Andrew Mawson, Baron Mawson
- Andrew Mawson, Baron Mawson
Andrew Mawson, Baron Mawson, OBE (born 8 November 1954) is a social entrepreneur.
Andrew Mawson was brought up in Bradford, Yorkshire. He trained for Christian ministry at the Northern Baptist College in Manchester under Principal Michael H Taylor. He gained a BA degree in theology from the Victoria University of Manchester.
In 1998 he co-founded the Community Action Network, a UK national charity, and remains its President. [ [http://www.can-online.org.uk/pages/lord_mawson_biography.html Biography] on Community Action Network website. Retrieved 22 June 2007.] He is renowned for his pioneering work at the Bromley by Bow Centre in East London, which became the UK's first Healthy Living Centre. Andrew received an OBE in the Millennium New Year Honours List [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/new_years_honours/584147.stm Millennium New Year Honours List] . BBC News (31 December 1999). Retrieved 22 June 2007. ] for his work there since 1984.
He is a founder board member of Poplar HARCA. In 2006 he launched the Water City initiative for East London with Richard Rogers. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5002468.stm 'Water City' plan for east London] . BBC News (22 May 2006). Retrieved 22 June 2007.]
In February 2007, it was announced by the House of Lords Appointments Commission that he would be made a life peer; he sits as a crossbencher. [cite web|url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/lords/story/0,,2013978,00.html|title=Six new non-party political peers|publisher=The Guardian|date=15 February 2007 Retrieved 22 June 2007. ] The peerage was gazetted on 29 March 2007 as Baron Mawson, of Bromley-by-Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. He was introduced as a peer on 30 April 2007.
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