The voluntary sector is being asked to participate in a consultation on the future of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

The Fund, which so far has committed £34.2 million for work in the UK and £30.6 million for international work, is posing a series of questions relating to its funding programmes – the responses to which will feed into its future strategy.

Currently, the fund’s mission is to help change the lives of neglected, marginalised people in the UK and overseas. Inspired by the work of the Princess, it aims to give priority to groups and causes that may otherwise find it hard to gain support. The new programmes it is looking to launch are likely to resemble its Palliative Care Initiative, which helps HIV/AIDS sufferers in Africa, or its Landmine Action on Explosive Remnants of War programme.

Dr Astrid Honeyman, chief executive of the Fund, said: “Over the next five years or so, we intend to build on the outstanding humanitarian work the Fund has achieved to date.”

The Future of the Fund consultation is open until 30 January 2006. For more information or a copy of the consultation pact, email consultation@memfund.org.uk or call 020 7902 5500.