Founder And Chairman
CurrentWe founded Olivia Inspires to provide a legacy for our daughter, Olivia, who was our only child. On 7 February 2018 she was killed in an horrendous incident in Durham, where she was a first year student studying Natural Sciences.Only 20 years old, Olivia was a gifted and beautiful young woman who inspired others. She was just embarking on a journey that would doubtless have seen her leaving a lasting mark on our world. But more than this, everyone who knew Olivia remembers her smile and her kindness, and how she would go out of her way to help people.Olivia has been taken from us, but Olivia Inspires aims to allow Olivia’s spirit to live on by helping young people in the New Forest to realise their potential.Olivia Inspires will assist children and young people aged 11 to 18 years, whose families live in the New Forest District Council area and who are facing financial hardship, by making grants of money, to provide items or services to enable them to develop their potential in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), the arts and sport.www.oliviainspires.org.uk
