Royal Bursary Award

Two Foundations are better than one! Calling all OR recipients of a Royal Bursary Award

The Tim Henman Foundation (THF) was established by fellow OR, Tim (Blathwayt 1991) in June 2015. Tim, a Reed’s tennis scholar alumnus, asked Richard Garrett to head up his Foundation. Over the next six years, THF raised over £2.25m to help thousands of disadvantaged children and, indeed, many Reed’s Foundation scholars have benefited from THF-funded bursaries, a cause very dear to Tim personally.

Richard’s passion for THF’s charitable work and his unique skills in networking and fundraising ensured the THF was in a strong position to keep helping the most vulnerable children in our society. In the summer of 2021, Richard handed over the reins to a new CEO, another Reed’s alumni, Jamie Feaver (Mullens 2005). With his own experience working in the sports charity sector and shared values with Tim, Jamie is ideally suited to lead the THF on the next exciting phase of its development.

Jamie said: ‘It is a great honour to have been offered this position at the Tim Henman Foundation and it is a lovely story where Tim, Richard and I have such a close connection to the School. I feel a great sense of responsibility to continue the work that has already been done with Reed’s and the Foundation which has done so much for me over the years.’ In 2022, the Nation (and beyond) will be paying tribute to HM The Queen as she celebrates her Platinum Jubilee. As our Patron, Reed’s will be joining the celebrations with a special Commemorative Chapel Service on Thursday 26th May 2022.

In honour of her marriage to HRH Prince Philip, Her Majesty initiated a special Royal Bursary Award to support Foundation pupils each year at Reed’s which continues to this day. We would very much like to invite as many of our OR recipients of this Award to join us at the May Chapel Service.

We have a list of those who received the Royal Bursary but only from around 1980; records prior to this are somewhat sketchy but we know there are definitely more of you out there! If you have a letter or card like Roger Metcalf’s below with your details on, then please do get in touch with Sharmaine (01932 589490, smatthews@reeds. surrey.sch.uk) so we can include you in our celebrations. For all other ORs, we shall be live streaming the Service, so you are more than welcome to join us on the day too. We look forward to hearing from you.

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