THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WILL VISIT THE WIMBLEDON JUNIOR TENNIS INITIATIVE AT BOND PRIMARY SCHOOL

MITCHAM, MERTON

Wednesday 17th January, 2018

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), will visit Bond Primary School in Mitcham on Wednesday 17th January to see the work of the Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative (WJTI).

The WJTI, which is the All England Club’s community tennis programme, promotes the
benefits of physical activity for children and young people within the boroughs of Merton
and Wandsworth. The AELTC coaching team visit approximately 65 local primary schools
each year to offer a free session of tennis coaching, and since it began in 2001, the WJTI has introduced more than 195,000 local children to tennis through its visits. 5000 of these
children have been invited to become members of the programme, and receive free weekly
tennis coaching from the AELTC’s head coach Dan Bloxham and his team.

The programme aims to offer more children the opportunity to experience tennis, as well as showing how participation in sport can develop the life skills and values which tennis
encourages, such as teamwork, discipline and fairness. The Wimbledon Junior Tennis
Initiative also helps to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to deliver exciting and
productive school sports lessons, supporting pupils to live healthy and active lifestyles.

The Duchess will join groups of children from Bond Primary School in the school hall as they take part in a range of tennis-related sessions, including activities to improve hand-eye coordination and footwork. Her Royal Highness will hear from the children and teachers
about the impact of the programme, and will meet a number of the coaches involved in
engaging children with tennis in the local community.

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THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WILL VISIT GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL

London

Wednesday, 17th January 2018

The Duchess of Cambridge will visit Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) on Wednesday 17 January to officially open the Mittal Children’s Medical Centre, home to the new Premier Inn Clinical Building.

The new Premier Inn Clinical Building completes The Mittal Children’s Medical Centre and is
part of the ongoing redevelopment of the hospital. There is growing demand for its services
and the centre will help the hospital to provide world-class care to more children and will
increase its patient capacity. The Centre delivers the hospital’s vision of providing modern
facilities for its acute inpatients and will see children moved out of old facilities into brand
new, modern wards with ensuite bedrooms where parents or carers can stay comfortably
overnight by their child’s bedside.

On the day, The Duchess will visit two separate wards. Her Royal Highness will join some of
the hospital’s patients in the children’s play room and meet patients and their families to
hear about their experience of the brand new facilities. She will also meet staff caring for
these children and talk to clinicians carrying out cutting edge research to help the most
seriously ill children.

Following the visit to the wards, The Duchess will meet some of Great Ormond Street
Hospital Charity’s key supporters and donors before officially opening the Mittal Children’s
Medical Centre and Premier Inn Clinical Building.

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THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE MEETS MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGNERS

Chiswick, London
Wednesday 10th January, 2018

The Duke of Cambridge will join staff, volunteers, and supporters of ‘Campaign Against
Living Miserably’ (CALM), a charity dedicated to preventing male suicide, to lend his support to their ‘Best Man Project‘.

The Duke will meet with volunteers and staff from CALM at High Road House, Chiswick,
before joining a group of men who are taking part in filming ‘Best Man Project’ videos where they chat about the importance of friendship and issues around mental well-being.

As well as the volunteers taking part, The Duke will meet Rio Ferdinand and his friend Jamie Moralee, who took part in the Heads Together campaign, musician actor Loyle Carner, and radio and TV presenter Roman Kemp.

CALM is one of the main charity partners of Heads Together, the campaign led by The Duke
of Cambridge alongside The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

Male suicide is the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK. CALM delivers
services for men in crisis or distress, supporting the people around them and those
bereaved by suicide. They also campaign for long-term culture change to redefine and open
up masculinity, so that over time fewer men will need support at crisis point.

CALM recently launched the ‘Best Man Project’ to promote the idea that you don’t have to
wait for a wedding to be a great friend, and because male friendships can be instrumental in men looking after their mental health.

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The Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband Mike Tindall have announced that they are expecting their second child.

More information to follow.

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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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