A Justice of the Peace for over 26 years and a retired member of the Gloucester Prison Board of Visitors, Rosalie Dawes has been involved in the management of schools, both in the maintained and independent sectors for over 30 years. She was a board member of the Malvern Festival for 10 years.
Rosalie was a member of the St Richard’s New Hospice Appeal and was awarded an MBE in the 2012 New Years Honours list. Rosalie has been a Patron of St Richard’s since 2006.
John joined as a Patron after stepping down as Chairman of St Richard’s Board of Governors in April 2021.
John took on the Chairmanship in 2007 after previously spending three years as a hospice governor and Vice Chairman of the successful St Richard’s New Hospice Appeal. He saw the Build 2020 appeal to build a bigger hospice completed successfully before stepping down as Chairman.
He has lived in Worcester since 1980 and had a long career with Cadbury Schweppes before retiring early in 2003.
Andrew Grant is a previous High Sheriff of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (2005-6) and the Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire since 2006. He is a former Governor and now Patron of St Richard’s Hospice. Mr Grant was Chairman of the Fundraising Committee for the New Hospice Appeal. He regularly fundraises for the hospice with clay pigeon shoots at his home raising some £130,000.
Mr Grant is the former owner of Andrew Grant Estate Agency business in the West Midlands. He holds a wide range of positions including Ambassador for the Elizabeth Fitzroy Charity, governor of Worcester and Dudley Historic Church Trust; Trustee of Worcestershire Community Foundation; Honorary Vice President of Worcestershire Red Cross; Knight of British and Military Sovereign Order of Malta; President of Worcester City Conservative Association and member of the board of the CLA.
David Hallmark was a specialist in international law and has been involved in St Richard’s Hospice since its inception.
David qualified as a third-generation solicitor in 1970 and played a role in the US Courts Martial in the Vietnam War. He had a role at the International Commission of Jurists of Geneva, the consultants to the UN, from 1978 to 1992, intervening in military massacres in Thailand. In 2007 he was invited as Visiting Fellow on international human rights law to Trinity College, Oxford University.
David first got involved in the hospice as part of the action group that met in the kitchen of Dr Bulman with the plans to create a Hospice at Home. He’s been involved both professionally and personally ever since.
David was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2007 for services to the Worcester community, including work with Maggs Day Centre, Worcester Cathedral and Acorns Children’s Hospital. .
Louise Hewett, founder and Managing Director of Hewett Recruitment has been a huge advocate of the hospice for many years and, since being awarded Worcestershire Business Woman of the Year in 2000, has supported the hospice on many of their annual projects including the annual Worcester Full and Half Marathon and the Midnight Walk including raising £30,000 for the hospice to celebrate her 25th year in business.
Louise Hewett is a past Chairman of the Worcestershire Ambassadors and is also involved actively with many other charitable projects across the county including holding the post of Director & Trustee for the Warriors Community Foundation and a previous Trustee for the Worcestershire Community Foundation.
Louise is well known in her industry and is a Director for the recruitment industry’s national body the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, is patron of the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce and Fellow of the University of Worcester.
Louise received the Pride of Worcestershire Award for her contributions to the community and charitable work in 2010.
Has been connected with St Richard’s for many years. Now retired, she was a regional director with Lloyds Bank, a magistrate and worked for St John’s Ambulance for ten years.
Lady Huntington-Whitely was also a Trustee of the Royal Worcester Hospital and has contributed to Meals on Wheels.
Colin, together with The Bransford Trust which he formed in 2004, has been a keen supporter of St Richards Hospice for many years and became a Patron in 2006.
Colin was Founder and Chairman of CryoService Limited, for over 40 years. He was awarded a Fellowship of the University of Worcester in 2009, and was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2015.
Ann Price joined the St Richard’s team as secretary to the first paid administrator Peter Tebbit in 1987. Although she was Peter’s secretary, she did ‘a bit of everything’ including greeting visitors, running up to the bank and opening the old St Richard’s collecting tins with a tin opener!
She moved with the team from Castle Street to Rose Hill and continued to work with Peter until he left his post in 1997. When her husband Barney Price was appointed Administrator, Ann decided to retire but she immediately started volunteering for the hospice, which she continues to do to this day.
Barney Price had retired from a successful career as a chartered accountant in industry when he was approached to take on the role of administrator at St Richard’s. He knew all about the hospice from his wife Ann, who was the secretary at that time, but Barney had never worked in the health sector and found the business ‘at a cross roads’, with only enough money in the bank for 4 weeks’ running costs.
Barney is credited with stabilising and restructuring the organisation, putting the finances in order and enabling St Richard’s to make plans for an inpatient unit and launch a capital appeal. Throughout this project, many people have voiced their opinion that Barney was instrumental in turning the hospice’s fortunes around.
He was a key member of the team that got the new hospice built on time and in budget. He retired a proud man in 2006, just before St Richard’s moved to its new home.
Worcestershire born and educated Philip is a chartered surveyor and auctioneer. He runs his own sale room in Malvern with an office in Worcester. Philip is also a television broadcasting favourite, regularly appearing on shows such as Bargain Hunt, Antiques Road Trip, Put Your Money… and Flog It! He has a passion for cars with an Aston Martin being a real favourite.
Philip is an active supporter of St Richard’s, frequently giving his services as an auctioneer at events and recently leading a team in the Worcester half marathon which raised over £10,000 towards hospice care.
Richard was a Governor of St Richard’s Hospice from 1987 and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees from 1999 to 2024.
He was appointed as a Consultant Physician with a specialist interest in respiratory medicine in Worcester in 1986, and an honorary Professor of Respiratory Medicine in 2003.
He chaired various St Richard’s Hospice committees including hospice services committees, and a strategy committee which produced a major strategic review in 2015.
This review led to the development of clinical services, and major changes to the hospice building—including the Living Well Centre and The Green—to enhance the space for therapeutic care and support.
Richard initiated and ran the clinic for end-of-life respiratory diseases at the hospice from 2012 to 2016. During the pandemic, he provided regular reports on COVID-19 for the hospice and also for both national and international teams working with COVID-19 throughout the pandemic.
A keen cyclist, Richard undertook two long distance fundraising cycle rides for St Richard’s—Land’s End to John O’Groats in 2006 and a tandem ride from Shetland to Spain in 2021 with his wife Anne, who is a retired local GP. Combined, these challenges raised almost £20,000 for St Richard’s.
Has been connected with St Richard’s for many years. Now retired, she was a regional director with Lloyds Bank, a magistrate and worked for St John’s Ambulance for ten years.
Lady Huntington-Whitely was also a Trustee of the Royal Worcester Hospital and has contributed to Meals on Wheels.
