Girlguiding leader Hilary Cooper (CF 1979) was awarded a BEM in the 2023 New Years' Honours for services to young people and education. Hilary’s Fellowship explored outdoor programmes of the international Girl Guide movement and many of her ideas resulting from this informed the outdoor programme of the movement in the UK.
Commonwealth gold medallist Alan Hydes (CF 1971) was awarded a blue plaque on Barnsley YMCA building as tribute to his leading the England Table Tennis team during a Ping-Pong diplomacy tour in China 1971.
By Alan Hydes,
Medical physicist Paul Ganney (CF 2002) has written a textbook called Introduction to Bioinformatics and Clinical Scientific Computing, published by CRC press.
By Paul Ganney,
Disability campaigner David Stanley (CF 2019) undertook a musical performance tour of San Diego with a group of musicians with learning disabilities.
By David Stanley,
Charity CEO Dorothy Smith (CF 2017) has announced that the University of Chester has become the second UK university to sign the Recovery Friendly Uni pledge. Dorothy works through Recovery Connections to support students recovering from addictions. Find out more about the Recovery Friendly Uni pledge on the charity's website.
By Dorothy Smith,
