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Prince Harry, on behalf of The Queen, has presented the Insignia of an Honorary member ...

Edit Public Technologies 30 Nov 2015
(Source. The Prince of Wales). The Order of the Companions of Honour ... Background ... Recipients include painter Lucian Freud, Professor Stephen Hawking, naturalist Sir David Attenborough, painter David Hockney, historian Dr Eric Hobsbawm, politicians Sir John Major and Lord Patten of Barnes, General John de Chastelain, dramatist Harold Pinter, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, the Reverend Chad Varah, and scientist Professor Anthony Pawson....

Fundraising sensation Stephen Sutton has Virgin train named after him

Edit BBC News 15 Sep 2015
Image copyright Sutton family Image caption The photograph of Stephen putting his thumbs up spawned a "thumbs up for Stephen" support campaign. Teenage cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton, who died last year, has been honoured with a train named after him ... Virgin Trains has previously named trains after Samaritans founder Chad Varah, Australian explorer Matthew Flinders and Chris Green, its former chief executive ... ....

Five ways telehealth could be used in the health service of the future

Edit The Guardian 16 Jul 2015
The concept of telehealth, healthcare delivered remotely, has often promised to make big changes to the NHS – and has so far failed to deliver ... Telephone consultations cannot replace a physical examination and are no way to deliver bad news, but when appropriate they save time for both patients and professionals ... London vicar Chad Varah set up the Samaritans as a telephone helpline in 1953 ... But she adds ... ....

Independent on Sunday's Happy List 2015: The full list of people who make life better ...

Edit The Independent 07 Jun 2015
Welcome to the Independent on Sunday’s eighth annual Happy List, a collection of 100 inspirational heroes and heroines whose kindness, ingenuity and bravery make Britain a better place to live ... The Happy List is backed by the Prime Minister ... “It's great to see some Points of Light in this year's list ... In Pictures ... Alan joined the central London Samaritans as a volunteer in 1964, and was trained by the charity’s founder Chad Varah ... --- ... ....

‘You don’t need to be suicidal to ring the Samaritans’

Edit The Irish Times 04 May 2015
A man once rang Brendan Gallagher and told him he was on his way to take his own life. “He had picked a spot,” says Gallagher. “This was the early hours of the morning and I could hear him walking along. I spoke to him for the best part of an hour ... Orthorexia ... The Samaritans was founded in 1953 in London by a vicar, Chad Varah, after a 14-year-old girl took her own life when she mistook menstruation for symptoms of an STD ... (And some do ... ... ....

Taking on the taboo of menstruation

Edit The Guardian 28 Jan 2015
A tampon. 'When a young girl or woman in a refugee camp gets her period, the chances are she has no sanitary products.'. Wednesday 28 January 2015 20.02 GMT ... The Rev Chad Varah started the Samaritans at his church, St Stephen Walbrook, London, in 1953 because the first funeral he conducted as a priest was of a 14-year-old girl who killed herself because she thought her first period was the result of a sexually transmitted disease ... ....

Who are the Samaritans? Volunteers share their stories with us

Edit The Guardian 19 Dec 2014
Chad Varah, a vicar in central London, founded the charity Samaritans in 1953. Photograph. Samaritans ... Chad Varah was 24 when he conducted his first funeral ... By 1953 Chad Varah had been offered a parish of his own in the City of London ... ‘It was difficult for us and our parents – we would play in the bomb sites.’ Felicity Varah Harding talks about her father, the founder of Samaritans, on what would have been his 100th birthday ... She was 22....

Smart Move by New College (Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce)

Edit noodls 06 Oct 2014
(Source. Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce) Smart Move by New College ... UTC spokeswoman Holly Pickering said ... "We decided we needed a solution to ensure our students could look after their suits ... Businesses, students and families are invited to discover more about the Lincoln UTC by going along to its Open Day on Saturday, October 11, 2014.  It takes place at Chad Varah House in Wordsworth Street, Lincoln, and runs from 10am to 2pm....

New UTC opens its doors in Lincoln (University of Lincoln)

Edit noodls 08 Sep 2014
(Source. University of Lincoln). 8th September 2014, 1.44pm. New UTC opens its doors in Lincoln ... The first classes were held today (Monday 8th September 2014) in the newly refurbished Chad Varah House in Lincoln's historic Cathedral Quarter, which will be home to the UTC for the next year while purpose-built premises are completed at nearby Greestone Centre on Lindum Hill. Around 160 pupils will enrol for the 2014/15 school year ... --Ends--....

Ex-ministers get knighthoods while Ken Clarke is made Companion of Honour

Edit The Guardian 22 Jul 2014
Photograph. Steve Parsons/PA ... Recipients include painter Lucian Freud, Prof Stephen Hawking, naturalist Sir David Attenborough, painter David Hockney, historian Dr Eric Hobsbawm, politicians Sir John Major and Lord Patten of Barnes, General John de Chastelain, dramatist Harold Pinter, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, the Reverend Chad Varah, and scientist Prof Anthony Pawson ... Sign up for the Guardian Today ... Sign up for the daily email. ....

Lincoln college to open in temporary base after delays

Edit BBC News 12 Jun 2014
A new vocational training college in Lincoln will open in a temporary home after facing delays ... Managers said Chad Varah House was being updated to a high standard and initial take up of places was good ... She said ... ....
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