The Board

The Board is ultimately responsible for the overall policy, finance, grant-making and administration of the organisation. It consists of the chair plus sixteen members (see below), who are appointed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Board members form country committees which make grants for England-wide, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and UK.

Diana Brittan Chair

Dame Valerie Strachan Deputy Chairman

Tessa Baring CBE

Rhiannan Bevan

Steven Burkeman

Jeff Carroll

Anne Clark

Douglas Graham

Kay Hampton

Amanda Jordan

Professor Jimmy Kearney

Maggie Lee

Barbara Lowndes MBE

Richard Martineau

William Osborne

Noel Stewart OBE

Elisabeth Watkins

Ben Whittaker