Alan Rickman is a graduate of RADA and Vice Chairman of the RADA Council.The Alan Rickman Birthday Fund was set up to commemorate his birthday the Funds collected assists students in genuine financial need to allow them to complete their training here.

27 RADA students have so far benefited from this funding. They are: Tom Burke, Owain Yeoman, Alisa Murphy, Wunmi Mosaku, Jonathan Martlew, David Ononokpono, Paul Rhodes, Jeany Spark, Yvonne Deighton, Matthew Bigg, Annie Hemingway, Joe Kloska, John Hollingworth, Sophie Stone, Sonya Cassidy, Natalie Kenrick, Nina Ogden, Gemma Thomas, Yasmine Akram, Keiko LeMon, Lydia Wilson, Claire Wardroper, Charlotte Willis, Paul Christie, Jonathan Coulson, Caroline Perry, Jack Parry-Jones and current second year acting students Joe Blakemore and Rashmika Torchia

On behalf of Alan Rickman and all the student recipients, RADA would like to thank all the contributors, past and present for their generous contributions. Now in its tenth year, the Fund has raised over £9,000 to date.