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CHARITY
Many children housed in orphanages
around the world are not orphans but
have been abandoned or handed over by
parents who cannot cope. Hope and
Homes for Children works with families,
communities, governments and others
to transform outdated child protection
services so that children can grow up
within a loving, supportive and
supported family.
The Foundation has been working
with the charity since 2003. Mark
Waddington, its Chief Executive, says its
financial support – more than £6 million
in total – has made a ‘massive difference’.
Joseph, who suffers from cerebral palsy,
was abandoned as a baby and confined to
an orphanage in Rwanda. Hope and
Homes pioneered the
development of family-based
services in Rwanda and
identified potential foster
carers for the young boy,
now nine.‘He can now
sit unassisted,’ says
Waddington.‘His smile is
so full of life it could light up
the universe and he is becoming
a part of the community.’
The Foundation’s support for hospices began in
2004 when it pledged £800,000 to Hospice UK,
then known as Help the Hospices, to fund Care
Beyond Cancer, a three-year programme to develop
and expand hospice care services for people with
conditions other than cancer.
The Foundation provides funding of £500,000
a year, enabling the charity to support projects
around the UK, ranging from the expansion of
‘hospice at home’ services to the establishment of
teams of ‘care navigators’ – volunteers trained to
provide support, guidance and companionship for
patients and their families in their own homes.
The Foundation’s support has meant Hospice
UK can provide grants to hospices that are
pioneering projects designed to help dementia
sufferers die with dignity. Karl Benn, Head of
Grants at Hospice UK, says many people with
dementia do not get the help they need or want
at the end of life, largely because of the
stigma surrounding the disease.‘Proper
care and support – like advance care
planning, symptom control and better
communication – can make a huge
difference,’ he says.
HOSPICE UK
HOPE AND HOMES
FOR CHILDREN
£500,000
a year
£6million