Medical support transforming lives

The Victoria Foundation transforming lives

Mobility Aids - transforming lives

Mobility Aids - transforming lives

"Thank you so much for your generosity which has led to a grant for a new wheelchair for our daughter, Dylan. This is a lightweight wheelchair, half the weight of her current chair, but still able to accommodate the various supports that Dylan needs to keep her secure and promote a position that will not exacerbate her scoliosis.....  As a girl with Rett Syndrome, Dylan faces plenty of challenges but this grant will make a huge difference to her life."

 

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Accessible Transport - transforming lives

Accessible Transport - transforming lives

The Victoria Foundation has funded eight accessible mini-buses for RaKAT which help to ensure the elderly in the boroughs of Richmond and Kingston boroughs are not isolated at home. The cost of a fully accessible 15 seat minibus is over £64,000. 

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Toolkit Grants and Elective Bursaries - supporting future NHS junior doctors

Toolkit Grants and Elective Bursaries - supporting future NHS junior doctors

Each year The Victoria Foundation aims to support over 80 medical students from lower socio-economic backgrounds within widening participation in medicine by awarding Toolkit Grants and Elective Bursaries to help cover  the cost of medical equipment, textbooks, travel to hospital placements and electives. In addition, the charity funds textbooks for c70 students on the Extended Medical Degree course MBBS (EMDP) at King’s College London.

 

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Medical Assistance - transforming lives

Medical Assistance - transforming lives

'On behalf of Crossroads Care Richmond and Kingston upon Thames, we would like to forward our utmost thanks and gratitude for your most generous donation of £16,895 which we have now received .... Your support helps us continue in our mission to provide vital services to those often hard to reach families and Carers – often outside the statutory framework. More recently, those most affected by COVID-19 – those socially isolated, most vulnerable, at-risk, and financially affected.' 

 

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