Contact Us

For more information about LDPA activities, or congregations in the area, you are welcome to email the District Minister or LDPA Chairperson.

LDPA Officers and Council

The LDPA is governed by Officers and a Council elected annually from ministers and lay persons resident in London and the South East. The President and Council members are directly elected at the Annual General Meeting in March. The Council Chairperson and the Honorary Treasurer are elected by the Council from its membership. The District Minister serves as the Secretary of the Council.

President

The current President is Alan Ruston. Alan is a retired high-level civil servant, Unitarian historian and President or Chair of many Unitarian bodies and trusts including the British & Foreign Unitarian Association and the Essex Hall Trust. He is a Past President of the Unitarian General Assembly and he is the long-standing Chair of the Watford Unitarian Fellowship.

Chairperson

Eileen Wield is the current Chair of the Council. Eileen is a retired chartered accountant and she continues to assist a number of charities in financial stewardship. She has recently become the Secretary of the GA Sustentation Fund and she has served the Horsham Unitarian Church as Treasurer for a number of years.

Treasurer

The Rev James McClelland keeps the finances in good order as the Hon Treasurer. He has been involved with the LDPA for a number of years and he is also Secretary of the Ministers Pension Fund. James is also a Past President of the Unitarian General Assembly and he is Treasurer of the Essex Hall Trust. Retired from the active ministry, James is now a member of the Croydon congregation.

Council Members 2007-8

The other members of Council are:

• Michael Allured —
  Member of Golders Green Unitarian Church and Civil Servant
• Bruce Bebington —
  Secretary of Effra Road Chapel in Brixton
• Howard Hague —
  Member of GA Staff and Trustee of Essex Church in Kensington
• Elizabeth Hills —
  Contact person for children's activities in the LDPA area
• Nigel Huxted —
  Secretary of the Bethnal Green congregation
• Tanya Morrison —
  Active member of Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead
• Peter Sanders —
  Member of the Hastings church
• Peter Tayler —
  Hon Financial Secretary & Caretaker of Croydon Unitarian Church

For legal purposes, the LDPA is constituted as a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee. The elected Council members are Directors of the company and the District Minister acts as the Company Secretary. The registered office is the General Assembly offices at Essex Hall, 1-6 Essex St., London WC2R 3HY.