Trusts and Foundations

Thanks to our funders

We are very grateful to our Trusts, Foundations and other grant-making bodies for their support.

They enable us to maintain and improve our current level of service, cover core costs and provide new equipment to our members. Therefore we can continue with established projects and provide new ones, thus making it possible for our charity to improve the physical and mental health of people affected by Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s (pilot scheme) and other related neurological conditions.

The Harpur Trust:

A local Trust that has been inspiring and supporting the people of Bedford to help them improve their lives for over 450 years. They have provided us with a grant for our MS Health & Wellness Coach service.

Panacea Charitable Trust:

This charity has provided almost £5 million of funding to more than 100 local organisations and educational programmes. Its social-related grants fund is designated to support Bedford and its surrounding local community across a broad range of initiatives and recipients.
We have been grateful recipients of their grant for several years, most recently for our project: ‘A Holistic Approach to MS’, which considers the whole person, not just the illness, and supports physical & mental health through core and complementary therapies.

Wixamtree Trust:

Another supportive Trust, they focus most of their support on organisations and projects that benefit the people of Bedfordshire. We received a generous grant from them for our physiotherapy service.

Postcode Places Trust

We are delighted to have been awarded a generous grant of £25,000 from the Postcode Places Trust, a grant-giving charity funded by players of the People's Postcode Lottery.

Postcode Places Trust is a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, and have funded good causes in every postcode area in Britain by supporting smaller charities and good causes to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.

The Amateurs Trust supports charitable causes in Bedfordshire, amongst others, in particular, health related charities. We would like to thank them for their generous grant towards or new exercise therapist role that will have a primary focus on helping people improve their cardiovascular fitness.

Roger & Jean Jefcoate Trust:

Roger Jefcoate is a patron of our charity. He was made a CBE for services to disabled people, was awarded the Order of St John and in 2011, he became a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. The Trust has generously supported our charity for several years.

St John’s Hospital Trust:

Formed in the late 1100s, it is one of the oldest trusts in the UK. It was set up to provide a Hospital for poor and destitute males of the Borough of Bedford, who had fallen on hard times. A very supportive Trust, they have provided us with a grant for core services. 

We are also grateful to the Woodroffe Benton Foundation, the Strangward Trust, Douglas James Charitable Trust, Northampton Municipal Trust Charities, the Page Fund and several others that have made it possible for us to provide our 40 years of service.