We need your help to nominate our beautiful statue created by Christine Charlesworth for the 2022 PSSA Marsh Awards. Nominations are encouraged from artists, designers, conservators, architects, commissioning bodies, sponsors, and members of the public. The Marsh Awards acknowledge and commend excellence, increase awareness and discussion of public sculpture and fountains, and celebrate new work…
Just a few days before the opening of Emmeline at The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH some of the cast members and the writer of the show visited Emily’s statue in Epsom. EMMELINE follows the journey of the inspirational leader of the Suffrage movement on her life’s mission to achieve the vote for women….
Soroptimist International Epsom & District paid tribute to suffragette Emily Wilding Davison when they visited the new statue in Epsom town centre on Sunday. They are currently celebrating their centenary year (1921 – 2021) and what better way to do this than to take a moment to reflect on how far the women’s movement has…
On Tuesday 8th June, 2021, in front of VIP’s, family members and members of the public the statue of Emily Wilding Davison was unveiled in Epsom marketplace. A very emotional day for all. 108 years after Emily died at Epsom Cottage Hospital after being struck by the Kings horse in the 1913 Epsom Derby and…
In less than 3 years, in September 2020, The Emily Davison Memorial Project is thrilled that in less than three years since the project was relaunched we have been able to reach an important milestone where we reached our target to install the statue of Emily in Epsom Market Place. The statue will finally recognise…
In July 2020, we are delighted to announce that the sculptor Christine Charlesworth has started work creating the statue of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. Emily will take pride of place in Epsom, the town where she lost her life whilst campaigning for women’s right to vote. We are still a little way from our…
We all know what happened on the 4th June 1913 at Epsom Downs Racecourse but do you know about Emily’s early life? We have put together a short quiz in 2 parts covering Emily’s short life with questions ranging from where did she teach to were did she hide for the 1911 census . In…
Join us on International Women’s Day as David Brooks of Bourne Hall Museum takes you on a walk around Epsom town centre and tells you stories of the famous and infamous women of Epsom. From Duchesses and ladies to Spice Girls, women who have turned men’s world upside down. On the walk you will see…
The Emily Davison Memorial Project AGM was held on Thursday 6th Feb at Epsom Town Hall below is the annual report. EDMP Annual Report 6th February 2020 Summary Progress towards our goal has been made in 2019, despite the challenging economic climate, competition from many other well-deserving causes and with only a small, but committed…
We are pleased to announce that the Emily Davison Memorial Project has been chosen by Co-op as one of its Local Causes. The Co-op supports local causes across the country and has raised over £56m and we are grateful to them for selecting EDMP. The great news is if you are a Co-op member you…