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subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdF5u0ggeSETozc8fsprjcw Gyles Brandreth takes a look at the progress in Tororo at Operation Health, before visiting a school as it receives life-saving malaria nets. To find out more and to donate, visit https://www.rednoseday.com/operationhealth Subscribe for more amazing stories ► http://bit.ly/1gXbQkj Visit Us ► http://bit.ly/1rPKZQq Facebook ► http://on.fb.me/1vxZU0A Twitter ► http://bit.ly/1rH5cWX ----------------------------------------­--- Please: Respect each other in the comments.

Gyles Brandreth is a former appeals chairman, chairman and currently vice-president of the National Playing Fields Association, now known as Fields in Trust: www.fieldsintrust.org

In 1986 as chairman of the Barn Elms Protection Association, Gyles visited Sir Peter Scott to trigger the creation of what became the London Wetlands Centre: www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london

Gyles has served on the appeals committee of what used to be called Action Research for the Crippled Child, now www.action.org.uk‎  He is the patron of PetSavers, a division of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association dedicated to improving the health of pets, providing vets with a better understanding of the illnesses that affect animals: www.petsavers.org.uk

He is the founder of the Poetry Together project which encourages young people and older people to learn poetry together: www.poetrytogether.com. He is a patron of the Polka Theatre for children in Wimbledon: www.polkatheatre.com, and an ambassador for the Old Sorting Office Arts Centre in Barnes: www.osoarts.org.uk and for the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond: www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk, as well as the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith: www.riversidestudios.co.uk

He is an active supporter of The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. In 2020 he was appointed an inaugural ambassador of the Royal Commonwealth Society: www.thercs.org and in 2022 launched the Commonwealth Poetry Podcast which he co-hosts with his daughter, Aphra.

He is a founding trustee of The Queen’s Reading Room: www.royalreadingroom.uk


Other charities he supports include:

He is a patron, president or vice-president of a number of societies, including:

In 1971, Gyles Brandreth founded the National Scrabble Championships. He is the president of the Association of British Scrabble Players: www.absp.org.uk

In 2023, Gyles became the first official patron for Schoolreaders, a charity providing primary schools with dedicated volunteers to support children’s reading on a one-to-one basis. With one in four children currently leaving primary school unable to read to the expected standard, this provision is vital for many children, particularly the most disadvantaged. Schoolreaders volunteers support more than 18,000 children each week. Reading is the gateway to learning which then opens up life chances.