Brigid Simmonds

Former Chairman Betting & Gaming Council and Chief Executive of the British Beer & Pub Association. Passionate about sport, hospitality and tourism in UK!

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Sir Craig did so much for British Sport, not only through the Olympic Movement and his role in winning and hosting the Olympics in Britain in 2012. So many sports benefited from his support; a true gentleman who will be very much missed.

[Team GB @TeamGB]

The British Olympic Association are saddened to hear about the passing of Sir Craig Reedie.

Reedie served as the chairman of the BOA between 1992 and 2005, receiving a knighthood for services to sport in 2006.

Read more here: https://t.co/KYw8NiXSwb

[Team GB @TeamGB]

The British Olympic Association are saddened to hear about the passing of Sir Craig Reedie.

Reedie served as the chairman of the BOA between 1992 and 2005, receiving a knighthood for services to sport in 2006.

Read more here: https://t.co/KYw8NiXSwb

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

HRH the Duchess of Kent was Colonel Commandant of the Women’s Royal Army Corps. I was fortunate enough to welcome her in Hong Kong when in the Army @WRACAssociation - so supportive, hard working and a wonderful inspiration to us all.

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Protecting playing fields from development is vital to the health and wellbeing of local communities. @Sport_England play a vital role as a Statutory Consultee, protecting vital physical spaces so important to encouraging healthy activities, please don’t change this.

[Sport & Recreation Alliance @sportrectweets]

📢 PROTECT WHERE WE PLAY 📢

The Alliance has launched the Protect Where We Play campaign to highlight the urgent risks to playing fields, pitches and community facilities from Government proposals to reform the planning system.

🔗 https://t.co/FcHIFeKBMi

#SaveOurSport

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[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Thank you ⁦⁦@Arsenal⁩ & the outstanding Juliet Slot their Chief Commercial Officer for joining ⁦@gaming_women⁩, our Powering Success celebration for ⁦@womensday⁩. Totally inspiring & do much yo learn ⁦@BetGameCouncil⁩ ⁦@Met_Gaming_⁩

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

What a fantastic initiative which offers so many opportunities to be active. Why not become involved?

[Sport & Recreation Alliance @sportrectweets]

💃 LET'S DANCE! 🕺

Here are just a few of our favourite photos from Saturday's fabulous media launch for #LetsDance! 🤩

You can find plenty more on our Instagram, where you can also find out how to get involved! 👇

https://t.co/gpPwLfWl1A

📷 Photos courtesy of Alex Daniels

[Sport & Recreation Alliance @sportrectweets]

💃 LET'S DANCE! 🕺

Here are just a few of our favourite photos from Saturday's fabulous media launch for #LetsDance! 🤩

You can find plenty more on our Instagram, where you can also find out how to get involved! 👇

https://t.co/gpPwLfWl1A

📷 Photos courtesy of Alex Daniels

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

So very sad, what a huge contribution Joe made to Racing. He will be missed by all who knew him. Thoughts very much with his family.

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

It is with profound sadness that we today confirm the death of our former chair and friend, Joe Saumarez Smith.

Full statement: https://t.co/VLKegpMTdP

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

I have known Dan for many years, a wonderful, caring, kind & professional office colleague for @mikewoodmp, such a supporter of @beerandpub @PubsAPPG. So difficult to believe that brain tumour & cancer have returned - so well worth supporting https://t.co/nrT0z4r27N

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

I am so very sorry Joe, you were a pleasure to work with at the BHA, did everything you could to bring all the interlinking interests of racing together. You will be very much missed. You have always been so brave, I will be thinking of you.

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

Joe Saumarez Smith steps down as Chair of the British Horseracing Authority

Full details: https://t.co/OhAKeZTWMu

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Check out this article from Sport and Recreation Alliance https://t.co/wV0BcSTc7U. It is 90 years since the CCPR (now the SRA) was formed. Recognising young people, their talents, leadership & inspiration will shape our future. Do you know anyone you could nominate?

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

An excellent interview with Sarah Woolger on BBC Radio Sussex this morning. Work starts today on Piddinghoe Village Hall, but we still need more funding to complete our MasterPlan

[BBC Sussex @BBCSussex]

Work to bring Piddinghoe's wartime-era village hall back to life has begun after a community raised £174,000.

Tap below to read more: https://t.co/KxC2g5HPWO

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Thank you to everyone who has helped us raise £174,000. Work starts on Piddinghoe Village Hall next week. More fundraising needed, but for a small village of 250 people, the hall built pre 1918, now cold, damp and crumbling will be transformed! https://t.co/WQtl5hZAFD.

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Well done @JohnHealey_MP British Beer is world renowned and pubs at the heart of all our communities. How many ideas and relationships were born in a pub and so many good conversations too. @beerandpub

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

Some secretaries of state prefer to meet their counterparts in lavish Whitehall offices but John Healey prefers to carry out diplomacy in a British pub ⬇
https://t.co/OFzT6GoxS7

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Thank you ⁦⁦@tourismsvoice⁩ ⁦@beerandpub⁩ for your gifts as I stepped down from the board after 20 years. A vital industry, so good to hear a positive speech ⁦@DCMS⁩ ⁦@RhonddaBryant⁩. Thank you ⁦@RachelReevesMP⁩ for signing a very special book!

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

In a constituency brewery with ⁦@RachelReevesMP⁩ in 2019, she supported brewing and pubs, so great to see the Budget cut in draft beer duty, but read excellent article by Tim Dewey, ⁦@TimothyTaylors⁩ @timespolitics⁩. Less regulation by Govt essential for growth.

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

So, now the target is £9,200 in a week! We have done so well, if you have any Trusts that might help, please do!

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Can you help me save our village hall in Piddinghoe? We have a time limited grant from the Platinum Jubilee Fund which we will lose if we don’t raise £31,700 by 31st October. Village halls are so important to communities. https://t.co/rLV9MNo2qQ

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Can you help me save our village hall in Piddinghoe? We have a time limited grant from the Platinum Jubilee Fund which we will lose if we don’t raise £31,700 by 31st October. Village halls are so important to communities. https://t.co/rLV9MNo2qQ

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

Paul Darling could not have been more supportive or helpful to me when I joined the BGC - he was chairman of the ABB. Delightful, charming, fiercely intelligent and yet gave so much to racing, sports ground safety and many other causes - we will all miss him.

[Racing Post @RacingPost]

Tributes have been paid to Levy Board chairman Paul Darling who died suddenly on Friday, aged 64
https://t.co/G8aCaK6dBJ

[Brigid Simmonds @BrigidSimmonds]

So very good to see the restoration of the Bells at St John’s Piddinghoe win an Award. A fantastic project with Blyth & Co, bell specialists, @HeritageFundUK support made this possible. Much more info on our website: https://t.co/Wj6MYp6LkP

[Sussex Heritage @SussexHeritage]

The Sussex Heritage Trust Awards, sponsored by @irwin_mitchell, winners and highly commended projects are now live on our website. https://t.co/olFTAefLhE

#sussexheritagetrustawards #sussexheritagetrustawards2024 #sussexheritagetrust