 In 2012, Lindley was appointed Chairman of the Music Planning Group of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and elected a Trustee of Leeds Philharmonic Society.He was in office as Grand Organist to the United Grand Lodge of England from 2010 to 2012 and has held office since 2010 in the Masonic Province of Yorkshire West Riding as Provincial Grand Organist.Lindley is the recipient of the "Spirit of Leeds" award from Leeds Civic Trust presented in 2006 and The Leeds Award from Leeds City Council in 2016.