Trustworthy, administrator
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Interim role at the SVRCT November 2022
==Officerships on the SVR==
*He was a member of the [[SVR(H)]] Board until 30 June 1995 and between 1997 and 2003. He was appointed Chairman 1999-2002.
*He was Director of the then-SVR Rolling Stock Trust between 2001 and 2012. He became a Trustee of [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] in April 2019. Following the departure of executive director Shelagh Paterson in November 2022 he stepped in on a part-time interim basis.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bldec22 Branch Lines December 2022]</ref>
Paul was a Director between 2007-2008 and 2009-2020 of [[The Ironbridge Railway Trust]], which is independent from the SVR. Its charitable objects include to develop, construct, preserve, operate the railway between [[Buildwas]] and [[Bridgnorth]] via [[Ironbridge]], connecting to the existing Severn Valley Railway.<ref>[http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1129939&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Charity Commission] (retrieved 4 January 2017)</ref>
Paul was the Project Manager and fundraiser for the [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] which was completed in 2000. He completed two successful applications for [[:Category:Lottery funding|Heritage Lottery]] funding for both the carriage shed and [[The Engine House]] at Highley, purchasing the land for the latter at auction on behalf of the SVR.
In December 2010 he was a leading proponent of an attempt to [[Wagon Review Group|build a two-road shed]] for the storage of up to 50 wagons on the course of the trackbed of the [[Stourport Branch]]. This failed when the HLF turned down an application for funding.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1133&highlight=hlf Fathers, P., SVR Forum 10 December 2010] (Retrieved 4 January 2018)</ref>
He was a member of the [[Turntable Fund|Bewdley Turntable Fund’s Committee]] that was instrumental in purchasing and installing the turntable at Kidderminster.
