1646 – Issue 2

Keeping you posted READING BLUE COAT CONNECT sign up at www.readingbluecoatconnect.org.uk TWI TTER www.twitter.com/ReadingBlues Andrew Gabriel 14 July 2020 Director, Cucumber Technology Limited The Aldworth Lodge Jubilee Award Senior (Old Blues) Section 2020 This award seeks to recognize charitable endeavour by a pupil or former pupil of The Reading Blue Coat School. I was very pleased to have been nominated by David Woodward and subsequently to have received this award from The Aldworth Lodge for my voluntary work supporting prostate cancer patients through running support groups, presentations, and one-to-one support, and also for raising prostate cancer awareness, encouraging men to get themselves checked. The financial Award will be passed to Prostate Cancer UK to support their work in combating prostate cancer and improving the lives of prostate cancer patients. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK. More than 49,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year – that’s 134 men every day. Every 44 minutes one man dies from prostate cancer – that’s more than 12,000 men every year. 1 in 8 men (1 in 4 black men) will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Around 400,000 men are living with and after prostate cancer. Anyone concerned about prostate cancer is welcome to contact me. Sarah Pyper 16 April 2020 Community Relations Co-ordinator, Reading Blue Coat Together with Leighton Park School, staff and volunteers worked through the Easter weekend, and continue to work hard on producing facial visors for NHS and healthcare professionals across the county. Read more and find out how you can help here – https://www.rbcs.org.uk/reading-blue- coat-works-with-leighton-park-to-produce-facial-visors-for-nhs-royal- berkshire-hospital/ Victoria Fangen Hall 28 April 2020 Foundation Director, Reading Blue Coat We were extremely proud to see Old Blue Charlie Nicholls (2015) feature on BBC Wales 6 o’clock news last week. Charlie is a medical student and was speaking about what a privilege it is to be supporting the NHS in their fight against the coronavirus. You can see her speaking at 2 mins 10 in the below clip. Thank you so much to Charlie and all the NHS workers and volunteers. We look forward to clapping for you again on Thursday! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-wales-52382291?fbclid=IwAR3Iz_ VtShOBR3YLkab6jyk1uokVvKLKhWIoYiq31fWAhC1X2aT70uvlNwU If you or any Old Blues you know are doing work to help with the fight against Covid-19, please let the Foundation Office know by emailing: foundation@ rbcs.org.uk We want to share stories from our community and acknowledge those who are doing their bit to help! @ReadingBlues • 15 April 2020 Together with Leighton Park School, staff and volunteers worked through the Easter weekend, and continue to work hard on producing facial visors for NHS and healthcare professionals across the county. Read more and find out how you can help here – https://buff.ly/2XEwHZw @ReadingBlues • 11 November 2020 Many thanks to @toogood_katie for today’s Service of Remembrance. Though we could not host our ordinary service with all of our CCF pupils, we are very proud to to have held our minute’s silence for those who lost their lives to war. #RememberanceDay @ReadingBlues • 12 March 2020 On St David’s Day on 1 March, proud Welshman @DrKevinMagill 1 hosted an assembly for our Year 7s, during which he spoke with passion about ‘all things Welsh’. The boys learned the basics of the Welsh language, as well as the importance that Saint David holds in Welsh history. 2 8