Sad news

John Critchley at the Farm in 2022, photographed by Rachel Ferriman.

We received some very sad news just before Xmas, about one of our trustees, John Critchley, who died suddenly on December 13th 2022.

John lived in Spitalfields for 25 years and had been nominated in late 2021 as a trustee for the Farm by The Spitalfields Neighbourhood Forum. John visited the Farm many times as a grandparent and with the children of younger friends and believed very strongly in the value of the Farm in education and wellbeing for the Spitalfields area. John was retired, having served in the Royal Navy from 1962 to 1999, mainly in submarines.

It was a pleasure working with and getting to know John. He was always kind and very generous with his time - a real asset to the farm. He will be sorely missed.