
All about the thomas dennett memorial trust
What do we do? And Why?
Thomas Dennett died in December 2022 aged 17. His death was sudden and unexpected. His family and school set up The Thomas Dennett Memorial Trust with the following objective:
For the public benefit, to relieve families, friends and/or carers, of students of South Hunsley School who have died suddenly and who are suffering bereavement or those suffering from long term illness, by the provision of grants, support and services
The trust will be run as a charity, following the government guidelines for charitable trusts.
There will be two initial trustees:
Mr Richard Williman
Mr Stephen Cumbers
The trust will appoint will appoint further trustees (not exceeding 5 in total, including Mr Williman & Mr Cumbers). At least two of these trustees will be serving teachers at South Hunsley School. The teachers will provide a direct link between the trust and the school enabling pupils and staff to have access to someone they know and can talk to whilst having independent overseers.
Details of all the events that have happened and planned events are available on the “Events” section of this website. Everybody is welcome to raise money for the cause. Contact us if you want to help or have any ideas.
Each event will have its own JustGiving page so we can keep track of the great work everybody is doing. We will maintain an overview of everything that has been raised on this website.
things we are working on:
Instagram is our main social media platform, follow us @thomasdennett_trust.
You can find us on linkedIn at @thomasdennettmemorialtrust
Youtube channel
Our YouTube channel is now up, it is called “Thomas Dennett Memorial Trust”. We have many plans for the channel which we are now working on.
Who was Thomas Dennett?
Thomas Dennett was a 17-year-old schoolboy in his final year of school. He was looking forward to Christmas and preparing for his mock A-levels when he developed symptoms identical to flu symptoms many others had at the time. After a few days of illness he died suddenly and with no warning.
Thomas was a fit and active boy, who played football, golf and cricket as well as enjoying skiing and travelling. He was social, empathetic and kind. His death came as a shock to a lot of people and it is testimony to his character that many who knew him wanted to remember him and try to make some good come from his death. Hence this trust.