The NBO is managed by an executive committee drawn from a range of Buddhist communities.
Juliet Hackney
Juliet is a member of Western Chan Fellowship.
Kaspa Thompson
Kaspalita Thompson, known as Kaspa, together with his wife, runs a Pureland Buddhist temple in Malvern and is a psychotherapist in private practice.
Jo Backus
Jo is from the Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London, part of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT)
The NBO receives a ...
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Munisha is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order (previously the WBO). Ordained in 2003, she is Triratna’s Liaison and Communications Officer:
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“Liaison” refers to relations with other Buddhist traditions in the UK and Europe, and “Communications” covers relations with the press and media, and within the Triratna Buddhist Community itself.
She is also Director of the Manchester-based Buddhist video project The Clear Vision Trust. Clear Vision produces video for Triratna but is best known in UK schools for a range of video packs for Buddhism in Religious Education.
Munisha lives in a residential Buddhist community in north Manchester with six Buddhist friends and Oscar the cat.
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Saido Kennaway
Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.
Olivia Fuchs
Is the Eco Dharma Network Coordinator
Olivia practices Buddhism with the lay organisation, Soka Gakkai International (SGI). She is a Research
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Fellow of the Centre for Applied Buddhism and was their COP26 project lead. As part of her interfaith work she is a member of the Make COP Count coalition and the Buddhist representative in the Religions for Peace UK Women of Faith network.
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Jamie Cresswell
President of the European Buddhist Union. He is a member of the Soka Gakkai International -UK and has practiced Buddhism for 28 years. His Buddhist
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background includes a degree in Buddhist studies and practice and study in many traditions and schools.
Jamie is the Director of the Centre for Applied Buddhism. He is a member of the European Council of Religious Leaders and a trustee of Religions for Peace – UK. In his spare time Jamie sings with a male voice choir, attempts to compose music and walks in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside.
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John Marder
Interfaith officer. Compiles the monthly NBO Info Mail News Summary
