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Keeping Somerset Churches & Chapels Alive

President, Patrons, Trustees & Officers

Somerset Churches Trust is a registered charity and we have a fantastic team at the helm. To get in touch with any member of the Trust, please use our contact form in the first instance and we will be sure to point you in the right direction.

President of the trust

Mohammed Saddiq, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset

Mohammed has held senior engineering and executive positions in the utility, technology and sustainability sectors. He is an Associate Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Chartered Member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences. In 2020 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the West of England for enhancing the sustainable development of Bristol.

Vice Presidents

Jennifer Beazley • Jane Venner-Pack



Patrons

Lady Gass • DCVO • Vacant, Bishop of Taunton • Rt Rev’d Bosco MacDonald, Bishop of Clifton • The Rt Revd Dom Aiden Bellenger • Kevin McCloud MBE • The Rt Rev’d Michael Beasley, Bishop of Bath and Wells.

Our Trustees & Treasurer

Trust chairman & trustee

Dr Axel Palmer

Axel’s varied career included banking, insolvency, law and as an academic lecturing and writing on fraud, bribery and corruption. He has been a Church Treasurer and Churchwarden.

Grants Secretary and Area Assessors & trustee

Anthony Sutcliffe

Anthony is a retired chartered surveyor and has lived in Somerset for nearly 20 years. He has a great interest in places of worship, both at home and overseas, and the importance of their contribution to community integration.He has been a trustee since 2017.

Trustee

The Venerable Simon Hill

Before his ordination Simon taught at schools in Zimbabwe, Northumberland and Malawi. He moved to Somerset in 2003 and was appointed Archdeacon of Taunton in 2016.

Trustee

Bob Croft

Bob is Head of Historic Environment and Estates at the South West Heritage Trust. He studied archaeology at Leeds University and was appointed County Archaeologist for Somerset in 1986.

Treasurer

Tony Davies

Tony is an almost-retired management consultant, who has worked in financial services for over 40 years. He has lived in Bath for the last 8 years.

Trustee

Jane Street

Get involved with the Trust

There are many ways you can get involved; from attending our events, raising sponsorship funds for Ride+Stride, donating, becoming a member or leaving a lasting legacy.

If you would like to join the board of Trustees and Officers, we are actively seeking expressions of interest. We are looking to fill some key positions including a Chair of Trustees to lead overall direction and strategy, a Membership Secretary and a Trust Secretary. Please do contact us for details.

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