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Jan McHarryBiographical overviewJan McHarry is an independent consultant who has been working on sustainable development, local environment issues and community engagement for 19 years. Prior to that she worked for Friends of the Earth UK and holds an MSc in Rural and Resources Planning (Aberdeen, 1982). Jan is Co-Director of Community Environment Associates, a specialist consultancy with extensive experience of working with diverse groups and a major focus on building engagement around the environmental and ethical agenda of climate awareness and behaviour change. Jan has worked extensively on local sustainability and waste issues and is also a skilled facilitator. Much of her current work is around Faiths and the Environment. Jan's work on Faith and the EnvironmentJan is a practising Western Buddhist (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) with a particular interest in the links between faiths, environment and social justice. She is a Trustee of the Faith-based Regeneration Network, the leading national multi-faith network for community development, regeneration and social action. She is an associate of the Community Development Foundation (CDF), a non-departmental public body sponsored by Communities and Local Government. Jan represents the London Buddhist Centre (LBC) on Tower Hamlets Interfaith Forum (THIFF). She is on the Forum's Steering Group and regularly represents them at community events and specific faiths / multifaith celebrations/memorials. She is one of the Buddhist Centre representatives to London Citizens' Telco, the East London Communities Organisation, a broad-based citizen organising movement renowned for its pioneering work on the Living Wage Campaign. Jan has supported various environmental initiatives within the Buddhist community and, as a member of the local Fairtrade Group, has helped raise awareness in local places of worship. The Interfaith Forum works closely with the local authority and in 2008/9 Jan helped support the Borough's community consultative work in developing a Religion & Belief Equality Scheme. Tower Hamlets is one of a handful of authorities meeting Level 5, the highest standard of equalities practice. She is currently involved in working on another partnership project involving the Interfaith Forum. Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust, in association with Barts & the London NHS, commissioned the Forum to produce a directory of local religious, belief and faith-based organisations, and information on healthcare and spiritual needs for end-of-life care in the Borough. Jan has now joined the Faiths Forum for London Interim Steering Group and the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management's (CIWEM) emerging Faiths and Environment Network. Contact Jan by email:<jmcharry@poptel.org.uk>, or you can call her on +44 20 8806 3299. |
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