Deputy Edward Lord OBE has been an elected member of the City of London Corporation since 2001 and currently chairs the Establishment Committee, which leads on workforce and inclusion policy. Edward is a trustee of City Bridge Trust, Trust for London, Black Fish UK and the Mark Benevolent Fund. They are also a director of the British Basketball League and Middlesex County Cricket Club. An active equality and diversity campaigner, Edward is a role model for LGBTQ+ charity, Stonewall.

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Married in 1950, Chris and Betty Birch have been involved in political, trade union, and LGBTQ+ activism for over 60 years. Sharing similar interests, they were both Communist Party Members and involved with organisations such as the Aid to Spanish Youth Committee. After the death of his friend, Mark Ashton, Chris became involved in forming the Mark Ashton Memorial Trust, which was created to raise money for individuals living with HIV. The archive includes the truncheon taken from the police by Mark Ashton, correspondence, personal scrapbooks, press cuttings, and various other papers relating to the couples activism.