Testimonials

Stories of impact and gratitude.

Orthopaedic Institute

"The Orthopaedic Institute Charity were thrilled to receive a visit from the members of The Grace Trust, allowing us to introduce one of the latest research projects to take place here at the RJAH Hospital. Following a recent grant request, the trustees kindly awarded the sum of £3,000 to the Orthopaedic Institute Charity towards the purchase of a new specialist Low Temperature (-86oC) Freezer for the research laboratories. The freezer will enable the establishment of a Metabolic Bone Biobank for Osteoporosis Research which will be undertaken by Dr Chadi Rakieh and his colleagues in the Specialist Metabolic Bone Service Department, including Dr Claire Mennan & Diane Powell. Dr Chadi Rakieh said 'Osteoporosis is a major public health issue that makes bones weaker and more likely to break. Understanding the metabolic changes associated with osteoporosis is critical for developing effective treatments. The biobank will contain samples of blood, plasma and serum from patients attending RJAH, dedicated to osteoporosis and bone research. Keeping these samples very cold is essential for studying biomarkers, which are small biological molecules involved in disease development, progression and response to treatment. The biobank will facilitate high-quality research into osteoporosis, advancing our knowledge and potentially leading to breakthroughs in patient care.' ”

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity

"University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity is very grateful for the generous donation of £10,000 towards our additional CT scanner for our new emergency care centre at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. The scanner will be placed in the centre of our new Emergency Department, ensuring patients are scanned imminently on their arrival to our Emergency Department, rather than waiting for a porter to transfer them to our Radiology Department. This will reduce waiting times, expedite diagnosis and treatment, and reduce overnight admissions. This is particularly pertinent for conditions such as stroke and heart attack, where early treatment can significantly improve outcomes. Each year, our department sees a 15% increase in patients needing CT scans, and this trend is expected to continue. Thanks to organisations like The Grace Trust, our new department will be equipped and ready to meet this increasing demand."

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)

"I would like to formally say thank you to the Trust for their generous donation of £10,000 which has been restricted to D class mattress for our lifeboat relief fleet. Your donation that has been thankfully received, please take this letter as formal receipt of your donation. Thanks to your support again this year we can ensure that our lifeboat volunteers around the UK and Ireland are ready, 24/7, whenever an emergency arises. We are so grateful to the Grace Trust for their support towards our lifesaving family to help us safeguard our future. Without your donations we would not be able to carry out the work of saving lives at sea. 2023 was a particularly busy year for our lifeboat crews with our lifeboats launched 8,917 times and 203 saved lives. In addition, our lifeguards attended 14,213 incidents across the 242 lifeguarded beaches, saving 86 lives. On behalf of the RNLI please pass on our heartfelt thanks to the Trustees for their much-appreciated support of our charity. I look forward to hosting you again at one of our lifeboat stations across the coast!" - Helen McBride-Croft, RNLI Grants & Trusts Manager

Moorfields Eye Charity

"Thank you for your recent gift of £10,000 to Moorfields Eye Charity in support of a Proveo 8 surgical microscope for children at Moorfields, St George's Hospital."

Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance

"Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance is extremely grateful for the generous support from The Grace Trust through members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church congregation. Last year was our busiest year ever, with our crews responding to 1771 missions. They attended the most serious of incidents and carried out life-saving advanced procedures on scene to some of the most seriously ill and injured patients. The difference this wonderful donation of £10,000 will make cannot be underestimated. It will help purchase a variety of uniforms for our family of volunteers, who are vital to our work. As a charity, we rely on their efforts and ideas and we cannot do what we do without their support, and support from organisations like The Grace Trust in recognising the value of their work."

Children's Heartbeat Trust

"On behalf of everyone at Children’s Heartbeat Trust, I would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to The Grace Trust for their grant of £5,000, to enable us to continue to support children and young people born with congenital heart disease (CHD) in Northern Ireland. This grant will be used specifically towards the upkeep and running of our Respite Caravans and allow us to facilitate a respite break for 31 families. This enables them to have the much-needed time they need to recharge, reconnect and recuperate from the daily struggles and challenges that come with having a child diagnosed with life limiting congenital heart disease (CHD). We see the important of having quality time together as a family unit away from a hospital environment and everyday work/life struggles. A place to feel safe, secure and reconnect as a family and to make those all-important memories which are so precious. I was delighted to welcome Richard and Chris from The Grace Trust to be presented with the funds and hear of their incredible work supporting so many charitable organisations. Thank you to everyone who supports The Grace Trust in helping us to continue our vital services." - Lynn Cowan, Children’s Heartbeat Trust

Air Ambulance Northern Ireland Charity

“It was a pleasure to welcome Richard and Chris from The Grace Trust to our operational base at Air Ambulance NI. The recent donation of £10,000 will go a long way in helping to save lives. Thanks to this donation we are able to invest in a new crew helmet and complete the funding needed to invest in a weather station for Co. Fermanagh. Installing a weather station in Co. Fermanagh will provide valuable weather data making it easier and safer than ever to determine whether the helicopter can fly to incidents in the area, therefore potentially reaching more patients and saving more lives. It is only with continued support from trusts like The Grace Trust that we are able to respond to those needing critical pre-hospital emergency care at scene. Thank you to the Grace Trust and all who support it."

Cancer Research UK / The Francis Crick Institute

"We sincerely thank the Grace Trust for their generous funding of the Promega Maxwell RSC 48 instrument. This advanced equipment has revolutionised our workflow by automating nucleic acid extraction at our Science Technology Platform. Compared to our previous method, which was labour-intensive and allowed us to process only 12 samples per hour, we can now efficiently extract 48 samples in just 45 minutes. This significant increase in throughput enables us to deliver faster, more reliable quality control testing for cell lines, thereby enhancing support for the scientific community and upholding the high research standards at the Crick." – Corina Kohler, Deputy Head of Cell Services

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

"The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity greatly appreciates the generous £10,000 donation from The Grace Trust towards the Triggers service at The Royal Marsden. Triggers helps the hospital to deliver earlier palliative care intervention to the most vulnerable cancer patients using a series of determinant tools known as ‘triggers’, to recognise those who should be eligible for palliative care sooner than standard practice. This innovative work is helping to demonstrate that earlier referrals to palliative care can result in significant benefits for cancer patients, including improving their quality of life and ability to safely continue with their treatments. The high-level of care and support that the team can deliver, alongside their ground-breaking research, is impacting the way palliative care is understood and implemented worldwide, giving more patients an improved quality of life. With the support of The Grace Trust, we will be able to continue bringing earlier palliative care to patients who need it most, whilst also proving the effectiveness of this way of working. Thank you once again to The Grace Trust for your support in helping to save and improve the lives of cancer patients."

British Red Cross

"The British Red Cross Society is very grateful for the generous £10,000 donation from The Grace Trust, in support of our Ukraine Crisis Appeal. As the humanitarian crisis continues to put millions at risk of injury, displacement, and destitution, this kind gift will enable our staff and volunteers from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to continue meeting the most pressing priorities in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. This means delivering critical healthcare, providing safety and shelter, and empowering people with financial support to ensure that families don’t go hungry and are supported to recover in the years ahead. This generous donation is also supporting our response in the UK. As the largest independent provider of support for refugees, asylum seekers, and vulnerable migrants in the UK, our British Red Cross teams are offering a range of specialist support to refugees from Ukraine, helping them navigate their new life here. Our Movement is proud to have reached over 17 million people affected by this crisis so far, and we’re keen to ensure that our response does not stop here. Thank you to The Grace Trust for supporting this vital work, bringing help and hope to many."

The Air Ambulance Service

"The Air Ambulance Service are extremely grateful for the recent generous donation of £15,000 from The Grace Trust. This donation will go towards purchasing new LUCAS 3 devices. The LUCAS 3 device is a mechanical chest compression device that is used to treat patients in cardiac arrest. The chest compression device helps emergency care teams around the world do what they do best – save lives. Our charity operates without any government funding and provides the service entirely through donations received from the public and vital support from Trusts and Foundations such as them. Thank you again to The Grace Trust for this very generous donation."

St Giles Trust

"A massive thank you and appreciation to The Grace Trust who have not only donated to our St Giles hospital-based project, but also took the time to visit us and see exactly how we care for our patients. It was clear that the support St Giles offer all 11 to 25-year-olds who have been admitted for interpersonal injuries at Royal London Hospital was appreciated and subsequently awarded a very generous donation. Work, support and collaborative care continues with donations like these. Once again, a big thank from St Giles Trauma Services."

North West Air Ambulance Charity

"Here at The North West Air Ambulance Charity we are truly grateful for the continued support of The Grace Trust through members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church congregation. We continue to respond to more people each year and last year saw our clinical crew respond to 3,137 missions to those in critical medical emergency. We would not be able to bring the hospital to the patient, giving them the greatest chance of survival without our supporters, such as The Grace Trust, particularly as we receive no NHS or Government funding.”

London Air Ambulance Charity

“London’s Air Ambulance Charity are extremely grateful for the generous support of everyone at the Grace Trust over the years towards a flight suit, patient stretcher and the replacement of our helicopter fleet. By helicopter, we can reach anywhere within London’s M25 in 11 minutes, delivering an advanced trauma team to London’s most seriously injured patients. We are there for around 2,000 seriously injured patients within London’s M25 every year. Thank you for helping us get to the patients’ side quickly: we couldn’t save lives without supporters like you.’

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Midlands Air Ambulance Charity

"We are extremely grateful that The Grace Trust has once again chosen to support us with an amazing grant of £5,000. As highlighted in our application submission, this award will be used towards the charitable activities of our emergency lifesaving service, throughout the Midlands region. We would especially like to thank all members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church congregation who made this award possible by funding The Grace Trust. On behalf of everyone here at Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, please accept our sincere thanks as you are all helping people in our communities at a time in their life when they need support the most. You are continuing to enable our helicopters to reach those where speed is of the essence, those that would otherwise not survive by land ambulance due to the severity of their injuries. You give them a fighting chance at survival."

Humanity & Inclusion

"Several months after the earthquake that struck Morocco, the needs of the affected populations are still great, but thanks to our generous supporters our work has made a great impact with great results already. A huge Thank You for your continued support, The Grace Trust, ensuring we can help the people of Morocco after such devastation."

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

“We are enormously grateful for the generosity of the Grace Trust and your support for over ten years. Great Western Air Ambulance Charity responds to the most critical patients across a wide area including Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and surrounding counties, bringing lifesaving care to patients who may not otherwise survive the journey to hospital. Every year we are called to around 2,000 people who have suffered a serious accident or medical emergency, and your support helps to make sure we can give them the best chance of surviving with good outcomes. As a charity we are entirely dependent on voluntary donations to operate, and rely on our communities, and grant-givers like the Grace Trust to run the service. Without the help of people like you, we would not be able to reach everyone who needs. On behalf of the charity team and operational crew at Great Western Air Ambulance Charity – thank you for being lifesavers.”

Mind in Croydon

“Thank you so much for your letter and for coming to meet us to present us with the Grace Trust’s cheque of £2,500. l am happy to confirm that your grant will be used towards the charitable objects of our organisation. In particular we have earmarked your kind donation to pay for new audio visual equipment which we use for workshops at two of our premises. The old projectors we have had for years are cumbersome to fix up, very unreliable and on their last legs. New audio visual equipment is essential as many of the meetings we hold now are hybrid with some people there in person and others online. In particular efficient equipment is going to be useful for the many carers’ groups that we run. Our Carers’ Support Service provides support for people aged 16 years and over who care for someone whether a relative or friend with a mental health problem. The aim of the service is to provide carers with the emotional and practical support they need to manage and maintain their caring role, while maintaining their own health and wellbeing. This is a well used and vital service for carers who otherwise can often find themselves trying to manage distressing, difficult and potentially harmful situations alone. We will also be using the equipment for other groups such as anger control training, and for Peter Phillips to provide Mental Health First Aid Training. Thank you once again for your very generous donation.”

LOROS Hospice

“On behalf of everyone at LOROS, I want to say a heartfelt thank you for The Grace Trust’s grant of £5,000 towards the pilot of our new Overnight Response Service. Your grant will help make the pilot of this service possible, enabling us to provide much needed care and support to hundreds of patients when they need it most. I also wanted to let you know much we appreciate you coming to LOROS to present the grant cheque in person. It was lovely to meet you and hear more about the history of the Trust and your links with the wonderful Rapid Relief Team. Thank you once again for your kindness and generosity.”

North London Hospice

“The Grace Trust have been amazing supporters of North London Hospice over the past few years. At North London Hospice, we help those with a potentially life-limiting illness who have specialist needs. Care is provided to help them psychically, emotionally and spiritually. We try to help our patients live life to the full despite their illness. Most recently, The Grace Trust’s donation was an incredibly important measure of support during the challenging months of the Coronavirus Pandemic. This donation has gone a long way to help us provide our expert care to those in our community who have life-limiting illness and support their loved ones also.”

The Rapid Relief Team

“The Rapid Relief Team are extremely grateful for the ongoing support from The Grace Trust. The generous ongoing donations that we have received have enabled us as a charity to reach out and help so many communities and individuals in need. During the past year we have provided over 115,000 meals and connected to so many people. From supporting our emergency services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks to the residents of Whaley Bridge down to meeting the needs of the hungry child who needs breakfast at school.”

North London Action for the Homeless

“Our grant from The Grace Trust was a great help in uncertain times and allowed us to continue to deliver a vital service to some of the most vulnerable people in our local community. During the lockdown we were able to offer an alternative to our usual service with takeaways and deliveries, providing up to 150 freshly-cooked meals a week.”

OneSchool Global

“OneSchool Global is one the world’s largest and most comprehensive independent schools, operating across 20 countries and over 125 campuses. OneSchool Global challenges traditional teaching norms and embraces technology to develop life-ready students, who learn how to learn. With 23 campuses in the UK alone, the generous support of the Grace Trust enables OneSchool Global to continue to put student learning outcomes at the forefront of all that we do, as we strive to educate the community and business leaders of tomorrow.”

Combat Stress

“Combat Stress is incredibly grateful for The Grace Trust’s recent donation. This generous gift has gone towards our community mental health services which are delivered across the UK, ensuring veterans can flexibly engage with treatment, in and around the demands of modern life. We are grateful that the Trustees of The Grace Trust recognise the value of veterans being able to access treatment and support in ways that work best for them and their families.” “Your gift will go straight to work where it is needed most, so that together, we can provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time.”

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