Speakers' Corner Trust

Speakers’ Corner Trust "is a new charity, established in 2007, which seeks to provide a stimulus to civil society both in the UK and in emerging democracies overseas by creating new opportunities for citizens to exchange ideas and opinions in open, face-to-face debate.

"SCT’s founding patron is Vaclav Havel, the playwright, human rights campaigner and former political prisoner who became the first President of Czechoslovakia, and subsequently of the Czech Republic, following the collapse of communism in 1989...

"The Speakers’ Corner initiative is the outcome of a year-long consultation with a wide range of think tanks, government departments and NGOs. Our first UK pilot was launched in Nottingham in February 2008 and, following the development of a prototype in Prague in 2004, further projects both in UK and overseas are being considered."

Trustees
Accessed November 2008:


 * Peter Bradley
 * Paul Dimoldenberg
 * Euan Edworthy
 * David Pitt-Watson
 * Adrian Wheeler

Advisory Council
Accessed November 2008:


 * Jack Straw MP Chair
 * Lord Best of Godmanstone President, the Local Government Association
 * Fiona Booth Chief Executive, the Hansard Society
 * Stephen Coleman Professor of Political Communications, University of Leeds
 * Marius Dragomir Media Specialist, Open Society Institute
 * Clare Ettinghausen Deputy Chief Executive, the Electoral Commission
 * Sunder Katwala General Secretary, the Fabian Society
 * Glenys Kinnock MEP Labour
 * Ruth Lea Director, Global Vision
 * John Lloyd Contributing editor, the Financial Times and Director of Journalism at the Reuters Institute, Oxford
 * Emma MacLennan Director, MacLennan Ward Research
 * John Micklethwait Editor, The Economist
 * Peter Riddell Assistant Editor, The Times
 * Michael Smyth Partner, Clifford Chance
 * Matthew Taylor Chief Executive, Royal Society of Arts
 * Stephen Twigg Director, Foreign Policy Centre
 * Lord Tyler of Linkinhorne Liberal Democrat
 * Monique Villa Chief Executive, Thomson Reuters Foundation
 * Paul Wilkinson Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews
 * Lord Wright of Richmond Former Permanent Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service
 * David Young Managing Director, Oxford Analytica
 * George Young MP Conservative

Contact

 * Web: http://www.speakerscornertrust.org