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Podcast - Episode 46 - Julie Kent - A story of grief, grit and resilience, glamour and giving.

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A story of grief, grit and resilience, glamour and giving. Honoured with an
MBE in October 2020 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Often referred to as the lady with the sax, Julie is an inspirational, musical
and a high-energy keynote speaker who enters the stage playing the
saxophone and takes the audience on an adventure through three
challenging decades.
 
Talking openly about the loss of her first daughter Emily, who died of a
brain tumour at the age of 3 Julie enthuses about how giving and raising
money helped her journey of grief.  She became a crazy, fun and much
loved House Mistress at Dean Close School in Cheltenham teaching, living
with and caring for over 60 young girls. She showed them how to give to
help others, with not just money but with time, energy and humility. Her
mantra of “Give to charity, Give your time, Give yourself” was one that she
lived by everyday and encouraged others to do the same.
 
She talks about how she became one of the most driven and prolific third
sector leaders of our time, having a ward in Gloucestershire and Bristol
Children’s Hospitals named after Emily her daughter, raising unheard of
sums of money for charities, becoming Chairman of Cheltenham Open
Door, Vice Chairman of The Pied Piper Appeal, Ambassador and Trustee
for Goals beyond Grass. In 2018 she was named as one of the 50 Greatest
Women in Gloucestershire followed by being named in the Top 100
Women in West and was then awarded the Most Outstanding Woman in
the Charitable Sector in the West.
 
In 2020, during the COVID pandemic, Julie Kent was awarded an MBE for
Charitable Services rendered on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II birthday
honours list.

Connect with Julie via LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-kent-jdkallday/

Charity Links
www.Piedpiperappeal.co.uk
www.Cheltenhamopendoor.org.uk
www.Goalsbeyondgrass.co.uk

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