Liberty Structure

Liberty is the trading name of The National Council for Civil Liberties (Company number 03260840).

Liberty is both a non-profit company that employs staff and runs campaigns, and a democratically-run membership association.

We also work closely with a charity called the Civil Liberties Trust.

Liberty office

Liberty employs staff and benefits from the support and dedication of our committed volunteers.

The work of the office is split into five broad areas:

• Advocacy and Legal
• Communications
• Advice and Information
• Development
• Operations

Each team contributes to Liberty’s campaigning objectives.

Policy Council

Liberty’s Policy Council meets three times per year and is responsible for policy-setting between Annual General Meetings.

The Council is made up of 30 Liberty members. Each year, 15 members are elected to serve for two years. New Council members take office immediately following the AGM.

Newly elected Policy Council members 3 August 2020:

• Sonali Naik
• Richard Norton-Taylor
• Clive Baldwin
• Shameem Ahmed
• Nicholas Mercer
• Catherine Slaughter
• Alexander McColl
• Mike Schwarz
• Josh Bradlow
• Qudsia Mirza
• Anna Devereux
• Shanthy Milne
• Patricia Tuitt
• Alexander Rees
• Rahul Sinha
• Tanya Joseph
• Suhan Rajkumar

List of Policy Council Member  AGM 2019-22

Election to Council of Liberty

Liberty’s Council meets three times per year and is responsible for setting policy between AGMs.

The deadline for nominating members for election to the Council was 5.00 pm, Thursday 4 March 2021. The deadline has now passed.

Ballot packs, including biographical information about the candidates will be distributed to all members by April. Members will have until noon, Wednesday 12 May 2021 to submit ballot papers.

Liberty Executive Committee

From its members, the Council elects an Executive Committee, which meets at least six times a year. It is responsible for the strategic direction, financial and other governance of Liberty. In addition, the Executive Committee appoints a Treasurer each year at their first meeting following Liberty’s Annual General Meeting.

Liberty’s current Executive Committee

Liberty Executive Committee report and financial statements for 2019

LIBERTY CONFERENCE AND AGM 2021

Join us online for our 2021 AGM

DATE: Saturday 22 May 2021

LOCATION: Zoom

Please note the AGM is only open to Liberty members. If you would like to become a member you can join online.

The deadline for submitting motions was 5pm on Thursday 4 March 2021. You can still submit an emergency motion. Emergency motions must relate to some matter on which it would not have been possible to have submitted a motion by the deadline for ordinary motions.

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