| The Rt. Hon the Lord Steel of Aikwood | (Chair until February 2006) |
| Dame Diana Brittan | Former Chair, Community Fund (Chair from February 2006) |
| William Thomson | Hon President, Carnegie UK Trust (ex officio) |
| Phil Barton | Director, RENEW – North West Centre for Regeneration Excellence |
| Graham Benfield | Chief Executive, Wales Council for Voluntary Action |
| Alison Seabrooke | Chief Executive, Community Development Foundation |
| Seamus Boland | Chief Executive, Irish Rural Link |
| Sylvia Brown | Chief Executive, ACRE |
| Margaret Clark | Director, The Commission for Rural Communities |
| Professor Gary Craig | President, International Association for Community Development |
| Niall Fitzduff | Former Director, Rural Community Network (NI) |
| Sir Ben N Gill | Former President, National Farmers’ Union |
| Lord Christopher Haskins | Former Chairman, Northern Foods |
| Chris Higgins | Head of Enterprising Communities Team, Highlands and Islands Enterprise |
| Avila Kilmurray | Director, The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland |
| The Rt. Reverend Michael Langrish | Bishop of Exeter |
| Charlie McConnell | Chief Executive, Carnegie UK Trust |
| Bhupendra Mistry | Carnegie UK Trustee |
| Professor Malcolm Moseley | Countryside and Community Research Unit, University of Gloucester |
| Tony Pender | Convener of the Rural Sub-Committee, Carnegie UK Trust |
| Jonathon Porritt | Director, Forum for the Future |
| Vanessa Potter | Director of Policy and External Relations, Big Lottery Fund |
| Melanie Reid | Journalist, The Times
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| Dr Terry Stevens | Consultant, Stevens & Associates |
| Maura Walsh | Manager, IRD Duhallow Ltd |
| Sandy Watson | Former Chief Executive, Angus Council |