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| − | '''Monica Spooner''' is a retired Edinburgh community paediatrician who co-founded the [[Britain Palestine Project|Balfour Project]], now the [[Britain Palestine Project]], with her husband [[Roger Spooner (scientist)|Roger Spooner]] in 2011, and was its first chair.<ref name="WEBT">Britain Palestine Project, [https://www.britainpalestineproject.org/trustees Trustees] ''Britain Palestine Project'' | + | '''Monica Spooner''' is a retired Edinburgh community paediatrician who co-founded the [[Britain Palestine Project|Balfour Project]], now the [[Britain Palestine Project]], with her husband [[Roger Spooner (scientist)|Roger Spooner]] in 2011, and was its first chair.<ref name="WEBT">Britain Palestine Project, [https://www.britainpalestineproject.org/trustees Trustees] ''Britain Palestine Project'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> She was a trustee until December 2023 and is now one of its patrons.<ref name="AR2324">Balfour Project, [https://britainpalestineproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Balfour-Project-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statement-2023-2024-.pdf Trustees' Annual Report and Financial Statements, 1st February 2023 to 31st July 2024], signed 12 April 2025, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref><ref name="AR2425">Britain Palestine Project, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/annual-report-and-financial-statements-2024-to-2025-0147GKMYNLD3EVQ5VGDNG3NBGKB6ELSAIB.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2025], filed with OSCR 30 March 2026, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> |
== Balfour Project == | == Balfour Project == | ||
| − | According to the charity's website, Spooner "asked the question 'How will Britain mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration?'" after her first visit to Israel and Palestine in 2008, and "Gradually more people joined in what became informally known as the Balfour Project".<ref name="WB2023T">Balfour Project, [https://web.archive.org/web/20230515151937/https://balfourproject.org/trustees/ Trustees] ''Balfour Project'' | + | According to the charity's website, Spooner "asked the question 'How will Britain mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration?'" after her first visit to Israel and Palestine in 2008, and "Gradually more people joined in what became informally known as the Balfour Project".<ref name="WB2023T">Balfour Project, [https://web.archive.org/web/20230515151937/https://balfourproject.org/trustees/ Trustees] ''Balfour Project'', archived by the [[Internet Archive]] on 15 May 2023, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> In 2013 the project's website listed her as "Dr Monica Spooner, Medical Doctor" on its Steering Group, with [[Roger Spooner (scientist)|Roger Spooner]], [[Imad Karam (born 1976)|Imad Karam]], [[Peter Riddell (peace activist)|Peter Riddell]], [[Mary Embleton]], [[Mary Grey]] and [[Stephen Sizer]]; [[Peter Shambrook]], [[Ilan Pappé]] and [[Massoud Shadjareh]] of the [[Islamic Human Rights Commission]] were listed among its Advisers.<ref name="WB2013">Balfour Project, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130801162749/http://www.balfourproject.org/about-2/ About] ''The Balfour Project'', archived by the [[Internet Archive]] on 1 August 2013, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> The project became a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SC047090) on 12 January 2017.<ref name="AR1920">Balfour Project, [https://britainpalestineproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/BP-Trustee-Report-Annual-Accounts-2020.pdf Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statements, 1st February 2019 – 31st January 2020], accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> She is listed as a trustee in the 2019-20 report and on the charity's April 2022 trustees page. The 2023-24 report records her as a trustee "until December 2023".<ref name="AR1920" /><ref name="WB2022PT">Balfour Project, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220405120926/https://balfourproject.org/patrons-trustees/ Patrons & Trustees] ''Balfour Project'', archived by the [[Internet Archive]] on 5 April 2022, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref><ref name="AR2324" /> The 2024-25 report lists her among the patrons as "co-founder of the Britain Palestine Project and author".<ref name="AR2425" /> |
| − | Her second term as a trustee began on 4 May 2021, according to the reports for 2021-22 and 2022-23.<ref name="AR2122">Balfour Project, [https://britainpalestineproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BP-Annual-Report-Accounts-2021-22.pdf Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statement, 1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022] | + | Her second term as a trustee began on 4 May 2021, according to the reports for 2021-22 and 2022-23.<ref name="AR2122">Balfour Project, [https://britainpalestineproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BP-Annual-Report-Accounts-2021-22.pdf Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statement, 1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022], accessed 21 October 2026.</ref><ref name="AR2223">Balfour Project, [https://britainpalestineproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BP-Annual-Report-Accounts-2023.pdf Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statement, 1 February 2022 – 31 January 2023], accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> |
== Initiatives of Change and other roles == | == Initiatives of Change and other roles == | ||
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== In ''Palestine Declassified'' == | == In ''Palestine Declassified'' == | ||
| − | In episode 72 of [[Press TV]]'s ''Palestine Declassified'', guest Eurig Scandrett described the Spooners as "retired academics and devout Christians" whose motivation "seem[ed] to be about telling the truth of the history of Britain's involvement" (07:12–07:33). He said he met [[Vincent Fean]] "and the Spooners" in about 2016–17 to discuss a joint centenary event with the [[Iona Community]] on BDS terms, and then "never heard another thing" (11:14–11:48). [[David Miller (Powerbase)|David Miller]], the programme's resident expert, relayed an account from a Palestinian woman in Edinburgh. She said that at a 2019 Balfour Project event at the [[University of Edinburgh]] "one of the Spooners, one of the founders" told her she could not take a small Palestinian flag in, and that she was "manhandled" (18:40–19:25).<ref name="PTV72">[[Press TV]], [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/06/10/705036/The-Balfour-project-of-normalization The Balfour project of normalization] ''Palestine Declassified'', episode 72, first aired 10 June 2023; video also at [https://rumble.com/v2tce26-episode-72-the-balfour-project-of-normalization.html Rumble]. Presented by [[Chris Williamson]] with [[David Miller (Powerbase)|David Miller]] and guest Eurig Scandrett. Timestamps refer to the broadcast, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref | + | In episode 72 of [[Press TV]]'s ''Palestine Declassified'', guest Eurig Scandrett described the Spooners as "retired academics and devout Christians" whose motivation "seem[ed] to be about telling the truth of the history of Britain's involvement" (07:12–07:33). He said he met [[Vincent Fean]] "and the Spooners" in about 2016–17 to discuss a joint centenary event with the [[Iona Community]] on BDS terms, and then "never heard another thing" (11:14–11:48). [[David Miller (Powerbase)|David Miller]], the programme's resident expert, relayed an account from a Palestinian woman in Edinburgh. She said that at a 2019 Balfour Project event at the [[University of Edinburgh]] "one of the Spooners, one of the founders" told her she could not take a small Palestinian flag in, and that she was "manhandled" (18:40–19:25).<ref name="PTV72">[[Press TV]], [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/06/10/705036/The-Balfour-project-of-normalization The Balfour project of normalization] ''Palestine Declassified'', episode 72, first aired 10 June 2023; video also at [https://rumble.com/v2tce26-episode-72-the-balfour-project-of-normalization.html Rumble]. Presented by [[Chris Williamson]] with [[David Miller (Powerbase)|David Miller]] and guest Eurig Scandrett. Timestamps refer to the broadcast, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> |
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:26, 11 November 2026
Co-founder and first chair of the Balfour Project (now Britain Palestine Project)
| Monica Spooner
| |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1939 |
| Residence | Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Community paediatrician (retired) |
| Known for | Co-founding the Balfour Project (Britain Palestine Project) |
| Spouse(s) | Roger Spooner |
Monica Spooner is a retired Edinburgh community paediatrician who co-founded the Balfour Project, now the Britain Palestine Project, with her husband Roger Spooner in 2011, and was its first chair.[1] She was a trustee until December 2023 and is now one of its patrons.[2][3]
Balfour Project
According to the charity's website, Spooner "asked the question 'How will Britain mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration?'" after her first visit to Israel and Palestine in 2008, and "Gradually more people joined in what became informally known as the Balfour Project".[4] In 2013 the project's website listed her as "Dr Monica Spooner, Medical Doctor" on its Steering Group, with Roger Spooner, Imad Karam, Peter Riddell, Mary Embleton, Mary Grey and Stephen Sizer; Peter Shambrook, Ilan Pappé and Massoud Shadjareh of the Islamic Human Rights Commission were listed among its Advisers.[5] The project became a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SC047090) on 12 January 2017.[6] She is listed as a trustee in the 2019-20 report and on the charity's April 2022 trustees page. The 2023-24 report records her as a trustee "until December 2023".[6][7][2] The 2024-25 report lists her among the patrons as "co-founder of the Britain Palestine Project and author".[3]
Her second term as a trustee began on 4 May 2021, according to the reports for 2021-22 and 2022-23.[8][9]
Initiatives of Change and other roles
The charity's website says she graduated in medicine from London University, practised community paediatrics in Edinburgh, and "was Trustee of Initiatives of Change for 18 years".[4] Companies House records Monica Anne Spooner, born November 1939, as a director of the Oxford Group (00355987), the charitable company of Initiatives of Change in the UK, from 21 June 1991 to 24 June 2008. Her correspondence address there was 30 South Oswald Road, Edinburgh, EH9 2HG, which is also the charity's registered address.[10][11]
| Company | Number | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Correspondence address (as registered) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Group | 00355987 | Director | 21 June 1991 | 24 June 2008 | 30 South Oswald Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH9 2HG |
| Equal Futures | SC238588 | Director | 10 November 2014 | 9 May 2015 | 21 Walker Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 7HX |
In Palestine Declassified
In episode 72 of Press TV's Palestine Declassified, guest Eurig Scandrett described the Spooners as "retired academics and devout Christians" whose motivation "seem[ed] to be about telling the truth of the history of Britain's involvement" (07:12–07:33). He said he met Vincent Fean "and the Spooners" in about 2016–17 to discuss a joint centenary event with the Iona Community on BDS terms, and then "never heard another thing" (11:14–11:48). David Miller, the programme's resident expert, relayed an account from a Palestinian woman in Edinburgh. She said that at a 2019 Balfour Project event at the University of Edinburgh "one of the Spooners, one of the founders" told her she could not take a small Palestinian flag in, and that she was "manhandled" (18:40–19:25).[12]
Notes
- ↑ Britain Palestine Project, Trustees Britain Palestine Project, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Balfour Project, Trustees' Annual Report and Financial Statements, 1st February 2023 to 31st July 2024, signed 12 April 2025, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Britain Palestine Project, Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2025, filed with OSCR 30 March 2026, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Balfour Project, Trustees Balfour Project, archived by the Internet Archive on 15 May 2023, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, About The Balfour Project, archived by the Internet Archive on 1 August 2013, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Balfour Project, Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statements, 1st February 2019 – 31st January 2020, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, Patrons & Trustees Balfour Project, archived by the Internet Archive on 5 April 2022, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statement, 1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statement, 1 February 2022 – 31 January 2023, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Companies House, Monica Anne SPOONER: appointments Companies House, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Britain Palestine Project (SC047090) Scottish Charity Register, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Press TV, The Balfour project of normalization Palestine Declassified, episode 72, first aired 10 June 2023; video also at Rumble. Presented by Chris Williamson with David Miller and guest Eurig Scandrett. Timestamps refer to the broadcast, accessed 21 October 2026.