As per recent news, Richard has retired from St George Foundation after 22 years and we’re holding a thank you event.

Date: 27th June 2026
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Location: In the garden of James Sandfield at
Redlands,
Winters Road,
Shirrell Heath,
SO32 2JT (opposite the allotments)  

Anyone who knows Richard and would like to join us to formally thank him and say farewell, we are holding a BBQ and tea on the Saturday afternoon.

We would really like Richard’s friends to join us and please can you let me know if you would like to do so?    

philip.dean@stgeorgefoundation.org.uk or message me on: 0776 1056 342

That leaves just three of us that have done the whole 22 years: myself, Justina and Magnus Bendu (Magnus was a theology student when we started and is now Bishop Magnus and has been a volunteer and one of the trustees in Freetown all these years).