Thomas Penny grew up as part of a Quaker family in Gloucestershire and has a rich experience of local and national Quaker service. He is a member of Blackheath meeting in south east London, where he has served as an Elder and a member of the clerking team. He has also spent many years as volunteer youth worker for Quakers and has served as Clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting’s Parliamentary Liaison Committee, a member of the Quaker Communications Committee and a Meeting for Sufferings member. He started his career working for local press in the West of England before working for national and international media organisations, including the Daily Telegraph and most recently as political correspondent for Bloomberg.
