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

The deadline for submitting nominations for the vacant places on Council this year has now passed. Please see the AGM section below for information on how Covid-19 has affected this year’s elections.

Liberty Executive Committee

From its members, the Council elects an Executive Committee, which meets at least eight 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 2018

LIBERTY CONFERENCE AND AGM 2020

We are sad to announce that in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone this year’s Conference and AGM. Please see the following notices for more information from our Chair and the Executive Committee.

Letter to members from our Chair

The Impact of Covid-19 on Liberty’s AGM and Council Elections