Trustees
With Degrees in both Mathematics and History, Caroline has recently completed her Masters in Medieval History at London University and is now embarking on her PhD.
Deeply committed to the elimination of child abuse in both the UK and the rest of the world Caroline finds her participation with WAVE to be a natural expression of this commitment. Another expression lies in her current almost full-time role as home-maker and mother to her 5-year-old daughter Eleanor.
Since 2003 she has served WAVE in various roles: as Fundraising Officer, Council member, proof reader, editor, Trustee and, from December 2009, as unanimously elected Acting Chair. Caroline made a hugely significant contribution in 2005 by not only conducting the final edit but also by paying the full cost of the production of Violence and what to do about it, without which it is unlikely the report would have been published.
Hilary trained as a social worker, and worked in the north east of England. She moved into community work, then taught on the Community and Youth Work course at Sunderland Polytechnic. She became the Member of Parliament for North West Durham in 1987, and became Minister for Local Government and Housing in 1997. Hilary was instrumental in the early programme of the Social Exclusion Unit, and in the cross departmental Sure-Start ministerial committee. She was the Minister responsible for reducing rough sleeping in England by more than two thirds in two years.
After 5 years as Government Chief Whip, Hilary returned to her commitment to tackling social exclusion when she was appointed as the first Cabinet Minister to have responsibility for Social Exclusion in 2006. She persuaded colleagues to support effective early intervention Programmes, and was instrumental in bringing the Nurse-Family Partnership to England, where a pilot covering 10 areas was established.
She resigned from government in 2007, and from Parliament in 2010. She was appointed to the House of Lords in July 2010, and has continued her interest in early intervention.
Born into a Jewish family in Chicago and now a Quaker living in Louisville, Kentucky, Jan is one of America's leading authorities on the psychology and teaching practices of multicultural education and violence reduction, conducting fieldwork on these two issues for over 20 years.
As Manager of Multicultural Education for the Kentucky Department of Education she authored the state's groundbreaking policy guidelines for multicultural education. She travels assiduously throughout the US and in Africa presenting her programs for non-violence and multicultural understanding to educators, teachers, parents, schoolchildren and community leaders. Her "No Violence Bus Project" is an example of the creativity she brings to bear in training and educating people to adopt non-violent behaviour.
Jan's publications include "Can Schools Erase Racism?", "In the Line of Fire: Raising Kids in the '90s'", "Tortured Youth", and "Children in Violence". She has written 6 books, including the parental guide "Teaching Peace".
Vivette Glover is currently Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology at Imperial College London. She was trained as a biochemist at Oxford and did her PhD in neurochemistry at University College London. She then moved to Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital, London. In more recent years she has applied her expertise in biological psychiatry to the problems of mothers and babies.
In 1997 she set up the Foetal and Neonatal Stress Research Group. The aims are to study foetal and neonatal stress responses, methods to reduce them, and long term effects. The effects of the emotional state of the mother, both on the developing foetus and longer term on the child are being studied. This is a new field for study, and one which involves linking obstetrics, paediatrics, psychology and psychiatry. She has published over 400 papers.
She joined WAVE Trust as a Trustee because her research and that of others is showing how important the very early environment, including that in the womb, is for the future development of our children. She is convinced that if we want to reduce a range of problems, including violence, the time to start with preventative interventions is at the very beginning.
A successful career in property management enabled Kevin to found the McGrath Charitable Trust, of which he is Chair. His many other trusteeships include the Prison Advice and Care Trust, the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship, and the Clink Restaurant Charity (www.theclinkonline.com), of which he is also founder. He has served as a Commissioner on the Howard League for Penal Reforms Commission on English Prisons Today, under the leadership of Cherie Booth (www.prisoncommission.org.uk).
His wide interests include being Proprietor of the Tribune Magazine and former Chairman of Queens Park Rangers Football Club.
Born in West London and currently living in Ealing, Kevin is married to Kate and they have two young children.
Kate Quigley is an experienced member of the Prison Service. She is a successful fundraiser, advises several charities working in the area of prison reform, sits on the Parliamentary Review committee for the Corston Report, and participates in a number of local and national policing initatives.
As a Butler Trust awardee, Kate has been working on the development of the Accommodation and Children and Families pathways within the National Offender Management System.
Honor is the Director of Strategic Development and Projects in the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships. She is a qualified social worker and also has a degree in Law. Her early career teaching in prisons provided first-hand insight into what disadvantage and poor parenting can do.
Her career to date includes developing Children and Families services, adoption and policy work for the Corporation of London; Director of Services of Family Action; Chief Executive of the Coram Family; and Director of Development of the Family and Parenting Institute.
