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STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION
Making a difference . . .
THE Steve Morgan Foundation aims to make a real difference by changing the lives of thousands of people across the region.
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Founded by Steve Morgan CBE in 2001, the Foundation supports projects that help children and families, people with physical or learning disabilities, the elderly, and the socially disadvantaged across North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire.
More than £50m has so far been awarded to over 650 charities and organisations, and this number will increase dramatically over the coming years after Steve committed £250m additional funding to the Foundation in 2017.
Enable Funding for individuals was also introduced
to provide grants for adults and children with disabilities in financial hardship, who require specialised equipment.
There are three types of funding available for organisations which fit the application criteria:
n Major grants and one-off capital funding for
large projects;
n Regional grant funding; n Enable Funding for specialised equipment, which
includes the brand new Smiley Buses.
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IT’S a great pleasure to writ in this special 15th anniversary edition of‘ e
All Together NOW!
We’ve been supporting this pioneering charity newspaper since 2007 in helping people whose lives are affected by disability and ill-health.
These are some of the same vulnerable groups of people that the Steve Morgan
Foundation was set up to help in 2001.
Since then we’ve given out over £50m in grants and committed another £250m, helping millions of people in the process.
When Covid-19 struck it was clear that the most disadvantaged members of society would be the hardest hit again – and we couldn’t allow that to happen.
We were inundated with calls from struggling charities who found their ability to fundraise had been hit by the pandemic.
One food bank we support had 248 additional people register in a single day and that was being repeated across Merseyside, North Wales and Cheshire. Many charities were on the brink so we launched the Covid19 Emergency Fund, pledging up to £1m a week. We’ve already made over 600 awards and helped 1.5 million people. We’ve supported charities working in food banks, mental health, homelessness, domestic violence, bereavement and social isolation.
We’re also supporting cancer patients and their families by building Maggie’s Merseyside at Clatterbridge and a new Maggie’s at the Royal Liverpool Hospital at a cost of more than £5m.
Organisations like the Steve Morgan
Foundation and All Together NOW! are
vital in making sure the vulnerable are supported. ” – STEVE MORGAN CBE
PICTURED from left: Sean Hanlon, Jim Carroll, managing director, Carroll Ltd; Steve Morgan, chairman, Steve Morgan Foundation; Dame Laura Lee, CEO Maggie’s, andAlexis Redmond DL, Chair of fundraising committee, Maggie’s Clatterbridge
Maggie’s a step closer
THE COUNTDOWN has begun for the opening of a new cancer care centre for people across Merseyside and North Wales.
Mr Steve Morgan, chairman of the Steve Morgan Foundation, and his wife, Sally, were among guests for the topping out ceremony of the new Maggie’s Centre in Wirral.
The centre, due to open early in 2021, is one of the Steve Morgan Foundation’s largest capital projects to date and forms part of a £5m donation to build two new Maggie’s Centres.
Mr Morgan said: “Our involvement in this project extends far beyond funding. We’ve also been responsible for the planning, design and construction, which is exceptional for a foundation.
“That’s why being here for the topping out ceremony gives everyone involved so much pride and joy. ” n Asecond Maggie’s Centre, funded
by the Steve Morgan Foundation, will be built at the new Royal Liverpool Hospital once the new Maggie’s Merseyside facilities are operational.
Flying high again at The Florrie
SPIRITS are high again at The Florrie – Liverpool’s famous community hub – and it’s all thanks to the Steve Morgan Foundation.
Athree-year grant for a youth worker means many more young people from the Dingle part of Liverpool will benefit from the wide range of activities at the iconic Florence Institute Trust.
Laurence Fenlon, events and business manager at The Florrie, said: “The youth worker will make a big difference. We want more kids in the building and this new appointment will help us reach a new generation of children. We’re very open to ideas and want to listen to what the kids want to do. ”
