{"id":1304,"date":"2022-03-02T17:58:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T17:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/?page_id=1304"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:50:37","slug":"our-patron-and-president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/about-us\/our-patron-and-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Patron and President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-hs-group    align-wide  margin-bottom-6xl\">\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HRH The Princess Royal, Patron of Sense<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sense-70-HRH-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Anne shaking hand of person we support\" class=\"wp-image-69006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sense-70-HRH-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sense-70-HRH-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sense-70-HRH-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sense-70-HRH-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sense-70-HRH-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sense-70-HRH-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sense-70-HRH-1-1600x1066.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sense-70-HRH-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">HRH The Princess Royal, has been a patron of Sense and Sense International since 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Her Royal Highness is involved with over 300 charities, organisations and military regiments in the UK and overseas, and she devotes a large part of her working life to official engagements and visits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Sense has established a significant and ongoing relationship with The Princess Royal, who regularly visits Sense services to meet staff and the people we support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-hs-group    align-wide  margin-bottom-3xl\">\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Lord Levy, President of Sense<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Lord Levy standing next to a young blonde girl in a wheelchair and a woman with purple hair. \" class=\"wp-image-3618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/19_08_29_SenseFamilyCentre-1329-1-1600x1067.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">The Lord Levy was appointed Sense President in 2019, the first in the charity\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Levy has committed his life to work in the charitable sector and is currently President of Jewish Care, Barnet &amp; Southgate Colleges, JFS and JLGB. Previously he was President of Volunteering Matters and Chairman of the Academies Trust in Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Levy is helping Sense to create projects, host events and providing guidance to the charity\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-hs-group    margin-top-4xl\">\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block  slab    is-style-textured-secondary-tint-10  align-full\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"grid  grid-flexbox  grid-3-cols\"><div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n      <figure class=\"card__figure\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SenseFootball_June24_0038-600x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-card-supportive size-card-supportive\" alt=\"Two women touching their hands together and laughing.\" \/>\n    <\/figure>\n  \n  <div class=\"card__content\">\n    <h2 class=\"card__title  h4\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/about-us\/\" class=\"card__link  link--stretched\">\n              About us\n              <\/a>\n          <\/h2>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card__description\">\n\t\t\tSense is the national charity for people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities.\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n      <figure class=\"card__figure\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/190524_sense_barnet_selects_edit_292-1-about-woman-dancing-600x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-card-supportive size-card-supportive\" alt=\"two woman dancing in a garden\" style=\"object-position: 45.58% 32.75%;\" \/>\n    <\/figure>\n  \n  <div class=\"card__content\">\n    <h2 class=\"card__title  h4\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/about-us\/our-strategy\/\" class=\"card__link  link--stretched\">\n              Our strategy\n              <\/a>\n          <\/h2>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card__description\">\n\t\t\tWe have an ambitious plan to reach more people in the next five years. Here&#8217;s how. \n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n      <figure class=\"card__figure\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nirmal-running-600x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-card-supportive size-card-supportive\" alt=\"A older man in a Sense running vest holds his hands as he runs in a marathon\" style=\"object-position: 40.66% 38.37%;\" \/>\n    <\/figure>\n  \n  <div class=\"card__content\">\n    <h2 class=\"card__title  h4\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/about-us\/our-impact\/\" class=\"card__link  link--stretched\">\n              Our impact\n              <\/a>\n          <\/h2>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"card__description\">\n\t\t\tYour generous support helps us reach thousands of people each year. \n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out more about HRH The Princess Royal, Patron of Sense<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":1892,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"content_label":[],"class_list":["post-1304","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1304\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"content_label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_label?post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}