THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WILL VISIT COVENTRY

Tuesday 16th January, 2018

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Coventry for a day of engagements on Tuesday 16th January.

Their Royal Highnesses will begin the day at Coventry Cathedral. Constructed mainly in the 15th Century, the original building was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs on 14th November 1940. After a short tour of the ruins of the original building The Duke and Duchess will have the opportunity to meet members of the local community gathered there. Their Royal Highnesses will proceed into the new cathedral, completed in 1962 and consecrated that year in the presence of The Queen. The Duke and Duchess will hear about the history of the Cathedral before taking part in the Coventry Litany of Reconciliation. The Litany is prayed by those inspired by the story of Coventry Cathedral, aimed at healing the wounds of history and building a culture of peace. The Duke and Duchess will meet members of the choir before having a cup of tea with staff and volunteers at the Rising Café, a social enterprise aimed at providing work and opportunity for those overcoming drug and alcohol addictions.

The Duke and Duchess will travel on to Coventry University where they will open the new Science and Health Building. The University is one of the fastest growing in the country, with more than 26,000 students. The £59 million Science and Health Building trains nurses, midwives, paramedics and other health professionals using the latest technology and simulation methods. It is the only facility of its kind in the UK, where students can learn to care for a patient at every stage of their medical experience; from paramedics arriving at their house and their ambulance journey, to their stay in hospital, through to their rehabilitation at home. Their Royal Highnesses will meet students before following the journey of a fictional patient through the various areas of specialty taught at the faculty, from the Paramedic Ambulance Simulator and operating theatre to the rehabilitation area and adapted living ‘houses’. The Duke and Duchess will formally open the new building before departing.

Finally Their Royal Highnesses will see first-hand the work of the Positive Youth Foundation in the city. The Foundation works with young people who find themselves living in challenging circumstances. Services are delivered which enable the young people to make positive lifestyle choices. It provides education programmes for excluded young people or those at risk of a range of social issues. The Foundation also provides community sessions for young people newly arrived into the UK and a variety of other support programmes, working with over 2,500 young people each year. The charity formed an integral part of Coventry’s successful UK City of Culture 2021 bid. The Duke and Duchess will tour the Centre, meeting staff members, volunteers and service users, watching demonstrations of music, boxing and workshops.

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THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO VISIT THE ROYAL MARSDEN

London

Wednesday 10th January, 2018

The Duke of Cambridge, President of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, will visit the Trust’s facilities in Chelsea on Wednesday 10th January to view two pioneering robotic surgeries.

Robotic surgery offers patients less invasive and shorter operations when compared to open surgery, with fewer scars, and faster recovery. The Royal Marsden has the largest and most comprehensive programme of robotic surgery for cancer in the UK, treating urological, gynaecological, head and neck, gastrointestinal and colorectal patients. During the visit, The Duke will learn how The Royal Marsden, the first hospital in the UK to introduce da Vinci robotic surgery in 2007, is revolutionising the way cancer patients are treated.

The Duke will first meet Professor Vinidh Paleri, Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon, and his team as they perform minimally invasive robotic surgery on a patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma. His Royal Highness will then join Mr Asif Chaudry, Consultant Upper GI/Oesophagogastric Surgeon, as he performs a robotic oesophagectomy, a procedure only available at The Royal Marsden.

During the visit, The Duke will also learn more about the UK’s first ever robotic fellowship programme, funded by the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, which trains surgeons from other Trusts across the country so that patients throughout the UK can benefit from robotic surgery.

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THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WILL VISIT REACH ACADEMY FELTHAM WITH PLACE2BE

LONDON

Wednesday, 10th January 2018

The Duchess of Cambridge will visit the Reach Academy Feltham, a school working in partnership with Place2Be and other organisations to support children, families and the whole school community throughout their school career. The Duchess of Cambridge has been patron of Place2Be since 2013, reflecting her interest in children’s mental health and the importance of supporting children and families to give children the best possible start in life.

Reach Academy opened in September 2012, and now serves pupils from Nursery through to year 12 in Secondary. It was founded on a belief that all young people, regardless of background, can achieve great things. The school’s goal is to provide all pupils with the opportunity to go to university if they wish and to live happy, healthy and productive lives. It has created a community of pupils, parents and teachers united by the highest expectations of what every young person can achieve, and by the commitment to help young people to excel. The school is small, with only sixty pupils in each year, which means that every adult knows every pupil and their family, and deeply understand its pupils’ needs. Reach Academy is deeply committed to working with parents and believes that communication between home and school is vital, and has worked with organisations including Place2Be and Family Links to ensure families benefit from a range of support. During her visit to the school, The Duchess will see the early years provision in the nursery and speak to parents who have benefited from the school’s parenting support. Her Royal Highness will then take a brief tour of the school before joining a discussion with Place2Be staff and a group of secondary school pupils from the Academy about the range of support on offer at their school, including emotional wellbeing support, LGBT groups and a girls’ group.

Place2Be is a leading UK children’s mental health charity providing in-school support and expert training to improve the emotional wellbeing of pupils, families, teachers and school staff. The charity works directly with more than 282 primary and secondary schools across England, Scotland and Wales.

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PRINCE HARRY AND MS. MARKLE TO VISIT REPREZENT 107.3FM

Brixton, London

Tuesday 9th January, 2018

Prince Harry and Ms. Markle will visit Reprezent 107.3FM in Brixton, to see their work supporting young people through creative training in radio and broadcasting, and to learn more about their model of using music, radio and media for social impact.

The Reprezent training programme was established in Peckham in 2008, in response to an alarming rise in knife crime, to help young people develop and socialise through radio. Since then, it has transformed into a hotbed of UK music talent. Training hundreds of young people every year in media and employment skills, over 4,000 young people have been through the Reprezent programme, with over 3,000 on the waiting list. It offers accredited training and support in topics ranging from audio and radio production and editing to communication skills and confidence building, work experience and volunteering.

Throughout training Reprezent offers personalised support to enable young people to fulfil their potential, and to progress to further education and employment opportunities. They also offer programmes supporting young people with specific issues like mental health challenges, having recently launched a regional mental health programme with a network of schools.

Many of the young people who complete training can progress onto volunteering roles as presenters and producers on Reprezent 107.3FM, and many of their young talent progress their careers with employment at some of the most prestigious media companies in the UK. Reprezent secured an FM radio licence in 2011 and the majority of their playlist is unsigned, with many artists broken via Reprezent continuing to achieve the highest music industry success. The DJs and presenters work in the music industry, run their own clubs nights and produce their own music. Reprezent also provides platforms outside of the station for their young adults to grow including working with major UK Festivals and collaborating with global artists, record labels and key youth brands. They also campaign on a range of issues affecting young people and provide a relevant platform for young people to be heard.

Prince Harry and Ms. Markle will visit the Reprezent FM studios at POP Brixton. During their visit to the station, they will meet some of the presenters, content producers and staff, hear more about their training programmes, and meet some of the current and former volunteers who have benefitted from the training.

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Prince Harry becomes President of African Parks

Wednesday 27th December, 2017

His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales has been appointed President of conservation non-profit African Parks. The announcement was made during BBC Radio 4 Today programme, which Prince Harry guest edited.

African Parks is a conservation NGO, founded in 2000, that manages national parks and protected areas on behalf of governments and in collaboration with local communities across Africa. With 13 parks under management, they oversee the largest area under conservation for any one NGO on the African continent.

Having visited southern Africa many times, Prince Harry has taken a deep personal interest in frontline conservation projects that work to protect Africa’s natural heritage and support both wildlife and local communities. On leaving the Army in 2015, he spent three months working on number of such projects in Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa and Botswana

Prince Harry has been working with African Parks since 2016. In July 2016, Prince Harry spent time in Malawi where he served as part of the expert team and helped implement the first phase of the 500 Elephants project, one of the largest and most significant elephant translocations in conservation history where 520 elephants were moved over 350 kilometres across Malawi among three parks under the management of African Parks.

In his role as President of African Parks, Prince Harry will help advance the NGO’s mission in protecting Africa’s national parks and advance wildlife conservation in Africa and around the world.

You can watch the Today Programme on BBC iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj9z.

Prince Harry and Meghan Release Official Engagement Photos

Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have chosen to release official photographs to mark their engagement.

The photographs were taken by Alexi Lubomirski earlier this week at Frogmore House, Windsor.

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Princess Charlotte to Attend Nursery

Princess Charlotte will attend the Willcocks Nursery School in London from January 2018.

The Willcocks Nursery School has said:

“We are delighted that The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have chosen the Willcocks Nursery School for Princess Charlotte. We look forward to welcoming Charlotte to our nursery in January.”

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Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle to marry on 19th May, 2018

His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales and Ms. Meghan Markle will marry on 19th May, 2018.

Today’s announcement follows earlier confirmation of the month of the wedding and its location at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

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