Stockdales is a special charity in Sale Cheshire that focuses on bringing supported independent living to disabled children and adults. Part of their work is to provide good homes in ordinary communities. The house in Fownhope Avenue in Sale is now complete and will be home to 6 people in early 2022. From personal experience […]
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The research work underway by Professor Myra Conway and her team at the University of West of England into Alzheimer’s disease is vital. The commitment and enthusiasm for this work is a joy to witness. Here Marcela Usmari Moraes, a key member of the research team, brings us up to date on their work. ‘The
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Triple C is a small local charity in Norris Green, a deprived area in Liverpool. We have supported them over the last two years to help with their Pantry scheme that means families in need have a better Christmas by putting good food on their tables. Here what they had to say about “Food Pantry”
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Liverpool University’s Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre for Children (EATC4Children), is based at the Institute in the Park near Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. We were pleased to approve a grant to purchase an imaging system called ChemiDoc which will allow the team to acquire high resolution and high-quality images of both nucleic acids and protein gels/membranes
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In July we made a grant to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to purchase eight high-quality laptops for their Rheumatology Department. This project was triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic which brought into focus the need for remote consultations which can only happen if quality IT kit is available. Although having a big impact in coping with
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The pandemic has impacted the lives of people in more ways than perhaps we have realised. People’s health, the NHS and the consequences in many of our care homes are all readily understood but it may come as a surprise that domestic violence has rocketed. Mainly women but also children have been on the receiving
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In July 2019 we made our second grant to Institute in the Park at the University of Liverpool, underpinning our long term relationship with them in supporting vital research into childhood illnesses. Our grant of £13,717 covered the cost of a 4D Nucleofactor platform from Lonza. This system will facilitate an area of research that
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For some time our Foundation has wanted to explore how we could help the Thussanang Centre for Disabled Children in the small community of Huhudi near Vryburg South Africa. Our close relationship with Windermere School in Cumbria gives us a great opportunity to work in partnership with them to put a grant project together. A
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Following three successful “Waldorf Experiences Afternoon Tea with Music” at Windermere School we set our sights on a bigger and different event which would reach out to more people locally. On a Saturday in February over two hundred older people from across the South Lakes area travelled to the School for the first Waldorf Concert.
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Going to Vryburg, a township in South Africa is special for two of our trustees, Jo and Ann . Let Jo tell the story. Ann and I travelled out to Tiger Kloof School just outside Vryburg in mid-February 2015. I hasten to add at no cost to the Foundation. We worked alongside a group of
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