Photographs raise funds for charity

The sale of photographs featured in an exhibition of work by past pupils at Blundell’s School, who have gone on to have successful careers as photographers or in related fields, raised £630 for Cancer Research UK.

The exhibition was organised by former teacher of photography Steve Goodwin and marked his forty years of teaching the subject at Blundell’s. It included work by Joe Cornish, one of the most influential landscape photographers of his generation; the award-winning producer and director Richard Heeley, and Kate Lord Brown, whose travel editorial, photographs and novels have been published internationally.

Mr Goodwin returned to the school to hand over a cheque to Annabel Coakley, Local Fundraising Manager at Cancer Research UK, who said “We are extremely grateful to Blundell’s for hosting this wonderful exhibition, and of course to Steve Goodwin for organising it.  We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported the event so generously and enabled the school to raise this fantastic amount.

Cancer Research UK receives no government funding for its ground-breaking research, so funds raised by our fantastic supporters is crucial to the work of our 4,000 plus doctors, nurses and scientists.  Around 85 people receive a cancer diagnosis every day here in the South West.  The money donated by Blundell’s will really make a difference to people in our local community.”