President and Patrons

  • HRH The Duchess of Cornwall (President)

    A message from Her Royal Highness :

    “Litter is an affliction of our society that causes all kinds of problems. It is not only that it ruins the look of many a street or village, but its negative effects reach much deeper. Litter causes these areas to look uncared for and, even worse, causes their inhabitants to feel neglected and unsafe. As the President of CleanupUK I wholeheartedly applaud the work it is doing, not only by encouraging everyone to wage war on litter, but also by helping those residents in the less affluent areas of the United Kingdom to get together to clean up their neighbourhoods, and so improve their quality of life.

    I urge you to join me in supporting CleanupUK with the hope that we can all make our country litter free in the future.”

  • Peter Hall (Patron) is Executive Chairman of Hunter Hall International Limited, one of the world’s largest ethical investment managers.

    Peter is also Deputy Chairman of Prospect Publishing, a Director of the International Rhino Foundation, a patron of the Asian Rhino Project, a member of the Sydney Film Festival Council and a trustee of the Bedales Grants Trust Fund and of Action for Brazil’s Children Trust, a UK-based charity.

    Peter’s interest in tackling the problem of litter stems from his horror at the disrespect that many people in our society show for themselves and our world by littering. He is particularly inspired by the example of Clean Up Australia Day, a day when hundreds of thousands of Australians get stuck in and clean up their local environment by collecting and removing rubbish on one of the cleanup days. He is horrified by litter and rubbish in the countryside. If he was able to wave a magic wand, he would employ many more people to pick up litter, include it as a sentencing option for minor crime and impose heavy fines and litter duty on people who litter, particularly cigarette butts and chewing gum.

    Peter was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2010 for his philanthropic contributions to society and his service to the finance management industry.

  • Martyn Hedley (Patron) spent his working life in the City of London at Willis, a leading global insurance broker, achieving the position of Chairman in their Aviation Division.

    Since his retirement in 2003 he spends much of his time in Cornwall. Martyn and his wife Amanda have helped organise fundraising activities for local charities including the Precious Lives Appeal and the Merlin Project, which raised over £50,000 from a 32-mile sponsored walk for Multiple Sclerosis.

    Martyn is also actively involved as a Director of the Livery Companies’ Mutual – the mutual looks after the livery companies in the City of London. Martyn had the honour of being made Master of the Worshipful Company of Grocers in 2005 and is also the Chair of the Willis Pensioners’ Association.

    If he gets any spare time his interests include the arts, local food and produce, vintage wines, classical music, playing golf and foreign travel.
    His house in Cornwall overlooks Constantine Bay and he is horrified by the amount of waste, some marine but sadly mostly tourist–inflicted, accumulating on the beach. This has acted as a spur to his litter-collecting experience to improve the environment. He always carries a carrier bag on walks to collect rubbish.