Bankside Open Spaces Trust Trustees
Our charitable activities are overseen by our Board of Trustees, which is made up of nine members.
Chair - Tim Wood
Treasurer - Karen Atkinson
Our Trustees are recruited through an open application process. We aim to have a Board that:
is diverse and gender-balanced
contains the professional skills and experience we need to operate effectively and sustainably
If you are interested in finding out more about our Trustees or would like to speak to us about joining our Board, please email info@bost.org.uk
Supporters and Partners
None of our work would be possible without our incredible team, our trustees, our board members and the continued support from The London Boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth.
We are partnered with numerous charities, housing associations, educational and health organisations, landowners and individual donors who have worked with us over the years. We also work with incredible funders who support our work through grants and donations. In the past year we are grateful to all our supporters who have given us the flexibility to continue with our work in difficult circumstances.
Our programme supporters include:
Bank of America, Better Bankside, City Bridge Foundation, Dorrington, DS Smith Charitable Foundation, The Finnis Scott Foundation, Frognal Gardens, Great Portland Estates, The Henry Smith Charity, Landsec, London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Lambeth, London Gardens Network, Maylim, The National Lottery Community Fund, Riverside & Mount Anvil, Royal Horticultural Society, The Royal Parks, Southbank and Waterloo Neighbours, Surrey Cricket Foundation, Team London Bridge, United St Saviour’s Charity, Willerby Landscapes and those who wish to remain anonymous.
Thank you for making Bankside Open Spaces Trust what it is today.
Working with Developers
Bankside Open Spaces Trust does not support planning applications. We do however engage with developers to influence the public realm offer to be as good as possible in terms of a) making a meaningful contribution to the green infrastructure of the local area and b) providing new public realm that’s available for the enjoyment of the local community.
Any engagement from Bankside Open Spaces Trust is clearly independent of funding from developers.
Developers at Bankside Open Spaces Festival
At our yearly Bankside Open Spaces Festival, we invite developers with projects in the area to display these schemes and engage with the locals who attend the festival.
This is often the only opportunity that the community has to see these developments together in one place. This is beneficial for the community and helps the developers with their Community Consultation. In return the Developers contribute to the cost of organising the Festival. Enabling this platform does not constitute/signify Bankside Open Spaces Trust’s support for individual schemes.