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The Royal Countryside Fund has a small staff team, mostly based in our office in central London. If you have a general enquiry, please email info@countrysidefund.org.uk

For all grants enquiries, please email grants@countrysidefund.org.uk or fill in the form here.

Senior team

Keith Halstead

Executive Director

Email Helen Day: hday@countrysidefund.org.uk

Maddy Taylor

Head of Operations

On maternity leave until spring 2026.

Ellie Burnage

Head of External Affairs

eburnage@countrysidefund.org.uk
+44 (0)7552 340129

Heeren Patel

Head of Finance

hpatel@countrysidefund.org.uk

Ticky Hedley-Dent

Interim Head of Communications

thedley-dent@countrysidefund.org.uk
+44 (0)7990 405818

Helen Day

Executive Support & Governance Manager

hday@countrysidefund.org.uk
+44 (0)7990 371158

Farming 

Beth Summers

Senior Programme Manager

On maternity leave until spring 2026.

Helen Rivett

Programme Manager

hrivett@countrysidefund.org.uk 
+44 (0)7529 221696

Anna Wright

Environmental Programme Manager

awright@countrysidefund.org.uk 
+44 (0)7990 374073

Gareth Davies

Programme Manager (Wales)

gdavies@countrysidefund.org.uk 
+44 (0)7970 180408 

Clementine Addison-Atkinson

Senior Programmes Officer

caddison-atkinson@countrysidefund.org.uk 
+44 (0)7484 532949

Rural communities 

Pippa Fry

Rural Communities Engagement Manager

On maternity leave until spring 2026.

Will Crawford

Senior Rural Investment Manager

wcrawford@countrysidefund.org.uk 
+44 (0)7579 813821

Sally Sargent

Rural Communities Officer

ssargent@countrysidefund.org.uk
+44 (0)7483 403374

External affairs

Emily Robinson

Corporate Partnerships Manager

erobinson@countrysidefund.org.uk
+44 (0)7990 385983 

Ian Johnson

Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer

ijohnson@countrysidefund.org.uk
+44 (0)7341 488121

Chloë Goodridge

Senior Communications and Philanthropy Officer

cgoodridge@countrysidefund.org.uk
+44 (0)7529 221699

Patrick Davies

Senior Communications Officer

pdavies@countrysidefund.org.uk
+44 (0)7483 403390

Ellen Conmee

Event and Office Coordinator

econmee@countrysidefund.org.uk
+44 (0)7529 221697

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