THE CIVIC TRUST MOVEMENT
The Civic Trust movement began in 1957 with the foundation of a single organisation based in London.
For several years the Civic Trust campaigned on its own throughout the United Kingdom, encouraging the growth of Civic Amenity Societies, good practice in the conservation of the built heritage and high standards in contemporary architecture and planning.
With its success came the need to devolve effort and responsibility and autonomous Civic Trusts were gradually established in other parts of the UK, The Scottish Civic Trust (1967) being the second.
All the confederate Civic Trusts share the same fundamental aims and objectives, directed to improving the quality of Britain's built environment, but they are administratively and financially independent, with their own Board of Trustees and priorities for action.
Contact:
For England (except the North East)
Civic Trust, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AW.
Tel: 0171-930-0914 Fax: 0171-321-0180.
E.mail. pride@civictrust.org.uk
North East England + Cumbria and North Yorkshire
North East Civic Trust, Blackfriars, Monk Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 4XN.
Tel: 0191-232-9279 Fax: 0191-230-1474
Wales
Civic Trust for Wales, 4th Floor, Empire House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff CF1 6DN.
Tel: 01222-848-606 Fax: 01222-484-086
E.mail. mail@civictrustwales.demon.co.uk
www.civictrustwales.demon.co.uk