Health and Disability Awards (December 2016)
Health and Disability Awards (December 2016)
The following grants were awarded by the Wolfson Foundation in December 2016. You can also see an interactive map showing where each grant has been awarded by clicking on the image below, and using the drop down menu on the left of the map to refine your search.
For news of other grants awarded, please go to the funding pages for our other main grant areas, Science & Medicine, Arts & Humanities and Secondary Education. Disability and mental health (transitions and independence)
St Mary’s Hospital, W2 (£150,000)
Parental accommodation
Childhood First, SE1 (£92,000)
Living room in extended residential house in Kent
Coleg Elidyr Camphill Community, Carmarthenshire (£80,000)
Residential unit for students
Norwood, Harrow (£75,000)
Assistive technology for supported living accommodation in Barnet
Lincolnshire House Association (£48,000)
Communal kitchen and living room area in independent living flats
Northam Lodge, Devon (£40,000)
Extension
Victoria School and Specialist Arts College, Birmingham (£35,000)
Food technology room
Leonard Cheshire Disability, SW8 (£30,000)
Refurbishment of life skills centre in Cumbria
Headway Oxfordshire (£28,000)
Shapemaster machines for Activity and Rehabilitation Centre
Bromley Mencap (£27,000)
Classroom in community hub
BeyondAutism (£25,000)
Redevelopment of Rainbow School’s Earlsfield Campus, South London
Rowdeford Charity Trust, Wiltshire (£25,000)
Outdoor Learning Space
CEDA, Exeter (£20,000)
Wheelchair accessible minibus
SoLO Life Opportunities, West Midlands (£20,000)
Two storey extension of day centre
Team Domenica, East Sussex (£20,000)
Training café
Go Kids Go, East Yorkshire (£16,000)
Van
Lindsworth School, Birmingham (£16,000)
Refurbishment of on-site house for Independent Living Skills programme
Older people
Estuary League of Friends, Exeter (£50,000)
Community hub
Bell View (Belford), Northumberland (£30,000)
Refurbishment of resource centre
Abbeyfield Kent Society (£25,000)
Supported housing for veterans
Age UK Darlington, County Durham (£22,000)
Refurbishment
Better Understanding of Dementia Sandwell (£15,000)
Minibus
Chariotts, Wrexham (£15,000)
Two wheelchair accessible vehicles
Palliative care and hospices
Julia’s House, Dorset (£175,000)
New children’s hospice in Wiltshire
Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice, Barnet (£150,000)
New children’s hospice
St Andrew’s Hospice, North Lanarkshire (£150,000)
Refurbishment
St David’s Hospice Care, Newport (£150,000)
New inpatient hospice
Haven House Children’s Hospice, Essex (£90,000)
Ground floor refurbishment
Paul Sartori Foundation, Pembrokeshire (£90,000)
Refurbishment of head office
Shooting Star Chase, Surrey (£70,000)
Refurbishment of Christopher’s Hospice
Garden House Hospice, Hertfordshire (£44,000)
Refurbishment
St Clare Hospice, Essex (£23,000)
Flooring and mattresses
St Helena Hospice, Essex (£15,000)
Specialised ward laptops