About Us

 

For eighty years CPRE has worked at National, Regional and County level to represent everyone concerned to maintain the beauty of the countryside.

West Midlands CPRE is one of nine CPRE Regional Groups which seeks to influence regional policies which effect the countryside and wider environment of the region.
For example, we are trying to ensure the Regional Spatial Strategy and Regional Economic Strategy help protect the 80% of the region which is rural and that regional policies on transport, economics, housing and rural policy do not undermine the countryside.

We work hard to influence key bodies such as the Regional Assembly and Advantage West Midlands and work in co-operation with other like-minded groups through the West Midlands Regional Sustainability Forum.

West Midlands CPRE is supported by one full time Regional Policy Officer and a band of dedicated volunteers. Click here to see our team leaders.

You can contact us if you would like further information about what we do or if you would like to help us.

If you have a more local problem you can contact one of the five West Midlands County Branches.

Click here for a map of the region (Word file),
Otherwise see the table below -

County Branch

E-mail

Website

Herefordshire


peter.louis@tiscali.co.uk

http://www.cpreherefordshire.org.uk/

Shropshire


cpre@cpreshropshire.org.uk

http://www.cpreshropshire.org.uk/

Staffordshire


protect@cprestaffordshire.org.uk

http://www.cprestaffordshire.org.uk/

Warwickshire


office@cprewarwickshire.org.uk

http://www.cprewarwickshire.org.uk/

Worcestershire

muriel.jeffs@btopenworld.com

http://www.cpreworcestershire.org.uk/

 

Our Team

Bryan McGinity, Chairman
Bryan, who lives in Bishampton, Pershore, Worcs, has been Managing Director of a number of key West Midlands Companies, including Acco Europe of Stourport on Severn, Black and Decker Emhart of Perry Barr, Birmingham, Pilkington Glass of Kings Norton, Birmingham and Skills4Auto of Birmingham Business Park.

 

Vice Chairman, David Willour
David has been Vice Chairman of CPRE West Midlands Region since 2007 and an executive of the Worcestershire Branch since 2006. As an American living part time in England for 14 years (now full time), he has been involved in a number of community and private charitable and business advisory activities. A retired American trust and investment executive, he was active in Rotary International (is a Paul Harris Fellow) and with many American charities. David enjoys rambling, gardening and helping to keep the countryside tidy.

 


Vice Chairman, Richard Wise
Richard has recently joined us. He is currently vice chair of the Hereford Nature Trust. Before that he was Professor of Clinical Microbiology in Birmingham working on “super-bugs”. He was an advisor to the House of Lords. He has knowledge of food production. He enjoys walking in the countryside and observing nature in the raw.


Regional Policy Officer, Gerald Kells -
Gerald has been Regional Policy Officer with CPRE since 2001. Before that he had extensive experience of environmental campaigning in the region. He is a Member of the Regional Assembly and Vice Chairman of the Regional Transport Partnership. He also enjoys writing and walking the hills.

 

   

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