•
VSO Northern Rhodesia, 1959–60; • Founder member of
Campaign Against Racial Discrimination; • Visiting Fellow
University of Bath • Member of National Executive, VSO, 1988–96; • Director,
Somerset Wildlife Trust, 1988-2001 Vice President from 2001, • Member, Flood Defence and Pollution Committees,
Environment Agency, 1990–2012; •
SW panel, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1993–97; • SW Committee,
Heritage Lottery Fund, 2001–06. • Founder member,
South West Regional Assembly, 1998. •
Exmoor National Park Authority: Member,1998-2008; Trustee, 2003–07. • SW Regional Chair,
Campaign to Protect Rural England 2001–2006; national Trustee 2003–07; President Somerset Branch 2006- • President,
Mendip Society, 2001-09 ==HARDtalk==