News and Events

Club of the Year trophies for 2020 & 2021
Feb 2022
Huge congratulations to Fulham Reach Boat Club who have recently been named Club of the Year, for the second year in a row, at the 2021 British Rowing Awards. They also received a special commendation in the Project of the Year category for their Junior Community Courses, which take place...
Sarah Ridley
Jan 2022
The Trustees of the Peter Harrison Foundation have appointed Sarah Ridley to be Director of the Foundation from February 2022, following the retirement of Andrew Ross OBE, who had been Director since 2014.  Sarah has over 30 years’ experience of charitable grant giving in the UK and US. From...
Nov 2021
We are delighted to honour Lt (SCC) Peter Bishop RNR with the first ever Peter Harrison Award for Voluntary Service. Lt Peter Bishop, the Commanding Officer of Reigate Sea Cadets, has been a committed volunteer for over 29 years.  Peter also runs the Unit’s RYA Training Centre at their...
Sep 2021
The residents at Broughton House Veteran Care Village in Salford are keeping fighting fit with the help of a £24,000 grant from the Peter Harrison Foundation to help equip a new gymnasium. Broughton House Chief Executive Karen Miller says, “The ability for our residents to have access to a...
Peter Harrison congratulates Crystal Lane-Wright (then Crystal Lane) at the 2016 Paralympic Games
Aug 2021
We are delighted to congratulate Dame Sarah Storey and Crystal Lane-Wright, British Gold and Silver medalists, respectively, in Track Cycling at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo (on 25 August 2021).  A committed champion of disability sport, the Peter Harrison Foundation has supported...
A smiling young woman holding jug in cafe kitchen
Jul 2021
Throughout the COVID-19 lockdown, the Foundation’s £30,000 grant (over 2 years) enabled Team Domenica to continue providing employment skills and experience for adults with learning disabilities. Based in Brighton & Hove, Team Domenica support their candidates through a unique three-tier set...
Jun 2021
Peter Harrison died peacefully at home in Reigate on the evening of Friday 18th June. A passionate sports fan all his life he was watching an international football match on television at the time. He was eighty four years old. Amongst many accomplishments in his business and private life the...
A young patient with Giggle Doctor
May 2021
We are delighted to help bring lightness and laughter to poorly children in hospital, through a 3-year grant for the ‘Giggle Doctors’ of the Theodora Children’s Charity.  The Giggle Doctors work nation-wide, and this grant has supported their treatment of patients with music, play...
May 2021
Over the past year, the Earth Trust provided students with special needs in Oxfordshire the chance to get out in the fresh air and learn new skills through their Countryside Skills education programme.  A grant from the Peter Harrison Foundation supported the programme, which was disrupted by...
Student working on the farm alongside the goats
Mar 2021
  Abbey Court School Trust was formed to support children and young adults with special educational needs in Medway. The school caters for pupils from the age of 3 to 19 with severe and profound & multiple learning conditions. Many of these pupils have life threatening and life limiting...