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Will Glendinning is a former politician in Northern Ireland. Glendinning was born in Portadown, the brother of Robin, and a great-grandchild of Robert Glendinning.〔John Stanley Bull, ''British and Irish dramatists since World War II'', pp.73-74〕 Glendinning joined the Ulster Defence Regiment in the early 1970s and served in Armagh. In 1977, he was elected as an Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) councillor for Belfast Area F, which covered the Lower Falls, Donegall Road and Markets areas. He held his seat in 1981,〔(Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 and was also narrowly elected at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982 for West Belfast.〔(West Belfast 1973-82 ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 "Area F" was abolished in 1985 but Glendinning won a council seat in the Lower Falls Electoral Area,〔(Local Government Elections 1985 - 1989: Belfast ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 with his wife Pip succeeding in gaining a seat for APNI in the adjacent Upper Falls Area. He and his wife both resigned their council seats in 1987 due to the birth of their daughter. He became the Chief Executive of the Community Relations Council, before becoming a consultant on "cultural diversity, community relations and transition from conflict" establishing the peace building charity Diversity Challenges www.diversity-challnges.com. He has worked as its Coordinator since 2002〔(The Report of the Healing Through Remembering Project ), June 2002〕 Diversity Challenges worked with culturally specific groups including the Loyal Orders Bands the GAA and others to promote change to recognise the increasing cultural diversity..〔"(Ex-Alliance man to polish Orange image )", ''Irish Times'', 21 March 2002〕 Will is now working on dealing with the past conflict in and about Northern Ireland through Storytellying. He lives in South Armagh is married to Maura ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Will Glendinning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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