New chair for National Park pressure group

15 July 2009

The Campaign for National Parks, the top charity for the finest landscapes of England and Wales, has elected a new Chair, Anne Robinson.  Anne takes over from Kate Ashbrook who had been Chair since 2003.
 
Anne lives in the Peak District National Park, is Vice Chair of the Campaign to Protect Rural England and works closely with the Friends of the Peak District.
 
Says Anne: ‘in their 60th anniversary year, the National Parks of England and Wales have never been more popular, more necessary – or more vulnerable.  CNP’s vital work must continue to meet the exciting challenges ahead, be they threats or opportunities, so that everyone can enjoy the National Parks’.

‘Being Chair of CNP is a challenge that I relish, knowing that CNP has a fine record in campaigning and in support of these extraordinary and magical treasures’.

Outgoing Chair Kate Ashbrook said: ‘I have really enjoyed being Chair of the Campaign for National Parks for the last six years and am delighted that Anne is taking over and am confident that she will defend the National Parks with campaigning zeal’.

For further information or to arrange an interview with Anne please contact Ruth Chambers on 020 7924 4077 ext. 222 
 
Notes to Editors
1. CNP is the national charity which campaigns to protect and promote National Parks for the benefit and quiet enjoyment of all.

2. Anne Robinson has campaigned for the wildness and beauty of National Parks for many years at national, regional and local level, and was co-opted onto CNP’s Council in 2001.  She is Vice Chair of national CPRE, a trustee of Yorkshire and the Humber Environment Trust (a region that is dominated by two National Parks), a member of NCVO's Members Assembly, and Vice President and former Chair of the Friends of the Peak District, with whom she continues to work closely.

For press queries please contact:
Ruth Chambers, Head of Policy on
020 7924 4077 ext. 222