He became Master in Charge of Athletics at Rugby School in 1968. He also worked as a volunteer tutor at Onley Borstal. After post-graduate study at Leicester University, he joined the Warwickshire Probation Service in 1973. He worked as a basic-grade Probation Officer, then ran Community Service in Warwickshire, and then became assistant chief of the West Midlands Probation Service. He became Chief Probation Officer in Surrey in 1988. His rise from the lowest grade of Probation Officer to Chief Probation Officer was the fastest in the history of the Probation Service. He was the longest-serving Chief Officer in the National Probation Service when he retired in 2004, having spent 35 years working in the criminal justice system.
He also worked for many charities. He and a friend, Jim Higgins (also a probation officer), founded the Rugby Mayday Trust in Warwickshire. He also founded the independent Surrey Springboard Trust. He became chairman of Crimestoppers in 2004. He was a trustee of Samaritans, and of Victim Support. He also served on employment tribunals from 2005.
He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey, and had been nominated to serve as High Sheriff of Surrey in 2008–9.
He died of viraldouble pneumonia. He was survived by his wife Sally (née Rowat), his father, and a daughter and a son.
michael, varah, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding,. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Michael Varah news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message George Peter Michael Varah 19 October 1944 2 April 2007 was a British international middle distance runner and later a Chief Probation Officer Michael VarahPersonal informationBorn19 October 1944Holy Trinity Blackburn England UKDied2 April 2007 aged 62 Biography editVarah was eldest of triplet boys born in the vicarage of Holy Trinity Blackburn to Dr Chad Varah and his wife Susan His father was the local Anglican vicar who founded the Samaritans charity in 1953 His mother later became world president of the Mothers Union in the 1970s Varah was educated at Raine s Foundation Grammar School for Boys in Stepney and at Loughborough College He was an excellent track and field athlete and captain of the Loughborough College athletics team He became a member of the Great Britain athletics team in 1965 and ran the second leg in a 4 x 800m relay that broke the world record at Crystal Palace in 1966 He competed for England in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston Jamaica and the 1967 Summer Universiade the Tokyo World Student Games At one point he held the British Indoor Athletics record at 800 metres He became Master in Charge of Athletics at Rugby School in 1968 He also worked as a volunteer tutor at Onley Borstal After post graduate study at Leicester University he joined the Warwickshire Probation Service in 1973 He worked as a basic grade Probation Officer then ran Community Service in Warwickshire and then became assistant chief of the West Midlands Probation Service He became Chief Probation Officer in Surrey in 1988 His rise from the lowest grade of Probation Officer to Chief Probation Officer was the fastest in the history of the Probation Service He was the longest serving Chief Officer in the National Probation Service when he retired in 2004 having spent 35 years working in the criminal justice system He also worked for many charities He and a friend Jim Higgins also a probation officer founded the Rugby Mayday Trust in Warwickshire He also founded the independent Surrey Springboard Trust He became chairman of Crimestoppers in 2004 He was a trustee of Samaritans and of Victim Support He also served on employment tribunals from 2005 He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey and had been nominated to serve as High Sheriff of Surrey in 2008 9 He died of viral double pneumonia He was survived by his wife Sally nee Rowat his father and a daughter and a son References edithttp www timesonline co uk tol comment obituaries article1837119 ece http www guardian co uk otherlives story 0 2101398 00 html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Varah amp oldid 1024668283, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
