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OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2021
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HE Steve Morgan Foundation aims to make a real difference by changing the lives of thousands of people across the region.
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. If you need help, contact us – details below
Morgan’s pride at new Maggie’s centre ELATED: Dame Laura Lee and Steve Morgan
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Sad loss
HILANTHROPIST Steve Morgan spoke of his “overwhelming pride” as he formally opened the brand new purpose-built Maggie’s Wirral at the Steve Morgan Foundation Building in the grounds of Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Wirral.
Sensory garden for everyone
The centre was commissioned, designed, built and funded by the Steve Morgan Foundation to replace the previous interim centre which opened in 2014, and has given the charity more space. Mr Morgan CBE, chairman of the Steve Morgan Foundation, said: “I feel NOT EVEN torrential rain could dampen the spirits a sense of overwhelming pride at at the opening of a special garden for people with opening Maggie’s Wirral at the Steve dementia. Morgan Foundation Building. The High Sheriff of Merseyside, the Mayors of “When my wife Sally first introduced Knowsley and Halewood and Jane Harris, director of the foundation to Maggie’s all those regional grants at the Steve Morgan Foundation, were years ago we had no idea that it would among those attending the opening of Knowsley be the start of a journey that would end Dementia Care Support’s sensory garden. with the opening of this wonderful The garden at the back of Liverpool’s Arncliffe Centre facility. was made possible thanks to a grant of £72,000 from the “The centre is welcoming, calm and Steve Morgan Foundation. peaceful. It’s a place where patients Jane Harris said: “The number of people with dementia and their families can relax and reflect is increasing so the work of organisations like Knowsley away from home or hospital whilst Dementia Care Support is so important.” gaining the emotional or practical Pat Mairs, who founded Knowsley Dementia Care support they may need.” Support Memory Lane CIC in 2014, said: “The garden Dame Laura Lee, chief executive at offers a safe place for people with dementia and their Maggie’s, said: “It’s fantastic to be here carers to go. It will be open for the community as well.” for the formal opening of our new Wirral HAPPY MEMORIES: The new sensory garden centre. We couldn’t have done it without the extremely generous support of the Steve Morgan Foundation. “Their support in commissioning, FINLAY Woodcock-Daniels is having the Thanks to an Enable Fund grant of designing, building and funding this time of his life after the Steve Morgan £7,545, Finlay’s family have been able to centre, as well as two others – a brand Foundation paid for a new wheelchair buy a top-of-the-range Van Raam OPair new Maggie’s to be developed on the bike. wheelchair bike that has given him a new grounds of the New Royal Liverpool The 15-year-old from Hoole, Chester, has lease of life. Hospital in the city centre, and another n The Steve Morgan Foundation Enable cerebral palsy and was unable to go on in North Wales – is the only way we Fund supports people of all ages in cycling trips with his mum Alexa and would have been able to support as financial hardship who are in need of siblings Rafferty (14) and 11-year-old many people as possible across the specialised equipment. Freya. region.”
Finlay’s riding high, thanks to Enable grant
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THE Steve Morgan Foundation was saddened to hear of the death of Nick “Hoppy” Hopkinson, the former High Sheriff of Cheshire. Last year “Hoppy” and the Steve Morgan Foundation worked together to support Cheshire Community Foundation’s Covid-19 Response Fund. Steve Morgan CBE, chairman of the Steve Morgan Foundation, said: “It’s absolutely devastating news, we’ve lost a true friend.” Steve’s wife Sally, a trustee of the Foundation, added: “Nick was a big supporter of the Steve Morgan Foundation. He recently sent us his congratulations on reaching our 20th anniversary and said he was ‘proud’ to be our friends, we were equally proud to be his.”
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