was appointed the first Chaplain to Older People in Alton, Hampshire. She went on to pioneer Anna Chaplaincy to Older People (named after the elderly widow Anna in St Luke's gospel, a good role model of a faithful older person) which started in Alton, the result of a covenant-signing between Anglicans and Methodists to collaborate more closely. The Anna Chaplaincy approach to supporting people in care homes and the wider community, meeting the spiritual needs of men and women in their later years whether they have a strong faith or none, is spreading nationally through The Bible Reading Fellowship, BRF. The Abingdon-based charity is helping to develop Anna Chaplaincy for older people of which Thrower is founder and pioneer. There is now a network of more than 160 Anna Chaplains and others in equivalent roles across the UK. References External links 1957 births Living people English television journalists English women journalists ITN newsreaders and journalists ITV regional newsreaders and journalists British television newsreaders and news presenters British radio journalists British women radio journalists British women television journalists Kenyan people of English descent People from Nairobi Television personalities from Devon BBC Radio 2 presenters British women radio presenters