New Trustees have joined the board of of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and the Heritage Lottery Fund HLF, which has a role in guiding the grant applications and policies of both organisations.
NHMF writes:
They are: Sir Roger De Haan, philanthropist and former Chairman and CEO of Saga, David Heathcoat-Amory, Chairman of London and Devonshire Trust, and Dr Tom Tew, CEO of the Environment Bank, who will join immediately; Sandie Dawe, CEO of VisitBritain, and Steve Miller, Head of Norfolk Museums Service, who will join in February; and Perdita Hunt, Director of the Watts Gallery Trust, who will join in July.
The new Trustees will be part of a 15-strong Board which runs both NHMF and HLF. Its role is to steer the policy and direction of the two Funds and take decisions on grant applications. NHMF, the nation’s grant-in-aid fund of last resort for heritage, has a current annual budget of £4m – £5m. To date, HLF has awarded £5.9bn to 36,000 heritage projects across the UK. Its grant budget for 2013-14 is £375m.
Dame Jenny Abramsky said: ‘We’re delighted to be welcoming such a talented range of individuals onto the Board. We continue to face tough times in the heritage sector and over the next few years we are anticipating continued high levels of demand for our funds, which means stiff competition and difficult decisions. These new Trustees will bring a wealth of specialist and general knowledge and experience, plus fresh insight, and will work alongside our existing Trustees to help meet these challenges.’
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