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Hostage UK
was established to help to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of people
who fall victim to kidnapping or hostage taking situations.
It draws
on an experienced boards of trustees and 'members':
Trustees:
Terry Waite CBE, chair and former hostage negotiator and hostage;
Sandra Singer, Vice Chair, former Red Cross and ICRC, incl. hostage release
and family support
Carlo Laurenzi OBE, former director of Prisoners Abroad
Phil Bigley, brother of former hostage in Iraq
Sue Williams QPM, former head of the Met Police’s hostage unit, now a
specialist kidnap consultant
Members:
Professor David Alexander, trauma specialist and consultant clinical
psychologist, MA (Hons), C Psychol, PhD, FBPS, FRSM, (Hon) FRCPsych, Director
Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, Robert Gordon University
Lynda Brockbank, founder of Crescent Lodge
Colin Eglington, Managing Director of Simply Thank You and former hostage
held at a chemicals factory near Baghdad before the first Gulf war
Sarah Hart-Dyke, mother of former hostage in Colombia
Peter Shaw, former banker, kidnapped while working for the European
Commission in Georgia
Professor Gordon Turnbull
Peter Young MBE, former member of the anti-kidnap unit at SOCA (Serious
Organised Crime Agency)
Staff:
Rachel Briggs, part-time Director
In the absence of any internationally agreed definition of kidnapping, we aim
to support the family of any British national who is held illegally and
against their will overseas, and the hostage on their release.
Hostage UK
is in the early stages of its development, but in time we hope to be able to
offer the following services to hostages and their families:
- Pastoral care;
- Practical help;
- Financial advice
- Communications advice; and
- Information specific to each case.
For more
information, contact Hostage UK Director Rachel Briggs: rachel@hostageuk.org
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