Editing Judi Dench (section)

=== Philanthropy and advocacy ===
Dench is the Patron and President of the alumni foundation of [[Drama Studio London]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dramastudiolondon.co.uk/alumni/career-prospects |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008080431/http://www.dramastudiolondon.co.uk/alumni/career-prospects |archive-date=8 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rules |first=L. |title=Famous Drama Studio London Alumni |url=https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-drama-studio-london-alumni-and-students/reference |publisher=[[Ranker]] |access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> a Patron of the British Shakespeare Association, and a vice-president of [[wildlife conservation]] NGO [[Fauna and Flora International]].<ref>{{cite news|title=People |url=https://www.fauna-flora.org/people|access-date=5 December 2020|newspaper=[[Fauna and Flora International|Fauna & Flora International]]}}</ref> She has participated multiple times in the Explorers against Extinction wildlife conservation fundraiser Sketch For Survival, in which celebrity artists join prominent wildlife artists in sketching wildlife as well as they can in 26 minutes, and the results are auctioned off.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkshirelife.co.uk/out-about/events/the-sketch-for-survival-exhibition-1-6291383 |title=The Sketch for Survival exhibition at The Wildlife & Safari Travel Show |access-date=11 December 2020 |publisher=Yorkshire Life |date=3 October 2019}}</ref>

In a [[biography]] by John Miller it was noted that in the late 1990s Dench was the patron of over 180 charities, many of which were related either to the theatre or to medical causes, for example [[York Against Cancer]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=John|title=Judi Dench: With A Crack in Her Voice|publisher=[[Hachette Livre|Hatchette UK]]|year=2013|isbn=978-1-78022-644-6|section=Introduction}}</ref> Dench is a patron of [[the Leaveners]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefriend.org/article/quaker-composer-new-leaveners-patron|title=Quaker composer new Leaveners' patron|website=The Friend|date=26 March 2015|access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref> The [[Archway Theatre]], [[Horley]], Surrey,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/dame-judi-dench-calls-donations-locked-down-archway-theatre-2849435|title=Dame Judi Dench calls for donations to locked-down Archway Theatre|website=West Sussex County Times|date=11 May 2020|access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref> and the relationship research and innovation charity OnePlusOne (formally known as OnePlusOne Marriage and Partnership Research, London.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneplusone.org.uk/news/dame-judi-dench|title=OnePlusOne|website=www.oneplusone.org.uk}}</ref>

She became president of [[Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts]] in London in 2006,<ref>{{cite news |title=Dench is appointed Mountview president|newspaper=[[The Stage]]|location=London|issn=0038-9099|date=30 March 2006|page=6}}</ref> taking over from Sir [[John Mills]]. She has been president of [[Questors Theatre]], [[Ealing]], since 1985, where the main auditorium is known as The Judi Dench Playhouse, being the only theatre to bear her name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.questors.org.uk/prods/2014/50playhouse/doc/Questors%20P50%20Brochure.pdf|title=50 years of the Playhouse at The Questors Theatre|pages=1, 4|year=2014|access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref> She was also patron of [[Ovingdean Hall School]], a special day and boarding school for the deaf and hard of hearing in [[Brighton]], which closed in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ovingdeanhallschool.org.uk/|title=home|publisher=Ovingdean Hall School|access-date=13 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113102021/http://www.ovingdeanhallschool.org.uk/|archive-date=13 January 2011}}</ref> and Vice President of [[The Little Foundation]]. Dench is also a long-standing and active vice president of Revitalise, a national disabled people's charity.