Our Board members are a diverse group of people from all walks of life who have one thing in common: passion for individual freedom, responsibility, and liberty.
- Executive Director
We currently have no-one willing to take on this role, and as the role is a demanding one that our team is managing well enough without, we are content to wait until someone suitably qualified and available comes forward.
Jo Martin Moss - Deputy Director
A medical cannabis user and mum of 5, Jo, has worked as a Care Home Manager, Support Worker, Community Worker and spent 15 years as a campaigner for the National Childbirth trust. She has a wide range of experience in the health sector and in management to bring to NORML UK.
As Deputy Director, Jo hopes to support the rest of the board in planning, team-building, communications and policy development, and occasionally writing something creative.
Away from cannabis activism, Jo’s interests include her family, traveling, cooking, gardening, music and photography.
Matt Aldridge - Harm Reduction Campaign Director
Andy Bishop - Research Director
Andy began using cannabis in the late 80s, as many did. However, in 2003, a motorcycle accident left him with multiple injuries including the loss of his left leg and a spinal problem that causes him constant pain.
In 2012, with the support of his medical professionals, Andy transferred from the increasingly ineffective pharamceuticals he had been on to using cannabis only, and this has given him much greater control over his pain management.
With these experiences, Andy is determined to support others so that they can also ask their health professionals for something similar, recognising that cannabis CAN be a viable and successful alternative to mainstream pharmaceuticals, and to campaign for the removal of criminal penalties for cannabis use generally. He originally joined the Medical Team, quickly becoming Harm Reduction Director and now Research Director.
Chris Bovey - Treasurer and Webmaster
Chris is a successful Internet entrepreneur who has set up a variety of companies ranging from head shops and cannabis seeds sales to the design and manufacture of Solid State Drives and other computer peripherals.
Chris has always been passionate about individual liberty and the desire for the state to let us get on with our right to pursue peaceful activities without intervention from the authorities.
Chris hopes his wide experience in business will lend benefit to NORML UK helping it to become a successful cannabis campaigning organisation.
Greg de Hoedt - Communications & Community Outreach Director
Greg de Hoedt is a filmmaker who has battled with Crohn’s Disease since his teens and fortunately found cannabis to be the most beneficial medicine in his quest for health. Greg quit his job to focus on his health and cannabis advocacy.
Greg spent 6 months traveling up and down the west coast of America to document the medical cannabis community that is currently thriving after more than 15 years of legal state protection and, in some form or another, regulation.
Greg says, “I will be looking to build bridges between the cannabis community and other national networks and organisations that would benefit from and be happy to promote the NORML UK mission. Expect to see lots of videos, blogs and podcasts from me as I travel across the United Kingdom with the UKCSC local activist movement.”
Free Rob Cannabis - Education Director
Free Rob Cannabis (his legal name) has been a cannabis activist for over 20 years, primarily focussing on education. In the 1990s, Free Rob founded the Cannabis Hemp Information Club (CHIC) and a “Cannabis Museum” in London. He organized international CHIC conferences and created displays, literature and demonstrations.
Free Rob came to the limelight after he handed out cannabis brownies with Howard Marks in Hyde Park. Free Rob made an appointment at Marylebone police station to be arrested, where upon arrival the police refused to arrest him. Free Rob now owns a “hemporium” in Glastonbury where he promotes the uses of cannabis as food, fibre, fuel, medicine and inspiration.
Sarah McCulloch - Political Lobbying Director
Sarah did her gap year supporting disabled students at the University of Bradford, where one day someone asked her if she fancied setting up a group at Manchester about sensible drug policy. She said yes, figuring she hadn’t got anything better to do, and is still campaigning away five years and three drug policy organisations later. As a libertarian, Sarah primarily believes that people have an inherent right to put whatever substances they desire into their own bodies, and that it is no place of the state to criminalise non-problematic drug users and to persecute problematic drug users. Outside of drug policy, Sarah works in social media, and is training as an interfaith minister.
Clark French - Medical Campaign Director
Born in the autumn of 85, Clark lives in Reading, England. He was diagnosed with MS in 2010 and found cannabis helps him deal with his symptoms. He now wants to spread awareness of the therapeutic potential of cannabis.
Clark is an enthusiastic media interviewee, and has appeared on BBC Television, Channel 4, local newspapers, national and international news websites, BBC and Private Radio programmes and many online pod-casts/radio stations, in his fight for personal freedom to use cannabis as a medicine.
Lesley Reynolds - Secretary
Lesley has experience in administration, development, management, promotion and cannabis education. She has had a long and varied career, and spent 8 years working as an accounts supervisor and business manager, and 9 years as a secretary for a union of youth clubs in London.
Lesley was the first female hydroponic shop owner in the 90s, at a time when there were only 25 shops in the entire country. The Dutch called her “the pot lady” as she sold more actual pots than anyone else at that time, even supplying to the uk garden centres. She left the business in 2006 and currently runs an Italian pizzeria in addition to her duties as Secretary.
Lesley became our secretary after attending the Hyde Park 420 demo and realising she wanted to give back what she could to the movement. With her broad range of skills, she is willing to help in any capacity that is needed to support the cause.
Lowell Wolfe - Civil Rights Campaign Director
- Organisations Outreach Director
We are currently looking for volunteers to fill this role.
- Public Relations Director
We are currently looking for volunteers to fill this role.
Regional roles
Des Humphrey - Community Outreach Director (Wales)
Des served in HM Forces for 10 years and suffered a very bad fall whilst serving abroad on a live firing exercise, but that didn’t keep him down. He was then run over by a car in Cardiff after representing the Battalion in rugby against Newport, then to top it off he suffered a neck injury again playing rugby for the Battalion at Cardiff Blues ground against RWF.
Des has never hid the fact he consumes cannabis for medical consumption but he strongly agrees with freedom of choice. One of his favourite sayings includes: “My Body, My Mind, My Disability, My Pains, Our Plant! Let us be FREE.”
Chris Mackenzie - Community Outreach Director (Scotland)
Chris Mackenzie has been a recreational cannabis consumer for six years. During the first few years, he conducted his own research online and studied the medicinal benefits of the plant as well as the many uses of hemp. He encouraged a close family member, with serious heath problems, to medicate with cannabis and witnessed positive results first hand. These results, coupled with his own research, spurred him on to becoming an activist so that he could educate others about the great many uses of the cannabis plant.
NORML UK and the UKCSC Model played an important part in his journey towards activism. In March 2012, after being encouraged by the UKCSC community, Chris established the Glasgow Cannabis Social Club in preparation for the upcoming 420 events. He hosted the first official Scottish 420 event in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.
In April 2013, he was elected as the Scottish Regional Organiser for UKCSC, which sees him play an integral part in the development of new and existing cannabis social clubs in Scotland. Since then he has helped to form 8 other clubs in Scotland and is continuing to expand the cannabis community north of the border.