Sara Davenport

• Comment: The subject is notable. The articles in Third Sector, The Observer, Herefordshire Life, and The Yorkshire Post are sufficient to demonstrate that. I've removed The Daily Mail. It was redundant, nothing was sourced to it that can't be sourced from one of the other publications. It does not have a reputation among Wikipedians for fact-checking and accuracy, and is often found not to be a reliable source at WP:RSN.
  The major remaining problems with the draft are an occasional disconnect between the draft and the cited sources, and a shortage of inline citations overall. For example, the lede states that Haven has "opened centres in five locations across the UK, with another three planned." The cited source, however, says "The charity now has three centres". Rewrite to say that as of 2008 it had three centres, or add a source that supports the higher numbers. It can be a non-independent source, such as the charity's website, assuming it has one.
  Inline citations are especially important in biographies of living persons (see policies WP:V, WP:BLP, guideline WP:CITE, and WP:ILC for details). Inline citations are required for every direct quotation, any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and any contentious material, whether negative, positive, or neutral.
  For example, the draft says Davenport was born in 1962, but cites no source. The Yorkshire Post gives her age as 34 in 1997, but that only narrows her year of birth to 1962 or 1963. That leaves reviewers wondering whether you found the information in a source that you failed to cite, are being sloppy with the facts, made it up, or have some undeclared personal knowledge of the subject, which could present a conflict of interest. Don't leave reviewers thinking the worst when the solution is as simple as citing an announcement in The Times of London.
  There are no inline citations in the "Early life" and "Personal life" sections, or in long stretches of the "Charity" section. Reviewers will want inline citations for every direct quotation, graduating from Cambridge University, "the first gallery in the world to specialise exclusively in 18th and 19th Century dog paintings", "quickly worked up an international reputation in the field for her specialist expertise", "10 October 1996 ... Bonhams Auction House", "Sophie and Alexia", "ex-husband, Adrian Kyriazi" - pretty much any statement that leaves the reader asking "How does Wikipedia know that?" Worldbruce (talk) 18:06, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

• Comment: Hello, I was made aware you came for help but I was actually not there at the time and I see you've resubmitted now; as I said, I would not resubmit as there's honestly still nothing for establishing notability, and I'm not confident at all improvements would help. SwisterTwister talk 15:43, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

• Comment: I would not resubmit as there's still nothing suggesting established independent notability yet. SwisterTwister talk 04:53, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

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Sara Davenport (born 1962) is a British philanthropist and former art dealer best known for founding Haven, a breast cancer support charity. Davenport came to national attention when, in 1996, she sold her art gallery to establish a new breast cancer support initiative, which has since opened centres in five locations across the UK, with another three planned.

Early life

Sara Davenport was born in London in 1962 and grew up between London and Herefordshire. She went to Cambridge University (1980-83) and read History of Art. After graduating, she worked at Hodder and Stoughton publishers before returning to the art world, selling 18th and 19th century paintings at the Cadogan Gallery, Pont St, London. In 1985, she opened the Sara Davenport Gallery in Walton Street, Knightsbridge – the one of the only galleries in the world to specialise exclusively in 18th & 19th Century dog paintings. She owned the gallery until 1996.

Charity

In 1993, her children's nanny, Wendy Ricketts, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Davenport noted that, "while the dedication of the doctors was indisputablefrom a medical point of view, the mental and emotional support that the NHS offered was lacking". After speaking to patients, nurses and doctors, who shared similar concerns, she realised she had spotted a gap in the care these patients were receiving.

She resolved to ensure there existed "one centre in which a range of services for breast cancer sufferers were available under one roof" – information, support, counselling and the widest range of complementary therapies available in Britain".

She approached several large charities, proposing that they set up and manage clinics based on her concept across the country for which she would fundraise and raise the initial capital investment. The charities she approached rejected the proposal and it became clear that if she wanted her concept to become reality, she would have to make it happen herself.

As a result, on 10 October 1996, Davenport retired as an art dealer and sold her entire gallery collection (alongside a substantial portion of her private collection) at Bonhams Auction House in Knightsbridge, London.

In this way, together with the sale of the lease to her gallery, she raised the money to buy an initial building for the Haven's use, and she committed to giving the charity a 20 year lease at a peppercorn rent to get the charity off the ground – thereby making a donation which would be worth millions over the first two decades of the charity's existence.

It took six months before she found the right location for the charity's first centre – a dilapidated chapel in Fulham Broadway, close to both The Royal Marsden cancer hospital and the specialist Breast Cancer Unit at Charing Cross Hospital.

A fundraising campaign was launched to raise funds for the chapel's renovation and for the first two years of running costs. A Board of Trustees was formed, which included Jeremy Leigh Pemberton, brother of the former Governor of the Bank of England, who became the charity's first Chairman. The first Haven in London was opened by the charity's Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales, in February 2000, and since then, further centres have opened in Hereford (in January 2004), Yorkshire (in October 2008), Wessex (in October 2015), and Worcester (in January 2016). There are currently several more centres in planning. The charity's ambition is to set up a Haven in every UK hospital that has a Breast Cancer Unit.

Personal life

Sara Davenport has two children, Sophie and Alexia, with her ex-husband, Adrian Kyriazi. She is currently working on a new health centre project with a charitable aspect that will open in 2018.

Further reading

• Shaw, John (6 July 1996). "Art dealer sells up to form cancer charity". The Times. London.
• Reid, Sue (14 July 1996). "Looking after nanny;Family Life;Interview;Sara Davenport". The Sunday Times. London.
• Rosser, Nigel (10 February 2000). "A true haven for breast cancer victims". Evening Standard.
• Lantin, Barbara (10 February 2000). "Health and Wellbeing: A haven when it is badly needed One woman's trauma has inspired help for others suffering from breast cancer". The Daily Telegraph.
• Conner, Neil (5 July 2003). "New breast cancer centre offers complementary care". Birmingham Post – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
• "Birthdays today". The Times. 11 March 2016.