Tusk Trust

Tusk Trust "is a dynamic organisation, which has 18 years experience initiating and funding conservation and community development programmes right across Africa. Supported by UK celebrities such as Rory Bremner, Ronnie Wood, Griff Rhys Jones, Joanna Lumley, Ruby Wax, Zoe Ball, Ben Fogle and Alistair McGowan, the charity’s work to deliver direct sustainable conservation has been widely covered on television and in the media. In 2005 Prince William became the charity’s Royal Patron.

"Since its formation in 1990 by Charles Mayhew MBE and Sir Timothy Ackroyd Bt., Tusk has earned a reputation for being non-bureaucratic and for maximising donor funds (on average 85% of net funds) reaching the field. The charity has supported more than 100 projects and invested over £9 million into the field.

"Tusk’s current portfolio of 40 field projects spread across 17 African countries is designed not only to protect wildlife, particularly endangered species, but to help alleviate poverty and encourage sustainable development and education amongst many poor rural communities who live alongside wildlife."

Trustees
Accessed June 2009:

Hon Life President


 * Sir Christopher Lever Bt.

Trustees of Tusk Trust (UK)


 * Iain Rawlinson (Chairman)
 * Pierre-Andre Mourgue D'Algue
 * Lord St John of Bletso
 * Stephen Watson
 * James Lindsay
 * Samantha Corsellis
 * Philip Cayford QC
 * Reginald Heyworth
 * Sir Timothy Ackroyd Bt.

Trustees of Tusk USA Inc.


 * Charles Cunningham
 * Meredith Yates
 * Mark Franklin
 * Philip Cayford QC
 * Charles Mayhew MBE (President)
 * Kenneth Coe

Trustees of Tusk Australia


 * Charles Mayhew MBE
 * Philip Treisman
 * Iain Rawlinson (President)

Patrons
Accessed June 2009:


 * Zoe Ball, Mark Beaumont, Corbin Bernsen, Rory Bremner, Lord Valentine Cecil, John Challis, Joanna David, Ben Fogle, Edward Fox (actor), David Gower, Lucinda Green, Annabel Heseltine, Brian Jackman, Iain Douglas Hamilton, Lady Kleinwort, Richard Leakey, Simon King, Ali MacGraw, Cynthia Moss, Duke of Northumberland, Sir Tim Rice, Catrina Skepper, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Pam St Clement, Sir Christopher Thompson, Charlotte Uhlenbroek, Ruby Wax, Ronnie Wood, Susannah York

Contact

 * Web: http://www.tusk.org

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