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Ned's Fund

An Evening with Frank Gardner

24th October 2024

Frank Gardner is the BBC’s fulltime Security Correspondent, covering events across Ukraine, the Middle East, Afghanistan and the UK.

£45 per person

An Evening with Frank Gardner

£45 per person

Frank Gardner is the BBC’s fulltime Security Correspondent, covering events across Ukraine, the Middle East, Afghanistan and the UK.


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Event Details

  • Guests to arrive at Goodwood House at 7pm for drinks and canapés prior to the talk by Frank Gardner, the BBC’s full time Security Correspondent
  • View the State Apartments - Goodwood is the seat of the Dukes of Richmond whose family art collection is one of the greatest in any English country house. The State Apartments can be visited before and after Frank Gardner’s talk.
  • In Aid of Snow Camp By kind invitation of the Duke of Richmond, Ned’s Fund is delighted to be supporting Snow Camp at this year’s lecture at Goodwood House. Ned’s Fund was set up in memory of a brilliant young man who took his own life on 17 July 2017. He was a keen skier.

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Frank Gardner OBE

Frank grew up in Hampshire before studying Arabic and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. In 2004, while reporting for the BBC from Saudi Arabia, he was shot six times at close range in a terrorist attack, leaving him paralysed in the legs. After 14 surgical operations he returned to work with a wheelchair and was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth. He has been awarded honorary doctorates from seven UK universities and has authored five bestselling books. His latest novel, ‘Invasion’ was published in May. A keen skier and nature photographer, he is President of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).

Snow Camp

Frank Gardner is an Ambassador for Snow Camp, a youth charity Ned's Fund have been proud to support since 2019. Snow Camp is a life changing snowsports programme for young people in need, taking them from beginner to trained snowsports instructors in just one year with volunteering and apprenticeship progression routes available at the end. Alongside learning to ski or snowboard, young people also have access to life skills training and mental health support. 

Ned's Fund has funded seven young people who have been able to complete their Snow Camp journey and apprenticeships through their generous support. 

"Snow Camp is fantastic and I'm so honoured to be a part of it. Snow Camp goes into places and meets young people, who have got talent but need to find a way to use it. Snow Camp gives them that opportunity and, in many cases, saves them from bad situations in terms of life choices, and discovers the talent that wouldn't otherwise be discovered." - Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent

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About Ned's Fund

Ned took his own life on the railway line at Witley Station on 17th July 2017; he was 20. Bright, courageous, funny, a natural sportsman, a brilliant skier and snowboarder, a wonderful brother and a much loved and cherished son. He was remarkable. 

Ned's Fund has been set up in his memory to help a range of charities that provide opportunities for young people who, like Ned, are struggling to find their own particular path through life.  So far these have included Jamie’s Farm, the Ocean Youth Trust, Mousetrap Theatre Projects, the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation and Switch 180/Snow Camp.

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