News and Events

May 2018
The Foundation has made a grant of £5,000 to the Belfast Community Sports Development Network to encourage teams playing in the girls self-development gaelic football league.
The Trustees of the Peter Harrison Foundation at the opening of the Harrison Centre
Apr 2018
  On 24 April 2018 our Trustees attended the opening ceremony of the new Harrison Centre at Reigate Grammar School. The RGS Harrison Centre is a wonderful new learning and community resource. It houses a new Sixth Form Centre complete with café and social facilities; a High Performance...
Nov 2017
The Peter Harrison Foundation has made a grant of £75,000 over three years to the SportsAid Trust. Each year 25 young disabled sports stars of the future will receive a grant of £1,000 to help meet equipment and travel expenses. Wheelchair rugby player Faye West, one of the first recipients in 2017...
Aug 2017
British Blind Sport has used a Foundation grant to pay for multi-sport 'have a go' days for young visually impaired  people.
Aug 2017
A grant to BOSP in Billericay has funded regular hydrotherapy sessions for children with complex special needs.
Aug 2017
A grant from the Foundation for the charity Rhythmix has helped to bring live interactive music in the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton.
Jul 2017
Young members of the Bulldogs Boxing Club in Port Talbot, South Wales, relax after a training session. The club introduces its members to a 'Five Pillars' programme of self-development and employability. A grant from the Foundation helped the club to extend its facilities for disabled members...
Jul 2017
Youngsters on a short break in the Derbyshire countryside enjoy a kickabout in the 'sports barn' at CHICKS residential retreat near Ashbourne. The charity used a grant from the Foundation to refurbish the former farm building.
Jul 2017
Moor House School, near Oxted in Surrey, is for pupils with complex speech and language difficulties. With the help of a grant from the Foundation they have completed Phase 2 of an ambitious development programme and opened a new residential campus for pupils aged  7-16 years.
Jul 2017
The Mary Hare School for deaf children near Newbury has re-opened its swimming pool after a major refurbishment programme, replacing the roof and adding new changing rooms. The Foundation's £20,000 grant for this project helped to release a similar sum from the matched giving fund pledged by the...