Our Patrons
Her Royal Highness Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh GCVO, GCStJ, CD
We are delighted that HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh is the Royal Patron of Awareness Foundation. A full-time working member of the Royal Family, she supports the work of the King, while devoting herself to causes, charities and organisation about which she is passionate.
The Rt Rev’d & Rt Hon the Lord Williams of Oystermouth
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Williams, is our Founding Patron.
His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos of London
Archbishop Angaelos is the Coptic Archbishop of London and a member of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church. He is Patriarchal Exarch for the Youth Ministry of the Patriarchal Centre and the Coptic Orthodox Theological College at Stevenage, UK.
The Most Rev’d Kevin McDonald KC*HS
The Most Rev’d Kevin McDonald is Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark. He is chair of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for Other Faiths and of the Committee for Catholic-Jewish Relations.
The Most Rev’d Paul Kwong
The Most Rev’d Paul Kwong was the second Archbishop of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, the Anglican Province of Hong Kong. He was Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, Bishop of Hong Kong Island and Bishop of Macau between 2007 and 2021. He is currently principle of Ming Hua Theological College, Hong kong.
The Rt Rev’d Dr Christopher Cocksworth
Formally a university chaplain and the Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
Dr Chan Woon Tong, Joseph
Head, Department of Women’s Health and Obstetrics. Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Honorary Clinical Associate Professor (HKU). Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital.
Mr & Mrs Ethelbert Cooper
Mr. Cooper is a veteran entrepreneur in the international natural resources sector, and he is also an important sponsor of academic, artistic, and social endeavors relating to the African continent.
In the 1980s early 1990s, Mr. Cooper played the central role in the reorganization of the iron ore sector of his country of birth, Liberia. More recently, he has planned and implemented large-scale iron ore initiatives in Cameroon and Guinea, and leads the development of an iron-processing complex in Quebec, Canada. In the oil & gas sector, he founded a London-listed petroleum company that attained a market value of nearly US $3 billion and was active in twelve countries. He created a pioneering gas-to-electric power project in Malta, and he is presently overseeing the launch of a US $1 billion oil field. Development programme in Nigeria. Mr. Cooper is at the forefront of efforts to promote the participation of large Chinese state-owned enterprises, new and innovative African industrial activities.
As a graduate and distinguished alumnus of Yale University, Mr. Cooper is the founding donor of a Yale scholarship programme for African students, and he is a member of the Yale President’s Council on Internatinal Activities. At Harvard Unisversity, Mr. Cooper is the founding sponsor of the Etherlbert Cooper Gallery of African & African-American Art on the university’s campus, an advisory board member of the Hutchins Center for African & African-American Research, and a recipient of Harvard’s prestigious W.E.B. Du Bois medal for outstanding work in the field of African and African-American Studies.
Former Patrons
Earl Cadogan KBE DL 1937-2023
As life president of Cadogan Estates, Earl Cadogan was a generous and loyal friend of Awareness Foundation from our beginning in 2003. May he rest in peace.
Lord Gordon of Strathblane CBE 1936-2020
Lord Gordon was an outstanding business executive in Scottish TV and radio. Made a life peer in 1997 he sat on the Lords Communications Committee and received multiple awards and honorary doctorates recognising his exemplary contribution to public life.