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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 supports both local branches and our national office as they seek to influence policies which affect the countryside and wider environment.
In the past we have worked to ensure and that regional policies on transport, economics, housing and rural policy do not spoil the 80% of our region which is rural.
With the abolition of many Regional Bodies by the new Government and the setting up of new arrangements, such as Local Enterprise Partnerships, we are reviewing our operations to ensure we are targeting our effort where it can be most effective.
We 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 -
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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