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HE Steve Morgan Foundation has been changing people’s lives ever since it was founded by entrepreneur Steve Morgan CBE in 2001. The philanthropist has committed assets of £300m and the Foundation has funded everything from the purpose-built Maggie’s Wirral, cutting-edge research
into type1 diabetes, as well as helping charities struggling with the impact of Covid-19. However, one of the biggest changes the Foundation has consistently made to
the lives of individuals and their families has been through the Enable Fund. The Enable Fund supports people of all ages in financial hardship, who are in need of specialised equipment, including
mobility aids, wheelchairs, buggies, wheelchairs and trikes. The list also includes sleep systems, car seats, sensory equipment and communication aids. Mr Morgan explained: “The Enable Fund was set up to support people to do the things most of us take for granted. It helps them to lead more fulfilling lives.”
PROUD MOMENT: Steve Morgan at Maggie’s Wirral
Maggie’s – one year on
Ruby’s runaround
RUBY GRIMSHAW can now go for family bike rides after the Steve Morgan Foundation bought her a tandem tricycle.
Ruby, 10, has cerebral palsy and lives with her parents Bernie and Graham and brother Harry, seven, in St Helens. Ruby relies on a wheelchair and her life has been transformed following the delivery of an £8,500 tandem tricycle called an OPair. The family contributed £500 towards the cost with the Steve Morgan Foundation’s Enable Fund meeting the remaining £8,000. Liam Eaglestone, chief executive of the Steve Morgan Foundation, said: “The Enable Fund helps people like Ruby and her family. “A powered wheelchair or specially adapted trike can literally open up someone’s world and take them to places they’ve previously not been able to go to.” n The Enable Fund supports people in hardship, who need specialised equipment, including mobility aids, wheelchairs, buggies and trikes.
TO MARK the first anniversary of the opening of Maggie’s Wirral, Steve Morgan returned to see how the centre is helping thousands of people living with cancer across Merseyside and Cheshire.
Steve, chairman and founder of the Steve Morgan Foundation, which funded the building, said: “It was a humbling experience. I am delighted we are now marking a year since we opened and so many people are being helped at what is an
incredibly tough time. “I am already looking forward to a time when the same can be said for even more people in Liverpool and those of North Wales.” Thanks to the Steve Morgan Foundation a second centre – to be built within the grounds of the new Royal Liverpool Hospital next to the new Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool – is also in the development stages, and discussions are underway for a third centre in North Wales.
What a cracker
WHEELCHAIR user James Ahearn is now playing football at Anfield Sports Academy and has taken up basketball, thanks to the Steve Morgan Foundation.
The 10-year-old, from Netherton, Liverpool, was born with spina bifida and was finding pushing his chair tough going. His Dad Stephen explained: “Although James is limited to a wheelchair he’s always liked to be active. “His old wheelchair was restricting his ability to play – it was more to Steve Morgan Foundation for correct a curvature in the spine. It help via its Enable Fund. just wasn’t fit-for-purpose to play Andrew contributed sport.” towards the cost of the The solution? A new lightweight powered wheelchair with the adjustable DaVinci wheelchair, Steve Morgan Foundation tailored to his specific requirements. agreeing to pay the balance His parents gave £1,000 towards of £5,000. the cost and the Steve Morgan His older brother Martin Foundation stepped in to pay the said the powered wheelchair remaining £2,500. had opened up Andrew’s Stephen said: “It’s allowed him to world. get out and about. It’s also a lot “It’s made him a lot happier and more positive. Thank you easier for us to lift up and fold away. to the Steve Morgan “A massive thanks to the Steve Foundation for changing his Morgan Foundation for making it life,” he said. happen.”
New chair is a life-changer for Andrew THE family of Andrew Farr say his life has been transformed thanks to the Steve Morgan Foundation. Andrew, 58, has cerebral palsy and lives in supported accommodation in Wirral. He works part-time at a local hospital but problems with his mobility were increasingly restricting his ability to get out and about. His therapist suggested a powered wheelchair would transform his quality of life so his family appealed to the
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