National Transport Trust
registered charity in the United Kingdom
The National Transport Trust is a British registered charity founded in 1965 as the Transport Trust, the name later changed to reflect its national remit and coverage of all forms of transport heritage. The Trust acts as a hub for the UK's transport preservation movement, providing advice and assistance, organizing public events, and working to secure suitable accommodation and maintenance facilities for historic vehicles and infrastructure. Its patron is Anne, Princess Royal
Objectives
The National Transport Trust is a registered charity that supports restoration campaigns and projects across all transport sectors in the United Kingdom. It provides legal and technical advice to the UK Government, individual restorers and various conservation groups and bodies, such as the Heritage Lottery Fund. It presents annual restoration awards that recognise outstanding achievements in conservation, restoration, and preservation of transport heritage. It maintains a particular focus on encouraging young people to engage with restoration work through its Young Preservationist initiative. The Trust's patron is Anne, Princess Royal.
Pressures on heritage preservation
The Heritage Lottery Fund commissioned the Transport Trust to assess pressures on the transport heritage movement, the state of artefacts and their locations, to help them prioritize applications for funding support. The resulting 145-page report, "Transport Heritage: An Assessment of Needs & Potential", provides a unique snapshot of the health of the transport preservation movement in Britain. It is estimated that audiences and participants in heritage transport activities exceed 15 million people a year, making it one of Britain's most important leisure activities.
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