Amanda Cottrell has been the Chairman of Visit Kent since 2007, and is Vice President of the Canterbury Festival. She is a Patron of Produced in Kent, and a Kent Ambassador. She is a Trustee of Canterbury Cathedral, the Godington House Preservation Trust, Kent Wildlife Trust, Avante Partnership (formerly Kent Community Housing Trust), and the Fairbridge Trust. She is an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christchurch University, and was awarded the OBE for Services to Kent in 2011. She holds no other public appointments.