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Royal Patron

As well as presiding over our Award Ceremony, our Royal Patron makes around 10 site visits each year

HRH The Princess Royal has been a Patron of the Trust since its inception in 1985.

The Princess has presented the Awards every year since the Trust was launched in 1985. In recent years the Ceremony has generally been held at Buckingham Palace – though other venues have included: St James’s Palace, the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh and Lambeth Palace.

Her Royal Highness also takes a keen on-going interest in the work of our Award Winners and Commendees and makes regular visits to their places of work, in prisons, probation and youth justice settings across the UK.

Other Patrons

The Rt Hon the Lord Woolf

Lord Glenarthur DL

Baroness Linklater of Butterstone

The Lady Slynn of Hadley

Sir Trevor Brooking CBE

Mr Terry Waite CBE

Reverend Peter Timms OBE MA

TRUSTEES

Mr Tony Pearson CBE
Chair

Mr Julian Avery
Treasurer and Chair of Awarding Panel

Mr Oliver Brannigan CBE

The Hon James Butler

Mr Malcolm Butler

Prof Nelarine Cornelius

Mr Trevor Grove JP

Sir Michael Harrison

Mrs Linda Jones CBE

Dame Anne Owers DBE

Mr Bob Perry

STAFF

Simon Shepherd
Director
simon@thebutlertrust.org.uk

Maxine Winter
Office Manager
max@thebutlertrust.org.uk

Andrew Skilton
Executive Officer to the Director
andrew@thebutlertrust.org.uk

Jacqueline Feeney
Administration Officer
jacqueline@thebutlertrust.org.uk

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