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The Trust has had an exciting year since I last wrote to you.
After a slow start, a very encouraging number of applications
for grants was received by the end of April. The trustees
and their advisors were hard-pressed to decide between many
deserving applicants, each with an interesting proposal for
funding.
Thanks to the healthy
growth of the fund and several timely donations, the Trust
was able to make five awards this year. These were:
to Felix Nobis, a scholar from Cork University, to help fund
his one-man show of his own translation of Beowulf at this
year's Edinburgh Festival. The show was a sell-out success,
and fabulously reviewed, and Felix hopes to bring it to London
soon on tour. He was able to give the Trust a mention in his
interviews with Radio Edinburgh, Classic FM and several other
good media platforms, and we are delighted to have been involved
in such an appropriate project;
to Dr. Susan Thompson, a scholar from Cheshire, to assist
in the publication of images for her important book on Anglo
Saxon Royal Diplomas, to be published by KCLMS (Kings College
London Medieval Studies) this Autumn;
to Dr Wendy Collier from Manchester, to help towards the cost
of preparing her manuscript for publication (also by KCLMS)
of groundbreaking research on the Tremulous Worcester Hand,
to be published next year;
to James Weale, a student from Bangor having difficulty finishing
his thesis;
and to Christina Lee, a Postgraduate at Manchester University,
for help towards her costs in completing her thesis.
The award winners also
received copies of Lynne's own book Books and Grace, generously
donated to the Trust annually to accompany each award
by KCLMS.
The only difficulty this
year was in having to turn down some very strong applications
from other scholars with interesting projects. The trustees
feel that this shows how valuable and necessary the work of
the Trust is
to scholars and students in the field without permanent positions
and sometimes without any financial support. We would like
to do more! Funding is of course what counts, and we are very
grateful to all who have generously donated to the Trust,
either initially or with covenants and gift-aid donations
this year.
Help in kind for the Trust
has come from many friends in the form of advice, sound academic
judgement, and publicity; the trustees are very grateful for
all your help. We feel very strongly that the Trust is making
a significant contribution to academic study in the disciplines
dearest to Lynne, and a
real difference to deserving individuals in her subject. This
is the best kind
of memorial we could make to her love of teaching and of her
subject, and her discriminating, compassionate and energetic
personality. Any further help you can give, either by donation
or by help with publicity (particularly on the Internet) will
be warmly welcomed. A publicity card for the Trust is enclosed,
in case you know anyone who could benefit, and further information
is available from me at the above address and phone number.
Thank you for your support
in memory of Lynne.
Yours sincerely,
and the trustees
PS. We hear from KCLMS that their
memorial volume for Lynne is progressing steadily and will
soon be available.
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