Dennis has supported a number charities and over the years and has raised many thousands of £’s for these causes ranging from running triathlons to trekking to both the North and South Poles. The charities he currently supports are as follows:
Beating Bowel Cancer (Merged with Bowel Cancer UK in 2018)
Bowel cancer is a cancer that has attacked friends and relations of Dennis and it is a disease that can be cured if caught early enough. Beating Bowel Cancer is a charity dedicated to educating people about how to spot the signs early and also helps those unfortunate enough to have been diagnosed with bowel cancer.
In 2011/12 when Dennis trekked to The South Pole one of the charities he raised money for was Beating Bowel Cancer. When he was Master of the Worshipful Company of Fuellers the Lord Mayor in his year was Dame Fiona Woolf whose husband Nicholas had been chairman of trustees at Beating Bowel Cancer and so this charity was one of the main beneficiaries of the Lord Mayors appeal in that year. Dennis and his wife Suzan were very active in that year helping to raise funds for Beating Bowel cancer. Suzan held a lunch at Skinners Hall in The City of London and Dennis joined The Lord Mayor to abseil down the side of the Lloyds building. Both events along with many others attended by Suzan and Dennis raised funds for the Lord Mayors Appeal and in turn for Beating Bowel Cancer.
To take part in or organise events helps not only to raise funds for this very good charity but also to raise its profile informing people there is a way to beat and to deal with this horrible disease.
For more information on Bowel Cancer or for advice should you be concerned about yourself or a loved one go to www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk
Help for Heroes
Help for Heroes is another charity Dennis raised funds for when trekking to both the North and South Poles. Dennis believes this charity is one that touches the hearts of everyone in our country. When a service man or woman falls in battle they are remembered and returned to the UK with much publicity and correctly so. Unfortunately those who suffer injuries and trauma return to little publicity and so we are not aware of how many badly injured service men and women face rebuilding their lives and coming to terms with life changing injuries.
Help for Heroes is a wonderful charity that works tirelessly to provide help, assistance and facilities all tailored to help our returning injured service personnel to overcome their injuries and get back to living a normal life. It also assists families and friends in coming to terms with the shock of dealing with their injured loved ones and provides facilities and support in the early stages of rehabilitation and ongoing as and when required.
Help for heroes is a charity dedicated to putting money where it is needed most and is not a massive organisation with huge costs so the money donated goes to those who need it and very little is spent on admin.
For more information on help for heroes go to www.helpforheroes.org.uk
Treloars School and College
In 1907, the then Lord Mayor of the City of London, Sir William Purdie Treloar, set up a ‘Cripples’ Fund’ as his mayoral appeal. His aim was to build a hospital and school outside the city for children with non-pulmonary tuberculosis. On 13 June 1907 he wrote in his diary that Her Majesty Queen Alexandra ‘came to Mansion House to open the Queen’s Fete in aid of my Cripples’ Fund’. In 1908, the boarding school and hospital were opened in Alton, as The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples’ Hospital and College.
In the 1920’s Dennis Father as a 4 year old broke his back. He spent many years in Lord Treloars as an in patient helping him recover and educating him. After 8 years of treatment he walked out and managed to lead a normal life. Much due to his toughness and determination but also the help and discipline that came with being a student at Treloars. Dennis, his brother Nigel along with their children and Grandchildren have much to be thankful to Treloars as without that help it’s likely none of them would have ever been born.
Today Treloars is a modern educational establishment helping and training disabled people to live in the day to day World. They use the latest technology to make sure every pupil has mobility and the ability to communicate. It is wonderful to see them at work.
To donate to Treloars go to: http://www.treloar.org.uk/
The Meath School
Meath is a school that helps children aged four to eleven with complex speech and language challenges to build the foundations they need to thrive. They have been rated Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ since 2007.
The School work hard to prepare children for the next stage of their education and give them the tools they need to independently access the learning and education that will allow them greater life choices and experiences.
Dennis’ Granddaughter Poppy attends Meath School which is a Speech and Language School for young children. Meath has done an amazing job helping her to communicate and reducing her frustrations when struggling to speak.
To find out more about The Meath School go to: www.meatschool.org.uk
