Education
Providing opportunities for young people to reach their full potential, and striving to improve standards in education by:
- Offering scholarships to some of the UK’s top independent schools for children in deprived areas and from poorer backgrounds
- Supporting effective school leadership by funding aspirant and current Headteachers to undertake a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership
Disability Sport
Improving provision and participation in disability sport from grass roots to elite level.
- Funding the provision of coaches to deliver training and awareness to teachers and coaches of how to effectively teach Physical Education and sport to young people with disabilities
- Creating or funding events to encourage more young people with disabilities to try sports not usually accessible to them, particularly in areas of outdoor pursuits including scuba diving, ballooning, canoeing and rafting
Motor Neurone Disease Care
Providing care and support for those living with or affected by MND by:
- Enabling families to enjoy experiences together which they may have thought impossible following diagnosis of MND
- Working to generate funding for specialist care workers to assist families newly affected by the disease