Lord-Lieutenant’s Patronages and Presidencies

Health

• Seashell Trust (Children with limited communication skills and autism)
• Francis House (children’s Hospice and respite care)
• Walthew House (Services for the Blind and Deaf in Stockport)
• St Anne’s Hospice (providing hospice services in Manchester, Salford, Stockport and Trafford both residential and domiciliary and within Wythenshawe Hospital)
• Henshaw's (charity supporting people living with sight loss and a range of other disabilities)
• Ambassador- George House Trust (counselling and supporting people with HIV/Aids)
• Patron –Mustard Tree (re-building lives of Homeless, Refugees, Rehabilitated Addicts, Ex-offenders)
• Emerge- Food distribution, ( 17 tons per week to charities, food banks etc also in recycling paper, wood ,job creation)
• President of St John’s Ambulance Greater Manchester
• President of PRAGMA (Pre-retirement Association of Greater Manchester) a subsidiary of age UK
• Patron ADS (addiction dependency solutions)
• Patron Reclaim (developing leadership skills amongst young people from within deprived communities)
• Patron ACE (providing technological resources for people with limited communication skills)
• Patron Proud Trust (formerly the LGBT Youth trust) protecting/supporting young people within the LGBT community)
• Patron CSIN (delivers innovative, educational & creative programmes to socially excluded individuals)
• Patron Moodswings (charity providing intense support to people with mood disorders and their friends and families)
• First and Principal Patron of Kidscan (charity funding children's cancer research to find safer treatments for children with cancer)
• Patron Friends of Rosie (volunteer-led charity that provides funding for children’s cancer research to get new ideas off the ground)

Veterans

• PresIdent Royal British Legion Greater Manchester
• President SSAFFA Greater Manchester
• President Broughton House residential care facilities for veterans
• President the Soldiers Charity Greater Manchester
• North Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association
• Patron of Walking with the Wounded North West

Armed Sevices

• Vice President RFCA (N.W.)
• President GMATC
• Hon.Col. GMACF 2007 - 2017
• Vice President-Greater Manchester Naval Officers Association

Youth

• Chairman Salford Lads and Girls Club
• President Norbrook Youth Club
• President Greater Manchester West Scouts Council
• Trustee Audenshaw School Trust
• Ambassador- Springboard for Children (developing literary skills amongst children particularly from the BME community and children of refugees)
• Patron Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester

Miscellaneous

• President Royal Society of St. George
• Patron John Ryland’s Library
• Assembly Member University of Manchester 
• Vice-president- Manchester Grammar School Bursary Appeal. (now over £27m)
• Patron Greater Manchester Churches Preservation Trust
• President Greater Manchester Retired Magistrates Association
• Hon.Member Manchester Academy of Fine arts
• Chairman of the Advisory and Conduct Committee of the Greater Manchester Magistrates
• Patron of Friends of Clayton Park and Hall.
• Patron Anselm's Hall University of Manchester
• Patron Red Cross Greater Manchester

Faith

• High Steward Manchester Cathedral/Chairman of the Development Trust
• Chairman of the Cathedral council
• Member of the Manchester Hate Crime Forum
• Patron of the British Muslim Heritage Centre
• Member of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Salford Development Committee

Grant Making Trusts

• The Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund – trustee
• Manchester Girls Institute – chairman and trustee
• Manchester Guardian Society Trust Fund – chairman and trustee

Awards

• Knight of St John (KStJ)
• University of Bolton (LLD)
• University of Salford (D. Litt)
• University of Manchester Medal of Honour
• Manchester Metropolitan University (D.Litt)