Tim Henman is a British former world No. 4 player whose performances as Britain’s No. 1 player in the early 2000s were a tour de force in the tennis world. He earned more than $11 million in prize money throughout his career, reached six major semifinals and won 15 career ATP titles.
After his career ended, Tim became a vocal champion of the disadvantaged through the Tim Henman Foundation, which serves millions of underprivileged people worldwide. In a boost to its cause, a famous Hollywood celebrity and a television icon joined hands with Henman to raise a significant sum that will fund the foundation’s activities.
Tom Hiddleston and Bear Grylls join Tim Henman to raise money for charity
To gather sufficient funds to fuel his foundation’s efforts and bring about awareness of its goals and ambitions, Tim Henman brought together celebrities from the world of media, such as actors Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Grant and Jamie Dornan, and reality television star Bear Grylls, to tussle it out on the tennis court.
The group played 24 hours of tennis over the weekend and raised £100,000 in money, which will be funnelled to the Tim Henman foundation.
The activity of bringing in famous people to champion a noble cause is noteworthy from Tim Henman and many fans of sport and entertainment alike will have been introduced to his foundation for the first time.
This should bring in further funds for the foundation and could help countless lives that require help.
The Tim Henman Foundation is pursuing an honourable cause and will welcome all the attention it gets in order to achieve its goal of servicing those in need.
Details on Tim Henman foundation
The Tim Henman Foundation is a registered charity in Britain that was founded in 2015 by Tim. It mainly services three major areas of life – sport, education and health.
The foundation provides sports programmes for young people to overcome financial barriers. It also provides educational programmes like scholarships and opportunity funds. It also issues mentorship programmes for individuals and peers and grants for charities and community organisations.
The goal of the organization, as stated on its website, is to help young athletes and people overcome financial, physical and mental disadvantages.
The foundation follows a partnership model where it forms collaborative relationships with partners to deliver programmes for disadvantaged people. It directly provides programmes in areas of need for the underprivileged, such as places of high poverty.
It has raised over £2.6 million in funds to date and helped 52,854 disadvantaged people.
If you wish to donate money or partner with the Tim Henman Foundation, you can check the ‘how to help’ section on the charity’s website.
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