Civic Voice

Civic Voice
PredecessorCivic Trust
Formation2010 (2010)
TypeNonprofit
Legal statusRegistered charity
HeadquartersWeymouth
Region served
England
Websitewww.civicvoice.org.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Civic Voice is the national charity for the civic movement in England. It provides support and advice to its members, which largely consists of locally based civic societies, most of them charities.

History and organisation

Civic Voice was set up in 2010 following the demise of the Civic Trust. It is now a fully remote organisation and registered at 70 Cowcross Street in London.

The president of Civic Voice is Griff Rhys Jones. Its vice-presidents are Laura Sandys, Baroness Andrews, Sir Terry Farrell and Freddie Gick. Civic Voice has had two co-chairs since November 2024: Robert Osborne from St Albans Civic Society, and Andrew Jackson from Manchester Civic Society, supported by a further three trustees.

Until 2023, it was the public entry point and provided the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Civic Societies.

Programmes and projects

Initiatives led by Civic Voice have included:

Civic Voice has worked with the War Memorials Trust to promote understanding and historical recollection in relation to war memorials.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Civic Voice, registered charity no. 1134476". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  2. ↑ "National civic charity launched". 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  3. ↑ "House of Commons - Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 3 February 2016: Civic Societies". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  4. ↑ "Civic Voice Design Unit Webinar: In Conversation with Laura Alvarez "Putting design quality at the heart of placemaking" —". www.laurabalvarez.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  5. ↑ NewsBlog, IHBC. "IHBC welcomes Civic Voice's Parliamentary 'Big Conservation Conversation', 7 March: includes Laura Sandys and Baroness Andrews | IHBC NewsBlog Archive". Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  6. ↑ NewsBlog, IHBC. "What is England's favourite conservation area? Civic Voice seeks shortlist votes on 'are examples of great placemaking' – closing 16 Oct! | IHBC NewsBlog Archive". Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  7. ↑ NewsBlog, IHBC. "IHBC welcomes England's 'Civic Day', a national celebration of civic pride, June 17, from Civic Voice | IHBC NewsBlog Archive". Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  8. ↑ "Place capacity map". High Streets Task Force. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  9. ↑ "Our joint letter to the Telegraph about high street planning". Transport for New Homes. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  10. ↑ "Local heritage list campaign: announcement of successful areas". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  11. ↑ "Councils urged to cut street clutter". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  12. ↑ "Conference history 2010-2022". www.warmemorials.org. War Memorials Trust. Retrieved 3 July 2026.