National Trust to prioritise ‘embracing traditions of different cultures’

Charity replaces ‘history’ with ‘culture’ in revised mission statement

Craig Simpson Arts Correspondent

Objectives of the National Trust now include “embracing the traditions of different cultures” and the “stories of different histories”.

The organisation said it wanted to harness “the ideas of a million minds. Alive. Open”, and referred to its charitable work as a “movement [that] reaches across time and place.”

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The National Trust has quietly updated its values to prioritise “embracing the traditions of different cultures,” The Telegraph can reveal. The charity amended its mission statement to remove numerous references to “history” in favour of the word “culture,” while several references to “countryside” were also stripped away.

Objectives of the National Trust now include “embracing the traditions of different cultures” and the “stories of different histories.” The organisation said it wanted to harness “the ideas of a million minds. Alive. Open,” and referred to its charitable work as a “movement [that] reaches across time and place.”

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