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THE 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

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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. ”

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PROUD MOMENT: Steve Morgan at Maggie’s Wirral

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Maggie’s – one year on

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.

“Apowered 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. WHEELCHAIR user JamesAhearn is now playing football atAnfield SportsAcademy 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 THE family ofAndrew Farr correct a curvature in the spine. It say his life has been just wasn’t fit-for-purpose to play transformed thanks to the sport. ” Steve Morgan Foundation. The solution?Anew lightweight

Andrew, 58, has cerebral adjustable DaVinci wheelchair, palsy and lives in supported tailored to his specific requirements. accommodation in Wirral. His parents gave £1,000 towards

He works part-time at a the cost and the Steve Morgan 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 Foundation stepped in to pay the remaining £2,500. Stephen said: “It’s allowed him to get out and about. It’s also a lot easier for us to lift up and fold away. “Amassive thanks to the Steve Morgan Foundation for making it happen. ”

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 Steve Morgan Foundation for help via its Enable Fund.

Andrew contributed towards the cost of the powered wheelchair with the Steve Morgan Foundation agreeing to pay the balance of £5,000.

His older brother Martin said the powered wheelchair had opened upAndrew’s world.

“It’s made him a lot happier and more positive. Thank you to the Steve Morgan Foundation for changing his life, ” he said.

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.

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