Saturday 5 December 2015

Sarah, Duchess of York's Patronages

Sarah, Duchess of York hasn't been a member of the Royal Family since her divorce from Prince Andrew in 1996. She does, however, continue to serve as patron to a number of charities.

This list is only of current patronages.


Patron (1990- Present)

The Teenage Cancer Trust is a UK based charity. The charity works to help provide life changing care for teen with cancer. They have 28 specialty cancer units with expert staff in NHS hospitals. They also provide these teen and their families support.

Teenage Cancer Trust helps fund a portfolio of cancer research and policy. 

Princess Beatrice & Eugenie became patrons in 2016

Street Children UK
Founder of Children in Crisis (1993-2018)
Founding Patron (2018 - Present)

Street Children UK is a UK based charity that works to provide quality education to children in poor, or conflicted countries. The organization mainly works in Asia and Africa.  They work to make quality education accessible to all children. The charity also provides support to the families, through adult literacy, health education and maternal health programs.


Sarah became an ambassador of Street Children UK in 2018, when Children in Crisis, founded by Sarah merged with the charity. 


Sarah, Duchess of York is Street Children UK's Founding Patron. And Princess Eugenie & Princess Beatrice are also Ambassadors. 

Patron (1996)

African Caribbean Leukemia Trust was founded in 1996 by the parent of Daniel De-Galet. Daniel was in need to a bone marrow transplant after battling from Leukemia. Since bone marrow contains racially specific characteristics, a compatible donor for Daniel would have to be black or mixed raced. Daniel received a bone marrow transplant in 1999, at age 12. He passed away in 2008, at the age of 21, after multiple organ failure. 


The Charity works to create awareness and raise the number of Black/Mixed Race bone marrow donors, as well as blood and organ donation. 

Patron (1996 - Present)

Springboard for Children is a UK based charity that provides children with one-on-one literacy teachers. These children are often struggling to learn to read, write, speak and listen.



Patron (2008 - Present)

The Mullany Fund is a UK based charity that helps to provide social mobility in the health care profession. The charity finances low-income medical and physiotherapy students through university. It has also created a mentor program.

The Mullany Fund was named after newlyweds, Ben and Catherine Mullany. Who had been gunned down during their honeymoon in 2008. They were both doctors. Sarah met the couples parents at the airport when they were returning the bodies to the UK.


Patron (2008?- Present)

Elephant Family is an animal conservation charity founded in 2002. The Duchess of Cornwall's brother Mark Shand co-founded the charity.  Elephant Family works to protect endangered Asian elephants, with conservation projects across Asia. The Charity works to secure elephant and wildlife habitats, reduce human-elephant conflicts and promotes education programs in the UK about these endangered elephants.

King Charles & Queen Camilla become Joint President of Elephant Family after the death of Camilla's brother Mark Shand, although they had supported the charity numerous times in the years previous. 

Camilla's sister Annabel is also one of the Patrons of the charity. 


Patron  (November 2018-Present)
(Charity Number: 1067125)
Julia’s House is a Children's Hospice in Dorset and Wiltshire. The children’s hospice charity is dedicated to bringing comfort and care to families across the two counties.

Patron  (July 2021-Patron)
(Charity Number: 1146035)

Ruddi’s Retreat is a UK Charity named after Ruddi Waterworth-Jones who faced a terrible battle to survive cancer. Ruddi’s Mum, Ali created the charity to enable families to get some much needed respite at the seaside. Their mission is to send families going through traumatic times on memorable holidays. 

Patron  (May 2023-Present)
(Charity Number: 1200949)

The National Foundation for Retired Service Animals supports retired dogs and horses from the police, fire, prison and border force services by helping with medical and veterinary bills, which inevitably occur as they get older.

When serving police/fire/prison/border force dogs and horses careers end, the financial support they have enjoyed whilst working, including food, kennels or stables, medical and veterinary requirements, training and equipment also comes to an end.



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