The Auckland Project has appointed five new trustees with extensive experience from the arts, education, finance, land management, and global retail sectors.

The new trustees are Jennifer Scott, Judith Layfield, Nick Downshire, Bob Neville, and Victoria Bell, joining chair Bishop Nicholas Holtam, company secretary Nicholas Eldred, and trustees Jane Dean, Robert Yorke, and Brendan Finucane KC on the board.

The organisation said the appointments underscore and advance the charity’s mission, integrating broad expertise to use art, faith and heritage as catalysts for Bishop Auckland’s long-term regeneration.

Jane Ruffer, CEO of The Auckland Project, said: “The Auckland Project is a long-term regeneration initiative rooted in the belief that culture can inspire pride, opportunity and economi

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