Trustees

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Peter Harlock

Chair of the Board of Trustees

 

Peter has a wealth of experience in both the public and charity sector with past roles including CEO of Barclays Bank India, COO of Save the Children UK, CEO of Pathway Care and Global Strategy Director of VisionFund International (World Vision’s microfinance arm). He has also served on charity boards including OMF and Merton Street Pastors and has experience of volunteering in HMP Brixton and HMP Wayland.

Away from work, Peter enjoys a set or two of tennis and getting stuck into home DIY projects. Showing there’s never a bad time to learn something new, he is enjoying learning to play the guitar and how to fly a drone given to him by his adult children.

Peter took over as Chair from Fran Beckett in June 2022.

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Avril Arundel

Avril has volunteered for nearly 30 years at HMP Onley, originally for Juveniles and Young Offenders now a Category C male prison. She has tutored over 40 Sycamore Tree courses, helps with a weekly Bible study group and is on the national PF Bible study steering group. She has assisted her husband with many activities for the men including drama, music and short courses on spirituality and she writes a monthly prayer sheet.
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Dez Brown

Dez is the founder and CEO of Spark2Life, an award-winning 'faith based not faith biased' charity, working with medium to high-risk young people/adults. Dez has been through the criminal justice system. At 17 he was imprisoned for manslaughter culminating in him finding faith and becoming an Ordained Minister. Dez has written an autobiography ‘Convicted or Condemned’; is a qualified Therapist; trains professionals on trauma awareness; served as a Prison Therapist and a sessional Prison Chaplain.
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Charis Mastris

Charis is a communicator, leader and strategist with more than 20 years’ experience in journalism, PR and comms. After beginning her career in local newspapers - specialising in crime and court reporting - she moved to the charity sector, working in senior communications and PR roles for two charities. Now director of brand and strategy at Christian communications agency Jersey Road, Charis is committed to helping Christian for-purpose organisations communicate with impact.
Rev Jo Honour - Prison Fellowship Trustee
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Jo Honour

Rev Jo Honour has worked in prisons since 1995. For 11 years she worked exclusively with people convicted of a sexual offence and has a special interest in faith-based resettlement in this field. She now works part-time as the Anglican Chaplain at HMP Sudbury Open Prison. She lives in Derby where her husband, Derek, is a vicar. Prison Fellowship volunteers have always been an important support and encouragement.
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Sandra Wallace

Sandra currently works in social housing and has volunteered within prison ministry for sixteen years, attending several prisons in the London area. She is currently a Sycamore Tree Group Facilitator and Letter Link writer, having previously attended Sunday services at HMP Pentonville and helping to lead worship. Sandra also volunteers as a Prayer Partner for United Christian Broadcasters (UCB). Matthew 25:36 is one of Sandra's favourite Bible passages, as she has a passion and desire to bring the message of hope to all.
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Katei Kirby

Revd Katei Kirby is the former CEO of the African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance in the UK, and is also a former Vice President of Tearfund. She has a management and marketing communications background, and has been involved in prison chaplaincy since 2016. Katei is passionate about communicating the messages of hope and value that Jesus promises in John 10:10.
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Steve Karma

Steve pastored for 12 years before becoming a Managing Chaplain in November 2020. He is a gifted preacher and is passionate about prison ministry, prisoners, and communication in all its forms. When not reading classical novels, theology, or personal development books, he “tries” to stay fit.
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Tim Wright

Tim was a maths teacher in a secondary school before serving in parish ministry in the Anglican Church for over twenty years. In addition to this he was the chaplain at Derbyshire County Cricket Club for many years. Tim became a prison chaplain in 2013 and is in his tenth year as a Managing Chaplain. Prison Fellowship volunteers have been an inspiration and a constant source of spiritual encouragement to him. His prison context enables long term spiritual discipling of prisoners.
Treasurer

Phil Miller

Phil has been a civil servant since he was 18. He has experience in tax, financial management, people management and project management. He was an income and corporation Tax Inspector and Financial Investigator and is currently a People and Finance Lead for his current department. He has a wealth of voluntary work experience with people in prison providing one to one mentoring, numeracy and literacy training. As a helper and Group Facilitator he has seen first hand how the lives of those in prison have been changed through the Sycamore Tree course. He is also a Church Secretary and local treasurer of a Christian youth charity.