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Graham Sheffield to Chair the Musicians Benevolent Fund as it adopts the new name Help Musicians UK

Posted on 19 June 2013

Graham Sheffield CBE, Director Arts for the British Council will become Chair of the Musicians Benevolent Fund in April 2014. Sheffield will succeed The Hon Richard Lyttelton, who will retire after six years of successful leadership, and see the charity into an exciting new phase as Help Musicians UK.

Patron: Her Majesty The Queen

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