Editing Jonathan Dimbleby (section)

==Other work==
Dimbleby wanted to be a farmer when he left school and worked on the Royal Farm, Windsor, trained as a professional [[showjumper]] and studied at the Royal Agricultural College (now University) at Cirencester. From 1993 until 2004 he ran an [[organic farm]] near [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], Somerset.

He is a past president of [[Voluntary Service Overseas]] (VSO), of the [[Campaign to Protect Rural England]] (CPRE), of the [[Soil Association]] and of the [[RSPB]]. He is chair of the Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund, the charity established in 1966 in memory of his father. He was chairman of the [[Index on Censorship]]'s Board of Trustees from 2008 until 2013, when he was succeeded by [[David Aaronovitch]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-03-21 |title=Winners – Index Awards 2013 |url=https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/03/winners-index-awards-2013/ |access-date=2021-11-23 |website=[[Index on Censorship]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> He is patron of several other charities.