To review research evidence, current best practice, extent and success of implementation, and potential developments in the application of mindfulness within a range of policy areas, and to develop policy recommendations for government based on these findings.
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12 Current APPG Officers
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Tim Loughton
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 30th July 2015Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Armenia , Austria , British Museum , Children , Coastal Communities , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Fatherhood , Hockey , Kinship Care , Looked After Children and Care Leavers , Menopause , Oman , Photography , Refugees , Switzerland , Tennis , Tibet , Wine of Great Britain , Yemen
Afghanistan , Animal Welfare , Energy Security , Georgia , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Human Microbiome , Industrial Heritage , Menopause , Mining and Quarrying , Motor Neurone Disease , Nutrition for Development , Rail in Wales , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Western Gateway , Wetlands
Animal Welfare , Arts, Health and Wellbeing , Breast Cancer , Compassionate Politics , Football Club , Football Supporters , Health and the Natural Environment , Motorsport , National Trust , Political Literacy , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , University of Hull , Women's Football
Afrikan Reparations , Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Air Pollution , Carers , Choice at the End of Life , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Deliberative Democracy , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Global Deforestation , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sixth Form Education , South East , Southern Rail , Students , Trade Justice , Votes at 16 , West Papua , Women in Parliament
Afrikan Reparations , Caribbean , Deaths Abroad, Consular Services and Assistance , Drug Policy Reform , Fairtrade , Green Deal Misselling , Immigration Detention , Industrial Heritage , Malawi , Missing Children and Adults , No Recourse to Public Funds , Refugees , Rohingya , Social Integration , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , Universal Credit
Humanist , Manufacturing , Midlands Engine , White Ribbon UK , Women in Parliament
Vaccinations for All
Carers , Compassionate Politics , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Food Banks , Health and the Natural Environment , Immigration Detention , Migration , No Recourse to Public Funds , Poverty , Refugees , Rule of Law , Tennis , Universal Credit
Contact Details
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Tim Loughton MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4471.
Email: loughtont@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Ruth Ormston, The Mindfulness Initiative
Email: ruth@mindfulnessinitiative.org.uk
Secretariat:
The Mindfulness Initiative acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.themindfulnessinitiative.org.uk/
Group's Website:
http://www.themindfulnessinitiative.org.uk/mindfulness-all-party-parliamentary-group
Benefits in Kind
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The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 21/01/2022 To : 20/01/2023
£6,001
21 Jan 2021
The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 21/01/2021 To : 20/01/2022
£9,001
21 Jan 2020
The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 21/01/2020 To : 20/01/2021
£28,501
11 Jul 2019
The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
£28,501
11 Jul 2018
The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
£28,501
11 Jul 2017
The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
£58,501
20 Oct 2015
Mindfulness Initiative
Report costs
£40,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Mindfulness APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Margaret Ferrier
Vice Chair
Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 23rd March 2022
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Banning Trophy Hunting , Canada , Fire Safety and Rescue , Future of Aviation , Gambling Related Harm , Green Deal Misselling , Hong Kong , Human Rights , Liver Disease and Liver Cancer , Malawi , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Photonics and Quantum , Road Freight and Logistics
Chris Ruane
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Vale of Clwyd
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Nic Dakin
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Scunthorpe
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Jim Fitzpatrick
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Diana Johnson
VIce-Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Caribbean , Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Film and Broader Screen , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Funerals and Bereavement , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Human Rights , Iceland , Music Education , Peru , Philanthropy and Social Investment , School Food , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Sixth Form Education , Surrogacy , Sustainable Flood and Drought Management , University of Hull
Future of Work
Lord Stone of Blackheath
Treasurer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 23rd October 2019