Grace Elizabeth Peeling 1981 - 2007
It is with great sadness to inform you that
Grace Peeling passed away on Sunday 10th June 2007, after an extremely
tragic, short illness. She was 26 years old and very much in the prime of
her life. Her cremation took place on Friday 22nd June 2007 and was a private
family service and ceremony.
Grace and her elder sister Siobhan were both students at
Soham Village
College. Their Mum, Elaine was a Governor there for many years, and
along with her husband Fred, retired recently from full time teaching at
Bottisham Village
College. At the time of her death Grace was studying for an MA in
Education at Brunel University in London. Her specific area of interest was
Special Needs Education with particular reference to Autism and Asperger
Syndrome. Following a Degree in Installation Art at Huddersfield University,
Grace worked for two years in the Supportive Education Department at
Cambridge Regional College prior to starting her MA at Brunel University.
If you knew her you would know that Grace was a wonderful, angelic person
who loved to live life to the full and certainly did way beyond her years.
Her charming and energetic personality won her many friends at school and
beyond. The hundreds of sympathy cards that have been received by her family are
evidence of that and she will be greatly missed by so many people.
If you would like to make any kind of donation, The Peeling family
would prefer you to donate to
The Grace Peeling Memorial Fund & Library overseen and run
Red2Green.
Red2Green is a
registered charity which runs projects across Cambridgeshire providing
leisure, educational and work opportunities for over 600 people with a wide
range of disabilities, including mental health problems, learning
disabilities, sensory impairments, physical disability and social
communication disorders.
In the early days of
Red2Green,
Grace was a volunteer for the organisation and throughout her life she felt
for those whom society often rejects.
The Grace Peeling Memorial Fund exists to support Red2Green
clients with Autism Spectrum Disorders to move towards independence. Clients
can apply to the fund at any time for money to support their journey to
independent living. For example, the fund could buy a suit for a client to
attend a job interview, pay for a course or pay travel costs.
The Grace Peeling Memorial Library contains books, both fact and
fiction, about Autistic Spectrum Disorders. The library is run by and for
Aspirations clients to aid their understanding about themselves. The fund
and library were set up by the family and friends of Grace Peeling from
money donated at her funeral and the generosity of Grace's family and
friends means that the fund will exist as a permanent memorial to her.
Cheques should be made out to
Red2Green and
have 'Grace' written on the back.
Red2Green, Harvey's Barn, Park End, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB25 0NA
Forever A True Friend
Christopher Scurrah
Grace dearly loved the town of Soham
and it's residents and she will be missed by so many people here
As a tribute to her, Soham On-Line Community Website is now dedicated to the
memory of Grace Peeling
