# Lady Heald dies

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/08/30/lady-heald-dies/
- Published: 2004-08-30T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Lady Heald CBE, volunteer fundraiser for cancer charities and chairman of the National
Gardens Scheme, has died aged 99.

Daphne Heald was a founding member of the fundraising committee of Marie Curie 
Cancer Care, and was actively involved in supporting a range of other charities.

She was chairman of the appeals committee of the Royal College of Nursing for 28
years from 1950, a former chair of the Surrey committee of the Distressed Gentlefolk’s
Aid Association, and chairman of the National Gardens Scheme for 28 years to 1979.

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Her fundraising activities were recognised with the naming of the Daphne Heald Research
Unit.

She made extensive use of her home, Chilworth Manor, in Surrey, to host fundraising
events for a range of charities.

 * **[Do-it.org.uk succeeds in recruiting BME volunteers](https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/09/07/doitorguk-succeeds-recruiting-bme-volunteers/)**(
   7 September 2004)
 * **[Timberland company employees in global day of volunteering](https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/09/08/timberland-company-employees-global-day-volunteering/)**(
   8 September 2004)
 * **[25 years of BBC Children in Need Appeal](https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/09/19/25-years-bbc-children-need-appeal/)**(
   19 September 2004)