QEF Ladies Autumn Lunch
The afternoon began with a
sparkling reception and then
lunch in the Duchess Stand with
a table by the window offering
an amazing view over the
racecourse and Surrey Hills.
With over 400 supporters
attending the lunch, the room
was very crowded and it was
difficult for staff to reach the
tables making service
amateurish and slow. The starter
of Salmon Rillette was very good
and once again chocolate
truffles, instead of pudding, was
a perfect finish to the lunch.
The guest speaker, Prue Leith CBE, was excellent.
T
his event has been held
for over 20 years at
Epsom Racecourse and last
year celebrated the 80th year
for Queen Elizabeth’s
Foundation for Disabled
People.
The shopping at this event is a
big draw but this year sadly no
plants as the QEF horticultural
program has lost their
government funding. This was a
great disappointment even
though there were many new
stallholders present and lots of
variety.
Guest speaker, Prue Leith CBE,
was excellent and talked about
how her life had evolved. She
hasn’t cooked professionally for
20 years but still people think
her latest novel, “The Food of
Love”, is a cookery book. This,
however, is a novel and guests
were keen to buy a signed copy.
QEF plan a new state of the art
24 bedroom specialist Care &
Rehabilitation Centre where
specialist brain injury
rehabilitative therapies and
treatment can be provided. Dr
Julian Harriss, QEF Medical
Director, talked about the new
development and outlined a
“shopping list” of what is needed
for the Centre which will make a
great difference to the care of
disabled people.
An amazing £26,396.33 was
raised at the event and will go
towards fitting out and equipping
a bedroom at the new Centre.
LYNNE WARNER
A delightful luncheon event with a wonderful turnout!
Voice of the Listener and Viewer
T
he recent Voice of the
Listener and Viewer
conference could not have
come at a more crucial time
in the history of PSB in the
UK.
media scrutiny and rivalry and
the other one is where the
public live with and love the
broadcasting service, with 97%
of people using the BBC for 18
hours a week.
Rona Fairhead, Chair of the
BBC Trust, outlined the two
facets of the BBC, commenting
that it operates in two parallel
worlds. One is under intense
She pointed out that the
current charter renewal had an
unprecedented response from
the public who want a better,
protected BBC and she
Rona Fairhead, Chair of the BBC Trust.
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acknowledged that
there was opposition
about changes such as
BBC3 moving to the
iPlayer. With regard to
funding, the public
support the principle of
universality and prefer a
funding model like the
licence fee or a
household levy.
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