University and the LSE and is a Government-appointed advisor to the five criminal justice inspectorates. Former HM Chief Inspector of Probation (2001-4) and Chairman of the Youth Justice Board (2004-7). Vicky O’Dea Operations Director at Serco Civil Government. Previously worked for HM Prison Service Rob Owen Chief Executive at St Giles Trust John Pitts Vauxhall Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Director of the Institute for Applied Social Research at the University of Bedfordshire Chris Stanley Former Head of Nacro’s Policy and Research Division and was previously a member of the Audit Commission’s Youth Justice Study Advisory Group Malcolm Stevens Director of JusticeCare Solutions and an independent adviser/consultant to providers of healthcare, youth justice and children’s services. Formally the Government’s professional adviser responsible for youth justice policy, children in custody and children detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure and also the Director and Chief Executive of various services for children and in youth justice John Sutherland Superintendent (Operations) for Islington. Previously a Metropolitan Police Officer Phil Thain Founder and Chief Executive of Future Skills Training Steve Crocker Deputy Director, Children's Services, Hampshire.Previously Head of Service for the Wessex Youth Offending Service and Vice Chair and Chair ofthe Hampshire Criminal Justice Board. Advisors: Rob Allen Director at the International Centre for Prison Studies at King’s College London, Chairman of CLINKS and a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee. Former Director of Research and Development at Nacro and a member of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (1998 - 2006) Gracia McGrath O.B. E. Chief Executive of Chance UK. Previously the Director of Islington Voluntary Action and London Director of a Carer’s charity
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