 On 1 May 2013 he became chair of the board of trustees of Christian Aid.Together with Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, and Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, Williams is a patron of the Wilfred Owen Association, formed in 1989 to commemorate the life and work of the renowned World War I poet Wilfred Owen.He is Visitor of the Holywell Community, Abergavenny.