Barney Leith

Current

• Director, Office of Public Information at National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the UK

Past

• Secretary for External Affairs at National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the UK
• Secretary at National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the UK

Education

• University of Kent
• The University of Birmingham
• University of Exeter

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Connections

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Industry

Government Relations

Websites

• Barnabas Quotidianus

Barney Leith’s Summary

I have been serving the Bahá'í community in the field of external affairs since 1998. This has covered a wide range of activities, including working with UK government departments (such as the Foreign & Commonwealth Office), the Home Office, Communities and Local Government, the Cabinet Office), with the UK parliament, and with a range of civil society organizations in the fields of human rights, equality, social cohesion, and inter-faith relations.

Barney Leith’s Specialties:

Human rights advocacy and defence, building inter-faith relations, developing multi-faith organizations and projects, chairing non-profit organizations.

Barney Leith’s Experience

• Director, Office of Public Information

  National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the UK

  (Religious Institutions industry)

  October 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Responsible for coordinating the UK Baha'i community's public information output and for building relations with journalists and medial people. Also very experienced in national level inter-faith relations and work on the intersection between faith and public policy.

• Secretary for External Affairs

  National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the UK

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

  April 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 1 month)

• Secretary

  National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the UK

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

  1998 — 2005 (7 years )

  The Secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly is the body's chief executive officer and is also a member of the trustee body. I was also Company Secretary to the National Spiritual Assembly.

Barney Leith’s Education

• University of Kent

  BA , Social Psychology & Philosophy , 1984 — 1987

• The University of Birmingham

  PGCE , Education, Teacher Training , 1972 — 1973

• University of Exeter

  BA , Sociology , 1966 — 1969

  Activities and Societies:

  University Choral Society, Gilbert and Sullivan Society, working in the Northcote Theatre as a stage hand

Additional Information

Barney Leith’s Websites:

• Barnabas Quotidianus

Barney Leith’s Interests:

religion, inter-faith dialogue, human rights, religious freedom, religion & politics, writing, blogging, photography, music

Barney Leith’s Contact Settings

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