Nigel Turner
Director of Funding and Urban & Community Projects
Nigel has been involved in urban development and recycling projects for the past 25 years, based primarily in Canada and latterly in the UK. In 1986, he earned the award of Recycler of the Year by the Vancouver GVRD and was the first independent operator to introduce the large process recycling of all manner
of products into the Vancouver area.
Over the past 10 years, Nigel has introduced his ideas into the UK and has successfully begun to increase the awareness of and participation in conservation and recycling to communities of all sizes. In addition, as a member of the Turner Foundation, he has been active in the introduction of sustainable development projects to a number of villages in Africa, including the provision
of wells and a clean water supply.
Through UDEF, it is Nigel’s intention to extend the Turner Foundation’s mission by assisting more village schools and communities and linking them to UDEF schools established around the world. Thus, the schools will be enabled to become self-sustaining and self-sufficient in the long term.
Working this way, with small steps and giant strides, UDEF will create a legacy that will last for generations to come.
Phil Jones
UDEF Project Director
Phil Jones Joined UDEF as the Project Director in April 2007.
Phil has worked in the International Aid sector with notable agencies including Save the Children, War Child UK and Mercy Corps.
Much of Phil's experience has been gained in Global Disaster Response such
as Iraq and Afghanistan The response to the Darfur Emergency, Asian Tsunami, and the India and Pakistan Earthquake; he has also been involved in Development Projects across Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.
Prior to his involvement in Aid Work Phil had a distinguished career with the British Army where he first experienced working to help local communities in Bosnia and Kosovo by way of liasing with the International Agencies such as
the UN and other International bodies to secure community based projects for those in need.
Previously Phil established his own Consultancy and advised both the Corporate and Aid sectors on Third World Projects and the Safety and Security of working in Hostile Locations World Wide and has contributed to the publication of Safety First, the NGO manual for operating in Hostile environments and has also been published on the acclaimed Humanitarian Web Magazine Humanitarian Practice Network.
Phil is now taking UDEF forward to enhance the educational support and capacity of Third World and Developing Countries by seeking out projects that will enhance the educational experience for those in need and seeking to ‘Twin’ First world Schools with Third World Projects to enhance the educational capacity of all involved.
