In 2010 he was appointed Patron of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Foundation and Patron of the Chifley home, Bathurst.

Professor Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland and Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's has been appointed Patron of the VHI.

She was appointed Patron of Pride London in summer 2006, the youngest and only Black patron.

She was appointed Patron of the Music Teachers' Association of South Australia (MTASA) and established the Miriam Hyde Award for the Association.

In 2009 Bates was appointed Patron of Tomorrow's People (North East) a charity specialising in getting 'hard to reach' young people into work or training.

In December 2010, Tim Mathieson was appointed Patron of the National Portrait Gallery.

Architect Daniel Libeskind was appointed Honorary Patron of PLACE in August 2011.

In 2011, he was appointed Patron of the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute at Cardiff University.

The following year he was appointed Patron of the Association and in January 1977 he was made "Religious Advisor".

In 2005, he was appointed Patron of the National College of Music.