Our people
The Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network is made up of around 35 groups, and all their members. It is run and managed by a volunteer Network Committee which is elected each year at the A.G.M. You can read our most recent AGM minutes here. There are ten committee places and nominations are invited from across the network to fill them.
At the first meeting following the A.G.M, committee officers are elected. We have a Secretary, Chair, Treasurer and a Membership Secretary.
Meetings are held approximately bi-monthly, with work taking place throughout the year to ensure the smooth running of the network and support to member groups.
BPFTN is generously supported with a grant from The Mosawi Foundation, which enables us to pay a part time freelance worker to strengthen and develop our activities.
We are also kindly assisted by the work of a number of different volunteers to whom we are very grateful.
If you would be interested in getting involved with BPFTN in any capacity, or in funding our work, please get in touch.
A message from our patrons
I am honoured to be co Patron, with Hanan al-Hroub and Ahmed Masoud, of the Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network. I spent three years in Jerusalem as Consul-General from 2010 to early 2014, and saw the importance of direct personal links between the Palestinian and British peoples. The groups in the Network sustain and strengthen those ties of friendship at community level, to mutual benefit. Since I retired from the Diplomatic Service, in addition to work with the Network I chair The Balfour Project, am a trustee of the dynamic U.K. charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, and a Board member of the Palestine Britain Business Council. Clearly, Palestine left its mark.
— Sir Vincent Fean
I am very pleased to be the co-patron of the Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network. It is so important to build friendship between people here in Palestine and in Britain. I am happy to be able to support this work and as winner of the 2016 Global Teacher Prize, I know that these links and friendships offer hope for our future and our children.
— Hanan al-Hroub
As a Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Gaza, I have always wondered what the world outside would look like. Growing up and studying English Literature, I learned more about the beautiful cities in the UK and imagined what it would mean to visit them and know more about the culture. I am very pleased to be joining this network that will provide an opportunity to my people to know and learn more about other cultures and learn from other practices. Twinning is a valuable tool that will allow Palestinian towns to share experiences with counterparts in the UK as we continue to search for and establish peace.
— Ahmed Masoud