THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE WILL VISIT LIVERPOOL

Thursday 14th September, 2017

The Duke of Cambridge will visit Liverpool for a day of engagements on Thursday 14th September 2017.

His Royal Highness will begin the visit at Aintree University Hospital to formally open the new Urgent Care and Trauma Centre (UCAT). This new unit, serving a catchment area of 2.3m residents in the North West, opened in January 2017 following a £35m redevelopment. The new Trauma Centre includes the addition of a charity funded air ambulance helicopter landing pad, which became operational in July. The Duke will meet clinical staff and tour the Emergency, Major Trauma, Resuscitation and the Observation Units, before meeting some of the elderly patients at the Frailty Assessment Unit. Before departure His Royal Highness will join a plaque unveiling ceremony at the front of the building.

The Duke of Cambridge will then travel to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust’s Life Rooms in Walton – a community hub and home for the Recovery College. Over 16,000 people have benefited from the centre, which serves the wider community in a way that challenges stigma and promotes positive mental health, learning and wellbeing. Life Rooms’ services include group and one-to-one advice sessions on finances, addiction, and employment and offer a space for community groups to meet. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is one of the leading mental health trusts in the country, and their work was highlighted to The Duke during the Heads Together campaign earlier this year. During the visit, His Royal Highness will tour the centre, meet staff and specialist advisors, and will speak to service users about their personal experiences of working with Life Rooms.

Finally, The Duke of Cambridge will travel to Wallasey for a series of activities in the pools at Guinea Gap Leisure Centre, which will bring together three related patronages of His Royal Highness – the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC), English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) and Swim England (formally Amateur Swimming Association). The Duke will first call into the Merseyside Sub-Aqua Club clubhouse to chat with local divers before joining the event at the Guinea Gap Leisure Centre. At the pool, The Duke will see children from Wallasey Swimming Club showcasing Swim England’s ‘Learn to Swim’ programme and BSAC’s snorkeling and diving activities, and will view an ESSA water polo session in action.

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THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE WILL VISIT McLAREN AUTOMOTIVE

Woking, Surrey

Tuesday 12th September, 2017

The Duke of Cambridge will visit the McLaren Automotive Production Centre on Tuesday 12th September to meet the team behind the British automotive company, responsible for creating some of the world’s most pioneering sports and supercars.

The McLaren Production Centre is home to the innovation, development and production of McLaren’s road cars. The Centre’s impressive building was designed by British architect Norman Foster, to reflect the company’s design and engineering expertise. McLaren, a true British success story, has diversified from its racing roots to become one of the world’s leading automotive technology brands.

The Duke will visit the Centre in the afternoon, where he will be met by Mike Flewitt, McLaren Automotive CEO, who will show His Royal Highness the evolution of McLaren vehicles through the years.

The Duke will be taken to the factory floor of the McLaren Production Centre to walk the assembly line, where His Royal Highness will meet the world-class designers, engineers, and technicians behind the cars. The Duke will also be introduced to some of the company’s apprentices who are training to become the next generation of world-class automotive talent. McLaren has a track-record of opening up the industry to women, and The Duke will speak with some of the female employees from different parts of the company to hear more about their experiences in the sector.

As His Royal Highness’s tour concludes, The Duke will be asked to place the McLaren badge on one of the latest McLaren models, which is now being exported around the world.

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THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO VISIT SPORTING CHANCE

Hampshire

Tuesday, 12th September 2017

The Duke of Cambridge, President of The Football Association (The FA), will pay a visit to Sporting Chance, a charity which is working with The FA to support those affected by non-recent cases of childhood sexual abuse within football.

Sporting Chance is a charity that specialises in helping professional and former professional sportspeople providing support for a range of issues from addictive disorders, to bereavement, depression, anxiety. It has a nationwide therapy and counselling network providing confidential, professional support to work through frequently complex issues.

The charity’s experience and expertise led to The FA approaching them to help establish a special support service for those who have been affected by these cases of non-recent childhood sexual abuse. This work was facilitated on behalf of The FA by an independent specialist in this field, Dr Elly Hanson.

Since reports of the abuse became public last year, Sporting Chance has been working with many survivors to offer help. The charity has developed a network of therapists suitably qualified and experienced to provide support to all those who need their help, which is available to all survivors of football-related sexual abuse.

The Duke will meet with the founder of Sporting Chance, former professional footballer Tony Adams, alongside CEO Colin Brand who will explain the work of the organisation. Specifically, His Royal Highness will learn about the special service Sporting Chance has set up for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in sport.

His Royal Highness will speak with some of the support staff, including therapists and clinical psychologists who have helped to create the therapy programmes.

The Duke will also meet and speak with some of the survivors. He will hear their personal stories and learn how Sporting Chance has been able to help them, and how this professional support has helped.

This meeting will also be an opportunity for The Duke to hear how organisations like Sporting Chance are working to ensure these tragic cases can be prevented in the future, in football and across sport.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Are Expecting Their Third Child

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting their third child.

The Queen and members of both families are delighted with the news.

As with her previous two pregnancies, The Duchess is suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum. Her Royal Highness will no longer carry out her planned engagement at the Hornsey Road Children’s Centre in London today. The Duchess is being cared for at Kensington Palace.

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Prince George’s First Day of School

Thomas’s Battersea, London

Thursday 7th September, 2017

Prince George will attend his first day of school at Thomas’s Battersea on Thursday 7th September.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanying Prince George, will be met on arrival at the school by the Head of Lower School, Helen Haslem, who will then escort Their Royal Highnesses to Prince George’s reception classroom.

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The Duke of Cambridge to host reception for the under-20 England Football Team

Kensington Palace, London

Tuesday 7th September, 2017

The Duke of Cambridge, President of the Football Association, will host the Under-20 England football team at Kensington Palace on 7th September.

On 11th June, the Under-20 side became the first England team to win a football World Cup since 1966. The team, headed by coach Paul Simpson, beat Venezuela 1-0 in the Under-20 World Cup final at the Suwon World Cup Stadium in Korea.

The Duke is keen to highlight the impressive achievement of the team, and to congratulate the squad and also the support staff who contributed to the success.

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The Duke of Cambridge to attend The National Mental Health
and Policing Conference, Oxford

Tuesday, 5th September, 2017

The Duke of Cambridge will attend the National Mental Health and Policing Conference, hosted by the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs Council on Tuesday 5th September in Oxford. The Duke, who finished his job as an air ambulance pilot this summer, has pledged to make issues facing first-responders a focus of his work for many years to come.

This conference will be a part of building a new national strategy for the police service on mental health.

At the Conference, His Royal Highness will give a short speech before joining a breakout session with public and police professionals who have been affected by mental health challenges and who are pioneering change in mental health policing. They will be representing organisations ranging from Hampshire Police, the NHS, Safe Horizon, Greater Manchester Police and the College of Policing.

The Duke will then join a workshop on Respond, a new training package developed in the North East to assist agencies in working together to challenge mental health stigma.

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The Duchess of Cambridge will visit Family Action at
Hornsey Road Children’s Centre, London

Monday 4th September, 2017

The Duchess of Cambridge will visit the Hornsey Road Children’s Centre in London on Monday 4th September. The Centre, which provides families with valuable support, will host a discussion about perinatal mental health services which are delivered by the charity Family Action, of which Her Majesty The Queen is Patron.

Perinatal mental health problems can occur during pregnancy or in the first year following the birth of a child, and can affect up to 20% of women. If left untreated, it can have significant and long lasting effects on the woman and her family. Family Action is one of the biggest national providers of early intervention services for families and children, transforming lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support. The charity works with over 45,000 families through over 130 community-based services, and aims to strengthen families and communities, build skills and resilience, and improve the life chances of children and adults across the UK.

The Hornsey Road Children’s Centre offers a welcoming environment for expectant and new mothers, and an outlet for children to play. It provides vital care and mental health support to parents, as well as offering antenatal and postnatal services, a nursery, play groups, and family support services.

During the visit, The Duchess will see the facilities which support local parents and young children, and will learn more about Family Action’s perinatal mental health services which operate nationwide. Her Royal Highness will hear some of the personal experiences from parents who have benefited from the charity’s support, before joining a roundtable discussion with experts and practitioners in maternal mental health.

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Prince Harry to visit Manchester

Monday 4th September, 2017

On Monday 4th September, Prince Harry will visit a number of organisations and projects in Manchester which each work in different ways to support sections of the city’s community.

Prince Harry will begin his visit to Manchester by returning to Canada Street. His Royal Highness visited alongside The Duke of Cambridge in 2015 as the street was undergoing a major DIY SOS transformation, creating suitable residences and a Walking With The Wounded (WWTW) hub for ex-service personnel making the transition back to civilian life. Prince Harry will visit the WWTW training house, which provides veterans with accommodation as they complete their pathway back to independence, work and into housing. His Royal Highness will meet some of WWTW’s beneficiaries and Canada Street residents, and will join a roundtable discussion on how multi-agency partnerships can support mental health provision for ex-servicemen and women, including those who come into contact with the criminal justice system.

His Royal Highness will next visit the NHS Manchester Resilience Hub, which was recently launched as a dedicated mental health service to help those affected by the Manchester Arena attack on 22nd May 2017. The Hub is staffed by trained mental health professionals with expertise in dealing with patients experiencing trauma. It works by providing a central point for phone-based mental health advice and support, and develops packages of care for families, individuals and professionals affected by the attack. His Royal Highness will learn more about the Hub’s provision of support to those affected, and will meet a number of the recovery workers and clinical leads.

Prince Harry will then travel to Manchester City Football Club to drop in on a Coach Core training session with Manchester’s first cohort of apprentices, since the programme launched in the city in January. Established in 2012 by The Royal Foundation, Coach Core is a year-long apprenticeship that combines formal learning and on the job training with local partner sporting bodies. It aims to create inspirational coaches who deliver sports coaching in their communities, particularly in communities that have traditionally had poor access to high quality, professional coaching. On arrival Prince Harry will meet with representatives from Coach Core’s Manchester partners, before joining the apprentices on the pitch as they deliver a training session to local school children.

His Royal Highness will lastly attend a reception hosted by the Rugby Football League (RFL), of which Prince Harry is newly Patron. The reception, hosted at Manchester City Football Club, is an opportunity for the England Elite Performance Squad to have their final meeting ahead of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup squad announcement in October. Prince Harry will have the opportunity to meet members of the England squad, as well as coaches such as Kevin Sinfield, Jamie Peacock, Denis Betts and Paul Sculthorpe along with support staff as they prepare for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this Autumn.

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New Engagements announced for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
and Prince Harry

The coming months will see The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry undertake a busy autumn programme.

Following The Duke’s departure from the East Anglian Air Ambulance, The Duke and Duchess will increasingly base their family at Kensington Palace, as Their Royal Highnesses continue to increase their official work on behalf of The Queen and for the charities and causes which they support. As previously announced, Prince George will begin school at Thomas’s Battersea in early September.

Over the course of the Autumn, The Duke and Duchess and Prince Harry will undertake a number of away days and visits to communities, charities and organisations across the UK, as well as engagements and visits overseas. In late September, Prince Harry will attend the Invictus Games Toronto 2017, the international sporting event launched in 2014 by His Royal Highness for wounded, injured and sick Servicemen and women. In October and November respectively, Prince Harry and The Duke and Duchess will undertake official visits on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Further details of both visits will be announced in due course.

In addition to undertaking engagements in support of The Queen, The Duke and Duchess and Prince Harry will continue to highlight the important work of their patronages, and to champion issues of interest to Their Royal Highnesses. A particular focus will be the next phase of the Heads Together campaign to change the national conversation on mental health, with more activity in this space starting around World Mental Health Day in October.

Amongst other projects, The Duke will shine a light on initiatives dealing with homelessness, anti-bullying and conservation, and will continue his work with The Royal Foundation’s Cyberbullying Taskforce. The Duchess will continue to focus attention on the issues of addiction, family breakdown and the importance of early intervention. Prince Harry will progress his work in the field of sport for social change and around the environment and conservation, as well as continuing to support veterans and drawing attention to HIV/AIDs on both a national and international level.

Upcoming engagements:

• Prince Harry to visit Manchester, Monday 4th September, 2017
• The Duchess of Cambridge will visit Family Action at Hornsey Road Children’s Centre, London, Monday 4th September, 2017
• The Duke of Cambridge to attend The National Mental Health and Policing Conference, Oxford, Tuesday, 5th September, 2017
• The Duke of Cambridge to host reception for the under-20 England Football Team, Kensington Palace, London, Tuesday 7th September, 2017

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