Simon was welcomed as Chairman on 1st June 2019.

He has been a resident in the local area since 1949, when his late father (cared for in Teddington Memorial Hospital until he died in 1997) was appointed Bursar at the Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Orphanage in Stanley Road, Teddington.

Simon first came to Teddington Memorial Hospital in 1954 to have an infected finger lanced under gas and has been popping in and out ever since!

Simon's father used to assist Pamela Bryant in the fundraising efforts that kept this jewel of a hospital open during the 1980s and early ’90s. So it is a privilege for him to become Chair of The League of Friends of Teddington Memorial Hospital, making sure that the incredible legacy left by Pamela is cherished and nurtured. There is much to do in the years ahead.

Simon worked in various industries after leaving Oxford and, in 1994, was ordained Deacon for what was supposed to be unpaid and part-time Ministry: Bishop Michael Colclough had other ideas, and after his training, Curacy at St Augustine’s Whitton between 1997 and 2013, he was incumbent at parishes in Hounslow West, Wraysbury and Horton and is now still living in Hampton and is based as an assistant priest at St Mary’s Sunbury.