Monday 1 October 2012

Lenny Henry


Congratulations to our Honorary Club member Lenny Henry who is to be awarded the freedom of his home town of Dudley.


Councillor David Sparks, leader of Dudley Council who will make the award, said:

“It is with great pleasure that we are offering one of Dudley’s proudest sons the Freedom of Dudley.The council wants to bestow this honour on Lenny to recognise his services to entertainment and also to recognise his outstanding contribution to charity.”

One of the Founders of the Comic Relief charity which has raised hundreds of millions of pounds to help alleviate poverty around the world Lenny has helped the Club to raise thousands of pounds to help local good causes and the recognition is well deserved.