Spirit of Peace can only function with the dedicated work of its team members and volunteers. Our national and international team is as follows

Jane Ozanne

Director

Jane Ozanne has a BA Hons degree in Sociology and a Post Graduate Qualification in Social Work. Other qualifications include training in counselling, spiritual accompaniment, pastoral work and courses relating to peace and nonviolence. She has worked in  Social Work for the London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Haringey.

Jane also has considerable experiences working in retreat houses within the UK including  The Ammerdown Centre in Somerset and St Ethelwold’s House near Oxford. She continues to lead workshops and retreats.

Her lifelong interest and commitment in peacemaking and the Middle East resulted in Jane responding to a call for support from the Jerusalem Peacemakers, a decade ago. Jane’s passion for peacebuilding and her support of international peacebuilders has led to the creation of the charity Spirit of Peace and the development of its training programme based on many years of experience in the field of peacebuilding and community work.

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Sue Howard

Trustee and Chair

Sue believes in the great treasure at the heart of every human being.  A passion that was echoed during the 2011 wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in the words of Catherine of Siena “Be who God wants you to be and you will set the world on fire”.

Well qualified for the role of chair of Trustees, Sue hold a B.A. History (London), a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Leeds) also a Mth in Applied Theology (Oxford) and a Diploma in Pastoral Counselling (Nottingham).

Within Spirit of Peace Sue has a particular interest in furthering conversation as a pathway to peace.

Sue is based at The Coach House in Kilmuir on the Moray Firth, a small retreat centre where people come to discover more of their inner essence that serves an outer peace.

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Barbara Payman

Trustee and Coventry Local Contact

Barbara Payman has a BSc in Zoology (University of Hull) and a PhD in Ethology (Animal Behaviour)(University of Birmingham). In 1989 Barbara’s developing interest in the well-being of people led her to switch focus and undertake a training in Psychotherapy and Counselling. In 1997 she qualified as a Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA) and became a Registered Psychotherapist with the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapists. She has worked in private practice for over twenty years.

From a Jewish background, Barbara is passionate about promoting Inter-Faith understanding and in working for peace, both at an individual, community and global level.  She became a trustee with Spirit of Peace in March 2010, feeling particularly engaged with the situation in the Middle East. She visited the region in 2009, meeting with partners of Spirit of Peace. She is also involved in organising local Spirit of Peace events where she lives (Coventry and Warwickshire), most recently in an exciting joint venture with ‘Playbox Theatre’ for young people. Barbara is particularly concerned with the area of healing trauma. She heartfully supports the objectives of Spirit of Peace in promoting peace, acceptance and understanding among our wonderfully diverse global population, in our local communities and at the level of us as individuals.

More recently, Barbara’s passion for spiritual growth for herself, others and the global community has led her to start training as an Interfaith Minister with the Interfaith Foundation in London.

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Milly Sinclair

Trustee

Milly Sinclair has a BA degree in English and Drama and a post graduate diploma in Dramatherapy. She has been a training consultant for 14 years with her company, Creative Edge. She specialises in conflict resolution, non-violent communication, mediation and developing relationships in the workplace.

With a  passion for reconciliation through ”reconciling self to self and self to others”,  she believes it is only through a deep understanding and acceptance of yourself, even the difficult bits, that you can truly reconcile yourself to others. This belief is the core of all she does.

Milly is supporting Jane Ozane in developing the ‘Pathways to Peace’, the core practices of Spirit of Peace, and exploring ways to introduce them to a wider audience.

‘The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own (Disraeli).

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Noel Lockyer-Stevens

Administrator

Noel is an Interfaith Minister who supports people of all religions, faiths and no faith at all. This includes pastoral support and spiritual companionship to help people discover the core of their being.

Noel has previously worked as a nurse and as a senior manager of health and social care services for over 15 years, he also holds an MBA. Having worked in private and charitable organisations, Noel has experience of delivering results in the management and governance of large and small organisations.

For Spirit of Peace Noel organises events, write policies, keeps the accounts, works with the Charity Commission and undertakes and coordinates our fundraising.

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Hanna Jaffe

Jerusalem coordinator of Spirit of Peace

Hanna has produced Lullabies from Jerusalema collection of deep, folk lullabies sung by artists who belong to the Abrahamic faiths and live in Israel, mostly in Jerusalem. She has also recorded Return Againan anthology of Hassidic stories and melodies. Hanna frequently works with storytellers of other faiths. She finds her spiritual anchor in the Jewish faith, nevertheless revelling in the sameness of the universal story with all world faiths.

She is a storyteller, singer and experienced workshop facilitator who teaches the chanting of traditional Jewish texts, and Jewish meditation techniques.

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Sheikh Ghassan Manasra

Muslim International Advisor

Ghassan is a spiritual teacher. He has a unique presence that brings a deep, warm but cheerful atmosphere to his talks, which helps connect people to ‘that’ something deep within themselves.

He is a writer, expert in Sufi dream interpretation, and a scholar of Islamic writers, especially the works of Rumi and Ibn Arabi.

Ghassan is deeply engaged in peace-work and interfaith dialogue. He speaks from the depth of his own experience and journey. He lectures internationally, aiding audiences to develop their own peace-building skills as well as providing ‘on the ground’ knowledge and background about the situation in Israel-Palestine.

A scholar of Islam, his focus is taking the universal themes of Islamic theology and applying them to interfaith dialogue and conflict resolution. He also teaches spiritual workshops on the ‘Way of the Heart’ and spiritual and personal development.

Ghassan grew up in Nazarath. He is the son of Sheikh Abdel Salaam Manasra, the head of the Qadiri Sufi order in the Holy Land. He is ordained as a sheikh and has a BA in Islamic Studies and Arabic literature from the Hebrew University.

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Eliyahu McLean

Jewish International Advisor

Jerusalem resident Eliyahu McLean has years of experience in building bridges between people of all faiths and communities in the Holy Land.

He has a special role in creating sacred spaces where Israelis and Palestinians of all points of view can begin to open their hearts in a way which leads to transformation and a recognition of the rights of the ‘other’.

“People ask me ‘Are you right wing or left wing?’ I reply, ‘It takes two wings to fly… and we can fly when we yearn and work together towards harmony and wholeness, when we speak from the heart and learn to respect each other’s differences. Then, true peace can come to all of us who are blessed and destined to share this Holy Land together.”

Eliyahu is the inter-religious advisor and on the core staff of the ‘On the Way to Sulha’ annual reconciliation gatherings in the Holy Land. These events bring together thousands of Israelis, Palestinians, and peacemakers from around the world. This helps to rebuild trust and kindle hope for healing between the children of Abraham.

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