Richard Kerr

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Richard Kerr is best known for his charity work in Scotland. He was born in 1918 and served as a fighter pilot in the Second World War. Life in the RAF was not the best for him after his plane crashed at Saint Nazaire in France. He was taken prisoner and sent to a military camp near the French/German border. After being kept there for over three years he managed to escape after an explosion rocked the military camped. He and five other prisoners went in search for a group of alliance troops. Once found they were taken back to their native countries.

Richard Kerr then started his first business with Kelvin Crowe who is also famous for his charity work. Their business made kayaks and this factory was built at South Queensferry next to the famous Forth Bridge. Many years after the business still makes a large turnover after both Mr Kerr and Mr Crowe decided to expand and fund many projects in the city of Edinburgh.

At the fine age of 88 Richard Kerr has been long retired but is still seen attending meetings at Edinburgh City Council offices and is still seen in the workshop at South Queensferry. He has since used a lot of his personal fortune to help many charities and has also helped the Save the Rhino scheme.

Due to him being such a kind and caring man he has been blessed by many people and due to him keeping good health and him continuing to help many young people's business ventures he is set to have many more years of having a strong connection to the people of Edinburgh.

His good friend Calum Gillies helped construct Richard's first Charity Workplace. At this point, Calum Gillies joined the team.

Nowadays, with Richard the head chair, millions of people are involved in this trust.