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Elizabeth Finn Care currently supports more than 3,000 beneficiaries at an annual cost of over £3 million.  We hope to assist many more people during 2010, and are largely dependent on the generosity of Trusts and Foundations to do so.

 

Our work to address poverty has three themes: Disability Poverty, the Welsh Families Project and supporting nurses, as outlined below.

 

Elizabeth Finn Care occasionally undertakes research and manages projects that help us to understand our beneficiaries’ needs and provide the right type of support. We also require support from Trusts and Foundations that commission such work.

 

If you would like to discuss Trust Funding or any of the following projects further, please contact the Senior Trusts Officer, Rachid Choaibi, on 020 8834 9200.
 

 

 

Many of our beneficiaries are affected by long-term disability or illness, and are unable to work. They often cannot make ends meet while living on benefits, so live in deep poverty.

 

Disability poverty is not just about financial constraints. It is about a lack of opportunity and the poor expectations that can result from public attitudes. Disability poverty is about: education (disabled people are still twice as likely to have no qualifications), having accessible and affordable housing, being able to use public transport, finding a job, having access to shops and services, and the provision of health and social care. Elizabeth Finn Care’s unique and comprehensive approach takes all these factors into consideration.

 

How We Help
 

Elizabeth Finn Care runs a project that addresses these problems by providing essential equipment to disabled people across the UK. This includes Aids and Adaptations (grab rails, walk-in showers, riser recliner chairs), Electrically Powered Vehicles, Wheelchairs, and Stair lifts etc, which cost Elizabeth Finn Care £146,879 per annum.
 

 

Elizabeth Finn Care recently pioneered an innovative project in the most deprived areas of Wales, directly addressing the causes of poverty experienced by families over generations. Elizabeth Finn Care is proactively working alongside Third Sector agencies to seek and support the families worst affected by poverty, and to transform their lives to one of self-sufficiency.

 

The project is designed to achieve the following outputs:

The support that Elizabeth Finn Care provides for families living in poverty in Wales is designed to improve quality of life by giving aid to afford essentials, improve housing and regain financial control. By giving immediate relief as well as raising employment, health and financial expectations, families are able to afford to maintain social contact and play a fuller role in their communities, as well as improve the prospects for the next generation.
 

 

 Assisting Nurses

 

21.6% of Elizabeth Finn Care’s beneficiaries come from a nursing or midwifery background, making them the largest vocational group that we help. These workersare among the UK’s four million ‘hidden poor’ who don’t fit the traditional stereotype of poverty.

 

Elizabeth Finn Care actively seeks and supports nurses and midwives who have fallen into poverty by promoting our work through the NHS. The physically demanding nature of nursing and midwifery combined with unsociable hours and the relatively low salaries associated with the sector, mean that work pressure is high. Many have minimal pension provisions, meaning even those who have worked all their lives can find themselves in retirement lacking the money to afford basic things, like healthy food and warm clothes.