Chairman: David Wright
Director of Norfolk Social Services
for Norfolk County Council. In
1992 David worked with Tony Widmer and Antonina Dashkina to set up a
scheme for the training of ex-army officers as social workers.
Following the success of two pilot social work projects, the
Russian European Trust was founded.
David Wright has continued to give his time freely to the Trust
and has been its Chair since its foundation.
Vice Chairman: Lady Jill Braithwaite
Jill became involved in the early work promulgated by Antonina Dashkina and Tony Widmer in the early 1990s. Jill lived in Moscow for eight
years and her husband, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, was British Ambassador
to Russia for four years.
With ensuing changes in the Russian political system, Jill became committed
to working with the Russian people to ensure there was adequate welfare provision.
She became a Trustee at the inception of the Trust. She is a fluent
Russian speaker and has been Vice Chair of the Trust for eight years.
She continues to work hard for the Trust and makes an extremely valuable and active contribution
through her knowledge and personal experience.
British Director:
Tony Widmer
Tony has been a social worker for
more than 30 years.
He worked as a social worker in Suffolk and Norfolk, becoming
Manager responsible for services for disabled people.
He began developing links with Russia in 1991, launching projects there in 1992 and co-founded
the Russian European Trust in 1993.
Trustees: Terence Bamford
Henry Bellingham MP
Paul Goggins MP
David Hinchliffe MP
Adrian Longley OBE
Molly Meacher
Rae Swindley
Russian Director: Dr.
Antonina Dashkina
Antonina obtained a degree in English
at the Moscow State Pedagogical University, became a community worker
in the 1980s and subsequently a Doctor of Social Work. She worked in the faculty of Pedagogical
Sciences and became a lecturer on international social services at Moscow
Pedagogical University. She has wide international experience
and has worked on programmes administered from the UK since 1992.
She co-founded the Russian European Trust in 1993.In 2001 she became president of the Russian Union of Social Work, thanks to her vast contribution to the development of Social Work as a profession in Russia.
THE RUSSIAN EUROPEAN TRUST, South Bank Technopark, 90 London Road, London SE1 6LN
London: Tel/Fax:
020 7813 0244
email:
ruseurotrust@dial.pipex.com
Moscow: Tel: 007
095 220 9105 Fax: 007 095 928 5421
email:
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