The history and mission of The Verney Foundation For more than 20 years The Verney Foundation has supported a broad range of charities and good causes, all of which have served the communities both local to the Claydon Estate and further afield across Buckinghamshire. Rural community spaces, nature restoration, heritage conservation, and education have been at the heart of the Foundation since its founding in 2001, by Claydon Estate’s former steward Sir Edmund Verney. Now chaired by Sir Edmund’s son and successor Nicholas Verney, the Foundation’s mission and values remain...

Tom Mason, our new Estate Manager, is looking forward to getting to know members of the local community as he gets to grips with his new role looking after our diverse operations. He brings a wealth of experience in farming and land management to the Claydon Estate, most recently as Estates Director with the Environment Bank, working with farmers and landowners to bring biodiversity improvements to sites across the country. Tom is relishing the close connection with the community that the role of an Estate Manager offers and has already begun making contacts in and around...