Janet Bloomfield
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Janet Bloomfield was a peace and disarmament campaigner who was chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
(CND) from 1993 to 1996.
Born as Janet Elizabeth Hood in Newcastle-under-Lyme
, Staffordshire
, England
, Bloomfield was educated at Abbeydale Grange School
, Sheffield and Sussex University, where she obtained a BA (Hons) degree in Geography.
Bloomfield was the Chair of the CND
, the largest peace and disarmament organisation in Europe from 1993 - 1996. During this time she helped to develop CND's campaign around the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which included the production of the highly influential "Blueprint for a Nuclear Weapon Free World.
She was active in the anti-nuclear movement since 1981. She was a local group secretary, national council and executive, regional worker in the West Midlands for CND. She was the National Vice-Chair for two years before being elected Chair in 1993. She was honorary Vice-President of CND at the time of her death.
She was a consultant (Vice-President 1994 -1997) to the Geneva-based International Peace Bureau
, a Nobel Peace Prize
-winning network of non-aligned peace organisations in 44 countries. She was a member of the Global Council of Abolition 2000, the global network to eliminate nuclear weapons and convened the Abolition Now Campaign Working Group of Abolition, 2000.
Bloomfield organised the campaign to stop arms trade shows being held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham
in 1991. She organised and led the Atomic Mirror Pilgrimage 1996 around nuclear and sacred sites of England, Scotland and Wales. This was filmed and made into a documentary called
"Sacred Fire".
After 1997, Bloomfield's main work was as UK co-ordinator of the Atomic Mirror, whose goal is to create a nuclear-free world. The Atomic Mirror works with activists, artists, and indigenous peoples from nuclear sites, developing initiatives and joint activities to inspire people to take action, and abolish nuclear weapons and power. The Atomic Mirror is a founding member of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness Programme.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is an anti-nuclear organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
(CND) from 1993 to 1996.
Born as Janet Elizabeth Hood in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal town of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area and North Staffordshire. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 73,944...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Bloomfield was educated at Abbeydale Grange School
Abbeydale Grange School
Abbeydale Grange School was a mixed comprehensive school set in a green site off Abbeydale Road, a short bus journey from Sheffield city centre. The school served both the local area and the wider multi-racial city community.- History :...
, Sheffield and Sussex University, where she obtained a BA (Hons) degree in Geography.
Bloomfield was the Chair of the CND
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is an anti-nuclear organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
, the largest peace and disarmament organisation in Europe from 1993 - 1996. During this time she helped to develop CND's campaign around the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which included the production of the highly influential "Blueprint for a Nuclear Weapon Free World.
She was active in the anti-nuclear movement since 1981. She was a local group secretary, national council and executive, regional worker in the West Midlands for CND. She was the National Vice-Chair for two years before being elected Chair in 1993. She was honorary Vice-President of CND at the time of her death.
She was a consultant (Vice-President 1994 -1997) to the Geneva-based International Peace Bureau
International Peace Bureau
International Peace Bureau is the world's oldest international peace federation. It was founded in 1891, and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910....
, a Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
-winning network of non-aligned peace organisations in 44 countries. She was a member of the Global Council of Abolition 2000, the global network to eliminate nuclear weapons and convened the Abolition Now Campaign Working Group of Abolition, 2000.
Bloomfield organised the campaign to stop arms trade shows being held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
in 1991. She organised and led the Atomic Mirror Pilgrimage 1996 around nuclear and sacred sites of England, Scotland and Wales. This was filmed and made into a documentary called
"Sacred Fire".
After 1997, Bloomfield's main work was as UK co-ordinator of the Atomic Mirror, whose goal is to create a nuclear-free world. The Atomic Mirror works with activists, artists, and indigenous peoples from nuclear sites, developing initiatives and joint activities to inspire people to take action, and abolish nuclear weapons and power. The Atomic Mirror is a founding member of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness Programme.
Affiliations
- Chair of Governors of the Grange Farm Primary School, Coventry from 1988-1992.
- Member of the Board of Governors of Friends School, Saffron Walden from 2003-2005.
- Charter 88Charter88Charter88 was a British pressure group that advocated constitutional and electoral reform and owes its origins to the lack of a written constitution. It began as a special edition of the New Statesman magazine in 1988 and it took its name from Charter 77 - the Czechoslovak dissident movement...
signatory and a Fellow of the British-American ProjectBritish-American ProjectThe British-American Project is a fellowship of some 600 leaders and opinion formers from a broad spectrum of occupations, backgrounds and political viewpoints, drawn in equal numbers from the United States and the United Kingdom... - Joined Green PartyGreen Party of England and WalesThe Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...
in 1996. - Member of Thaxted Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Member of the Peace Campaigning and Networking Group of the Quakers' Peace and Social Witness.