The Royal Countryside Fund awards Fellowship to Edwin Booth
The Royal Countryside Fund has awarded a Fellowship to Edwin Booth CBE DL in recognition of his tireless and dedicated support for the charity. The RCF’s Fellowship recognises significant contributions made by former trustees and supporters.
Edwin was a founding trustee of the RCF, which was initially established as The Prince’s Countryside Fund in 2010, and he served as a trustee from the charity’s inception until 2023. Edwin’s backing for the RCF’s work continued beyond the end of his time as a trustee and he currently serves on the charity’s Development Committee, continuing to give freely of his time, experience, and expertise to support the charity.
During Edwin’s tenure as a trustee, Booths also became a steadfast and invaluable corporate partner for the RCF. The supermarket continues to donate to the RCF and helps the charity to fundraise, and promote its work. This longstanding partnership with Booths has enabled the RCF to support even more farming families and rural communities.
The RCF’s Chair, Heather Hancock LVO DL, said:
“Edwin played an essential role in the creation of the RCF and ever since that very first day he has worked tirelessly to support and promote its work. He has an inexhaustible passion for farming, the countryside and supporting rural communities particularly in the north west of England. It is a very great pleasure to be able to recognise his contribution to these communities and everything he has done for the RCF by awarding him this Fellowship.”
On receiving his Fellowship, Edwin Booth said:
“I consider it a tremendous privilege to have been personally involved with The Royal Countryside Fund since its foundation. In that time the charity has grown and developed and I have witnessed first-hand how it has benefited family farmers and rural community organisers. These are the people who produce our food, protect the environment, and keep rural life alive; they are the very heart of our countryside. I’m deeply honoured to be made a Fellow of The Royal Countryside Fund and I remain convinced that the charity’s work is as needed and important now as it was when it was founded.”
Edwin joins the RCF’s existing Fellows: Dame Margaret Barbour, Mark Allen OBE, Sara Bennison, Elizabeth Buchanan CVO DL FRAgS, Lord Curry of Kirkharle CBE, Stephen Dunmore OBE, Mark Pendlington LL and Lord Mark Price CVO.