Editing David Suchet (section)

==Canal Trust and River Thames Alliance==
After starting work at Stratford-on-Avon in 1973, Suchet had a [[narrowboat]] named ''Prima Donna'' fitted out to his specification as a residence there.<ref>''The RSC Newspaper'' '''1''' (1974).</ref> He later became vice-president of the [[Lichfield Canal|Lichfield]] and [[Hatherton Canal|Hatherton]] Canals Trust, whose most challenging achievement has been securing funding, via an appeal and from influencing government decisions, concerning the building of the new [[M6 Toll]] motorway, where it cuts the lines of the [[Lichfield Canal]] and the [[Hatherton Canal]], both of which the Trust wishes to see reopened.<ref name="RTBP are looking for a new home!">{{Cite web|url=https://thamesboatproject.org/2018/08/16/rtbp-are-looking-for-a-new-home/|title=RTBP are looking for a new home!|date=16 August 2018}}</ref>

He was voted in as chairman of the [[River Thames]] Alliance in November 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitthames.co.uk/RTA/|title=The Royal River Thames, from the Cotswolds to London – Visit Thames|website=www.visitthames.co.uk}}</ref> At the July 2006 Annual General Meeting of the River Thames Alliance, he agreed to continue being chairman for another year. He is a patron of the River Thames Boat Project.<ref name="RTBP are looking for a new home!"/>