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Dear Friend,
I'm writing to let you know about the progress of the fund
since it began with the donations made at Lynne's funeral.
The Trust was established in June 1998 and became a registered
charity in October 1998 with the following expressed objects:
To advance the education of the public by the annual award
in perpetuity of a grant to a student or scholar in the disciplines
of Old English / Anglo Saxon and / or Humanities Computing
who does not already have a permanent full time academic appointment,
the grant to be used in the furtherance of these studies and
to contribute towards research and publication in these disciplines
as a memorial to Lynne Mathews Grundy MA PhD Researcher
and Lecturer at the University of London 1988 to 1997.
The trustees of the fund are Martin Grundy, Peter Mathews,
Nick Gallagher and Liz Mathews.
Many generous donations and covenants to the Trust in memory
of Lynne have enabled us to invest the fund with the Charities
Commission banking service Cafcash, and to realise a substantial
annual grant from interest, currently about £500. The
award was extensively advertised last year (1998) and in May
1999 the trustees made the first Lynne Grundy Memorial Trust
Award to M. Bradford Bedingfield, an American scholar from
St Cross College Oxford (supervisor Professor Malcolm Godden)
whose thesis Dramatic Ritual and Preaching in Late Anglo-Saxon
England was nearing completion but urgently needed a few months'
further funding in this country. The trust was delighted to
be able to make this worthwhile contribution to the progress
of research in this discipline, and to an applicant whose
work is so appropriate to Lynne's own interests. We're now
eagerly awaiting publication of the work.
The Trust is now preparing for a new group of applicants for
next year's award; publicity cards for distribution to students
and scholars and any other potential candidates will be available
in October 1999 with full application details, and the due
date for applications will be 28th February 2000. The trustees
are very grateful for all the help they have received in donations
and publicity from the many friends of the Trust. We feel
we are making a very appropriate and significant memorial
for Lynne's own generosity of scholarship and striving for
academic excellence. It is particularly important to us that
the Lynne Grundy Memorial Trust should be a continuing reminder
of these qualities in Lynne and an effective, permanent tribute
to her. Donations and covenants are always welcome, and any
assistance you can give the Trust particularly in circulating
publicity to potential beneficiaries. For more information
please contact Liz Mathews Lynne Grundy Memorial Trust 2A
East Mount Street London E1 1BA or any of the trustees. Thank
you for your support in memory
of Lynne.
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