St. Loye’s Foundation to receive royal visit

Her Majesty the Queen, St. Loye’s Foundation Patron, will be visiting St. Loye’s on Thursday 11th March. She will be arriving at the charity’s Exeter headquarters and training facility in the morning, and will be accompanied by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.

The royal couple will be met by Mr Eric Dancer CBE, the Lord Lieutenant of Devon. The Queen will be escorted around Brittany House by Mrs Susan Hobbs, the Chair of the Board of Trustees, and HRH Prince Philip will be escorted by St. Loye’s Chief Executive, Christopher Knee.

This is her majesty’s first visit to the charity’s new premises at Brittany House in Exeter City Centre, but is the latest in a number of visits to other St. Loye’s sites.

The Royal Party will be meeting former and current trainees, tutors and employers. They will meet up with staff from all areas of the charity to gain an idea of how it works as a whole. There will also be a group from St. Loye’s Enterprises to meet Her Majesty the Queen and HRH Prince Philip.

Advantage HGV / LGV Training have been supplying the St. Loye’s Foundation with HGV / LGV training courses for over three years. Advantage HGV / LGV have now successfully trained over 45 St. Loye’s candidates to gain their HGV / LGV licences. Advantage HGV are very proud to be associated with the foundation and wish them well for the royal visit.