The Earl and Countess of Wessex continued their week with a round of royal engagements in support of their charities in London. On Wednesday, Edward and Sophie were out for their patronages, including Women’s Network Forum, Stoll, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and the Sport and Recreation Alliance.
Unfortunately, photos of these events have been limited.
As Chairman of the Women’s Network Forum, The Countess of Wessex kicked off her day at Credit Suisse EMEA Women’s Financial Summit at the Credit Suisse offices in London.
The Women’s Network Forum is a unique network of cross-industry leaders whose goal is the advancement of gender balance and equality, by influencing business leaders, inspiring the next generation and sharing best practice. This is something the Countess has been working on for a while. The 100 Women in Finance
Sophie then went on to host a lunch at St James’s Palace as patron of Stoll. The charity provides affordable, high-quality housing, and support services to enable vulnerable and disabled veterans to lead fulfilling and independent lives.
Stoll even have a house named after the Countess, which opened in 2014 to provide these services.
She ended her day of engagements as patron of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, attending the Honours Ceremony and Giving Voice Awards in Nottingham. Sophie handed out the majority of the awards herself. The Royal was assisted in this by Nick Hewer (ex-Apprentice) who is President of the RCSLT.
A thoroughly enjoyable evening @CHouseEvents tonight at the #RCSLTAwards & #GivingVoice Awards, meeting HRH the Countess of Wessex and Nick Hewer as well as all the other special guests attending pic.twitter.com/PVubXR2ae4
— LordMayorOfNottm (@LordMayorNottm) September 25, 2019
Congratulations to Tony on a very well deserved award. So dedicated to meeting the needs of our service users with dysphagia. Fabulous “we can cook it’ QI project! @setrust @MargaretmAHP @lorrainecoulte4 @nickipatters @PaulineMulNI https://t.co/CfcarjdJFD pic.twitter.com/BL6APErDuB
— SLT Adult Team (@adultsltset) September 25, 2019
Meanwhile, The Earl of Wessex attended the Annual Conference of the Sport and Recreation Alliance, of which he is President in London. The Alliance is responsible for bringing together the sport and recreation sector.
They are the voice of the sector with government, policy makers and the media. They help the nation get active at a grass roots level by providing advice, support and guidance.
A full house this morning at #etcvenuesVictoria for the @sportrectweets AGM. We are very pleased to host HRH The Earl of Wessex for this event.#etcvenues pic.twitter.com/ne98dW71jK
— etc.venues (@etcvenues) September 25, 2019
Delighted to welcome Alliance President, HRH The Earl of Wessex to our Annual Conference today.
He was on hand to announce @parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE as winner of our Arthur Bell Trophy & @MetroVISports Roy Smith MBE with our Emeritus Award ? pic.twitter.com/UE3Mjv1gSt
— Sport & Rec Alliance (@sportrectweets) September 25, 2019
The Alliance stated their delighted that the Earl was on hand to announce Park Run founder, Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE as winner of the Alliance’s Arthur Bell Trophy.
Hermione Way spoke to Edward and explained, what Sportsidehq was: “We’re the Tinder for sports.”
“Excellent,” he replied, posing for a photo afterwards.
Edward also gave Roy Smith MBE of Metro Blind Sport the Alliance’s Emeritus Award.
