2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed to support Headway

Each year the Goodwood Festival of Speed works alongside its official fund-raising partner, the Richard Burns Foundation, to raise money for an appropriate charity or beneficiary.

The nominated beneficiary at the 2010 Festival will be Headway (Tunbridge Wells & District), which is a registered charity (No.1062884). It provides information, support, and services to people who have sustained a brain injury, as well as their family and carers.

Headway’s aim is to provide social, leisure and therapeutic activities for brain injured people and to help them attain the highest possible level of achievement and quality of life.

Following the tragic accident that took the life of Henry Surtees in 2009, Festival of Speed founder Lord March felt that it would be appropriate to ask John Surtees, ex-World Champion on two wheels and four, and huge supporter of both Goodwood motor sport events, if he would like the 2010 Festival to support a charity of his choice.  The West Kent- group of Headway was duly chosen.

John Surtees said: “I am extremely grateful to Lord March for designating Henry and Headway Tunbridge Wells & District as the charity of the 2010 Festival of Speed.  I am assisting with the planning of the new area and you can be assured that the funds raised will be put to very good purpose to improve the quality of life for both the young and not so young who have suffered head injuries.”

Each year, Goodwood and Richard Burns Foundation – which was established in 2006 in memory of England’s only World Rally Champion – combine their respective skills and work together to mobilise the motor sport community in support of a different nominated cause every year, each of which is chosen to inspire and support people of all ages in their fight against adversity such as injury or illness.  Burns died in 2005 following a long battle with cancer.

For more information, visit goodwood.com.