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<strong>Living</strong><br />
made easy<br />
<strong>Disabled</strong> <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Annual Review 2008 | <strong>09</strong>
Our vision is:<br />
DLF wants every older or disabled person<br />
to be able to exercise choice over their<br />
lives, to be treated with respect and dignity,<br />
to live independently or with support<br />
and to have the best quality of life.<br />
Our mission is:<br />
DLF wants every older or disabled person to<br />
have the impartial information and expert<br />
advice they need to make choices about their<br />
daily lives – and front-line staff to be well<br />
trained and well informed.
Contents<br />
2 From the Chair<br />
3 From the Chief Executive<br />
4 Key achievements<br />
6 Here to help<br />
9 Listening to our users – on and ‘off’ line<br />
11 Financial statement<br />
12 Thank you
From the Chair<br />
DLF enjoys a strong<br />
reputation with<br />
Government, local<br />
authorities and<br />
professionals. It is well<br />
known for its impartial<br />
information as well<br />
as its expert advice<br />
and training. As the<br />
population ages in the UK there is an ever<br />
growing need for expert advice and trusted<br />
information to help people take good<br />
decisions about their daily lives, their health<br />
and well-being. The challenge DLF now<br />
faces lies in reaching a far wider public<br />
audience so they know where to come<br />
for help and advice.<br />
The environment in which DLF operates is fluid and<br />
changing. The coming year will see the results of<br />
Government consultations Shaping the Future<br />
of Care Together and Building a Society for All Ages<br />
– both important direction setting documents.<br />
And in 2010 a General Election will be held. Further<br />
ahead, in 2012 the Paralympics in London will focus<br />
new attention on achievement by people with<br />
disabilities. High street retailers have started to<br />
sell daily living equipment. This is a positive move<br />
that makes equipment readily available and more<br />
mainstream. We want to see equipment designers<br />
and manufacturers developing products that match<br />
the aspirations and needs of older and disabled<br />
people to a much greater extent. This will bring<br />
greater choice and make these essential tools for<br />
living both more acceptable and desirable. All these<br />
trends underline the importance of DLF’s work.<br />
In recent years DLF has had to adapt to changes<br />
in its funding. There is far more emphasis on<br />
project funding; sponsors are feeling the pinch<br />
of the recession. We are grateful to all those that<br />
continue to support financially our vision. Marketing<br />
our training to professionals on tight budgets<br />
and the sale of DLF Data are also impacted by the<br />
tough economic climate. The Board of Trustees<br />
is most grateful to all the DLF staff for their hard<br />
work and commitment to steer DLF through these<br />
choppy waters.<br />
In December 20<strong>09</strong> we will celebrate our 40th<br />
anniversary with a reception, hosted by Lord Morris<br />
of Manchester, at the House of Lords. It will be good<br />
to reflect on the real progress that has been made.<br />
Forty years ago the opportunities for older and<br />
disabled people were less and the challenges great.<br />
Today we live longer in greater health. A quarter<br />
of all children born this year may live to be 100,<br />
with 30% of their lives spent in retirement. Here<br />
lies great opportunity, but also significant challenge<br />
for our next 40 years.<br />
Margaret McKinlay – Chair, DLF
From the Chief Executive<br />
My first year at DLF<br />
has been an exciting<br />
one. I do not expect<br />
that excitement to<br />
stop. In our 40 year<br />
history we have always<br />
created and innovated.<br />
I do not expect that to<br />
stop. Each day we are<br />
challenged by the questions people bring<br />
to us, by the circumstances they face<br />
and by the inventiveness they show.<br />
And I do not expect that to stop either.<br />
In this annual review, you will find the highlights<br />
of our work in 2008/9. And there are many. But<br />
sometimes the everyday is even more powerful than<br />
the points of high achievement. Like the person on<br />
the phone who says “I don’t know where to turn”,<br />
but at the end of the call they do know. Or like<br />
the visitor to our Equipment Centre who comes<br />
with a list of “can’t dos” and goes away able to do<br />
them after all. Or like the questioner on our web<br />
information service <strong>Living</strong> made easy, who gets an<br />
answer to this – “since having 3 x spinal surgeries I<br />
cannot ride a normal bike any more – was talking to<br />
my GP and he thinks an adapted tricycle might be a<br />
good substitute. Apparently they are available with<br />
a supportive type of seat, rather than saddle, and an<br />
electric motor for going up hills. I can still pedal most<br />
of the way! Any ideas on suppliers/funding/grants?”.<br />
If the excitement of the past year is set to continue<br />
– what form will it take? First, all the factors in our<br />
external environment that the Chair reports (see<br />
opposite) will make marks on DLF’s work. Secondly,<br />
DLF will continue to develop its work. We hope to<br />
complete the majority of our new web information<br />
service <strong>Living</strong> made easy and start on updating our<br />
equipment centre. Lastly, the financial climate is<br />
having an impact on our partners in industry, local<br />
government and the health service, with budgets<br />
much tighter across the board. In this environment,<br />
we must use our money well and we will need<br />
support from all those who have helped us over<br />
our 40 year history – and many others as well.<br />
Christine Shaw – Chief Executive, DLF<br />
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Launched <strong>Living</strong> made<br />
easy in November 2008<br />
Launched Retail Assessors for Community<br />
Equipment course for retailers seeking<br />
to take advantage of Transforming<br />
Community Equipment Services<br />
Grew the number of commercial sponsors<br />
of <strong>Living</strong> made easy from seven to fifteen<br />
Relaunched AskSARA with an improved<br />
user friendly design, new content<br />
and features<br />
Developed new customised versions of AskSARA for<br />
co-operative Xest, Blackpool City Council, Haringey<br />
Council, Hounslow Council and Plymouth Council<br />
Won an eWell-Being Award for AskSARA<br />
in the Independent <strong>Living</strong> category<br />
Worked with partner charities <strong>Foundation</strong> for Assistive<br />
Technology (FAST), Ricability and Assist UK to map<br />
the information needs of disabled people as part of<br />
the AT Information Network for the Future project
Developed <strong>Living</strong> made easy<br />
for children ready for launch<br />
in April 20<strong>09</strong><br />
Increased delegate numbers<br />
at DLF’s Moving & Handling<br />
People event<br />
Created new role of Head of Independent <strong>Living</strong> to spearhead<br />
the redevelopment of DLF’s Demonstration Centre<br />
Key<br />
Achievements<br />
2008/<strong>09</strong><br />
Selected as one<br />
of 40 pilot sites for<br />
the Department<br />
of Health’s new<br />
Information Standard<br />
Continued to build relationships with national<br />
retailers such as B&Q and Home Retail Group<br />
Answered over 27,000 enquiries<br />
to our national Helpline<br />
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Here to help<br />
The primary highlight of 2008/9 has undoubtedly<br />
been the launch of DLF’s ground-breaking<br />
information service for the public, <strong>Living</strong> made<br />
easy. Launched in November 2008, this web<br />
based service brings together for the very first<br />
time DLF’s impartial information and expert<br />
advice on independent living in an easy, accessible<br />
form so that older people, those with disabilities,<br />
parents, carers, family and friends can find the<br />
help they need and can trust.<br />
For forty years DLF has researched, verified,<br />
compiled and analysed information on daily living<br />
to create the definitive source of expertise in this<br />
area. Though essential, this information alone is<br />
often not enough. An older person, or the parent<br />
of a child with a disability, or a family carer<br />
frequently wants and needs expert advice too.<br />
This is where DLF’s advice, written by our expert<br />
team of occupational therapists, available<br />
in <strong>Living</strong> made easy, and from our helpline<br />
advisers, comes to the fore.<br />
<strong>Living</strong> made easy was built on the firm foundations<br />
of pilot sites Telecare made easy and Bathing made<br />
easy that had demonstrated that the public would<br />
find the information useful and would access it<br />
over the internet. Between launching in November<br />
2008 and the end of March 20<strong>09</strong>, <strong>Living</strong> made<br />
easy has received over 100,000 visitors. This is<br />
set to grow as more information is researched<br />
and written and as <strong>Living</strong> made easy becomes<br />
better known.<br />
Not only did 2008/9 see the advent of <strong>Living</strong> made<br />
easy, it was also the year that DLF launched <strong>Living</strong><br />
made easy for children, with funding from the<br />
Department for Children, Schools and Families.<br />
This new web-based service is a major three year<br />
initiative aimed at young people and parents.<br />
Parents of children with disabilities often find<br />
it hard to know where to go for information and<br />
advice about equipment – until now there has<br />
been no central point that can answer the many<br />
questions these families face. The initial content<br />
covers children’s personal care, eating and drinking,<br />
beds and cots and chairs, with more to be developed.<br />
It is integrated with <strong>Living</strong> made easy, but has a<br />
different look and feel to attract its key audiences.<br />
Who we help<br />
3 Older people<br />
3 Children with disabilities<br />
3 Parents<br />
3 Adults with disabilities<br />
3 Carers<br />
3 Family<br />
3 Friends<br />
3 People working in health and social<br />
care settings<br />
3 People working with older or<br />
disabled people – whatever the setting<br />
DLF never loses sight of the fact that some people<br />
do not have access to the internet or do not use<br />
computers. This is why the national helpline and<br />
the Equipment Demonstration Centre are so<br />
essential. Over 27,000 people received advice and<br />
information from DLF’s national helpline in 2008/9.<br />
At the same time, nearly 2,000 people visited the<br />
equipment demonstration centre.
DLF has developed an award-winning tool to help<br />
people discover the equipment that will help them<br />
best – AskSARA. In 2008/9, AskSARA was updated<br />
and re-designed to include a star rating system<br />
to aid individual choice and the introduction of<br />
more advice. The second year of grant-funding<br />
from City Bridge Trust enabled the use of AskSARA<br />
via the Helpline for those people without access<br />
to the internet. A series of outreach visits were<br />
made to local venues where older and disabled<br />
people meet to guide them through AskSARA<br />
and provide information and advice.<br />
DLF was chosen as one of the 40 pilot sites for<br />
the new DH healthcare information accreditation<br />
scheme – now called the Information Standard.<br />
During the year, DLF undertook the accreditation<br />
process and, in future, will be able to use the<br />
Information Standard kitemark to indicate<br />
the high quality of its information.<br />
The right skills for the job<br />
DLF is known for its practical, hands-on training,<br />
providing hundreds of people each year with the<br />
opportunity to update key skills and acquire new<br />
ones. Almost 700 people participated in DLF training<br />
in 2008/9 and, in doing so, helped to make sure that<br />
older and disabled people received good quality<br />
support and services.<br />
A full programme was provided in manual<br />
handling, housing adaptations, bariatrics,<br />
telecare and paediatric moving and handling.<br />
12 Trusted Assessor Training (TAT) courses<br />
took place during the year. These courses<br />
provided front line staff with key assessment<br />
and equipment handling skills and added<br />
to the pool of trained people to work with<br />
older and disabled people. A newly developed<br />
course, Retail Assessor for Community<br />
Equipment (RACE), was delivered 3 times during<br />
the year. This trains staff working in retail to<br />
assess the needs of older and disabled people<br />
for equipment and was developed in the light<br />
of mainstream retailers entering the daily living<br />
equipment market.<br />
This was the second year in which the Moving &<br />
Handling People conference was under the sole<br />
ownership of DLF. This is a key event in the annual<br />
calendar where manual handling practitioners can<br />
update their knowledge and skills at an accredited<br />
event. Delegate numbers increased from the<br />
previous year and a wide range of manufacturers<br />
and suppliers of moving and handling equipment<br />
exhibited at this prestigious event.<br />
Working with Government…<br />
DLF works with Government to make sure that older<br />
and disabled people can exercise choice and control<br />
over their lives and live safely and independently.<br />
In 2008/9, DLF continued its good relationship<br />
with the Department of Health and its engagement<br />
with the Transforming Community Equipment<br />
Services (TCES) Programme. This programme aims<br />
to create a new service delivery model that gives<br />
users and carers more choice and control. TCES<br />
is being adopted by increasing numbers of local<br />
authorities across England. The DH believes<br />
that a comprehensive web-portal is an essential<br />
component of the successful implementation<br />
of the TCES programme. <strong>Living</strong> made easy has<br />
the potential to fulfill that role.<br />
DLF’s good relationship with Government is not<br />
confined to those Departments concerned with<br />
adult health and social care. The Department<br />
for Children, Schools and Families is funding<br />
and supporting DLF to develop <strong>Living</strong> made easy<br />
for children.<br />
In 2008/9 discussions have been held with officials<br />
of the Welsh Assembly Government and of the<br />
Scottish Government to explore the extension<br />
of the DLF’s services to the people of Wales<br />
and Scotland respectively.<br />
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And in partnership…<br />
DLF works in partnership with a wide range of<br />
organisations, companies and individuals. Close<br />
links exist with local authorities throughout England,<br />
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In 2008/9,<br />
DLF also worked with a growing number of<br />
companies in the Assistive Technology and<br />
retail sectors.<br />
DLF worked with the <strong>Foundation</strong> for Assistive<br />
Technology (FAST), Ricability and Assist UK on a<br />
project to assess the future needs for information<br />
on assistive technology. Funded by the Department<br />
of Health (DH) this is the first of a three year<br />
initiative focusing on the strategic questions about<br />
the information needs of older and disabled people<br />
in the future and the roles each organisation can<br />
play in meeting those needs. This first year of the<br />
project focussed on market analysis and mapping<br />
each organisation’s existing activities.<br />
DLF worked with B&Q for a second year to update<br />
their bespoke version of AskSARA for use on<br />
www.diy.com featuring the products in its<br />
Can do range.<br />
In March 20<strong>09</strong> DLF worked with Co-operative<br />
Independent <strong>Living</strong> Ltd to create a bespoke version of<br />
AskSARA based on its range of daily living equipment<br />
co-operative Xest, which was launched as an online<br />
service in April 20<strong>09</strong>.<br />
In June 2008 and January 20<strong>09</strong> the members of<br />
the EASTIN Association met in Belluna, Italy and<br />
London respectively. DLF is a founder member<br />
of this association. The Association ensures the<br />
maintenance and continuation of the EASTIN<br />
website and the future collaboration of the partners,<br />
all of which have their own national databases of<br />
daily living equipment. The Association acts as a<br />
driver for technological advance and the sharing<br />
of ideas and information critical to the success<br />
of the partners’ work.<br />
Main sources of income 2008/<strong>09</strong><br />
Fundraising 22%<br />
DLF Data & Publications 9%<br />
Training & Advice 14%<br />
Moving & Handling People 13%<br />
Government 18%<br />
Licensing of AskSARA 7%<br />
Sponsorship 12%<br />
Other 5%<br />
Expenditure by activity 2008/<strong>09</strong><br />
Advice services 5%<br />
Training 7%<br />
Fundraising 5%<br />
Moving & Handling People 14%<br />
Business Development 8%<br />
Research 15%<br />
Information Technology 9%<br />
Executive 9%<br />
Finance 9%<br />
Premises, operating<br />
expenses & depreciation 19%
Listening to our users<br />
– on and ‘off’ line<br />
Comprehensive, routine data collection,<br />
supported by specialist surveys, continues<br />
to be an integral part of all the major<br />
services, both web and non-web based,<br />
that DLF provides.<br />
Use of DLF web services<br />
increasing<br />
This year, April 2008 - March 20<strong>09</strong>, has seen an<br />
increase in the number of vists to both the DLF<br />
website and the guided advice website AskSARA.<br />
Users’ reactions to the new<br />
<strong>Living</strong> made easy website<br />
The first online survey of LME users was carried out<br />
in July 20<strong>09</strong>, and 96% had found the website easyto-use.<br />
LME incorporates an innovative combination<br />
of features to maximise the presentation of useful<br />
advice and information on daily living to both public<br />
and professional users. Some of these are listed<br />
below, along with how helpful survey respondents<br />
were finding them.<br />
LME features Helpful *<br />
No. of visits<br />
General advice<br />
94%<br />
07/08 08/<strong>09</strong> % increase<br />
Case studies of equipment use<br />
75%<br />
DLF website<br />
AskSARA<br />
259,020 269,<strong>09</strong>6 4%<br />
17,727 19,267 9%<br />
Ability to compare 3 products next to each other<br />
Ability to review a product yourself<br />
Ability to read other people’s reviews<br />
74%<br />
67%<br />
79%<br />
A major public website service, <strong>Living</strong> made easy<br />
(LME), was launched in November 2008. This<br />
incorporated the two existing web services,<br />
Bathing made easy (BME) and Telecare made<br />
easy (TME), together with additional new<br />
information sections. LME received 106,115<br />
visits in the five months from its launch to<br />
end of March 20<strong>09</strong>, which, when combined<br />
with 262,229 BME visits and 13,158 TME visits<br />
prior to their incorporation in LME, indicates<br />
a yearly total of 381,502 visits for the new service.<br />
DLF star ratings<br />
75%<br />
DLF identification of suppliers meeting<br />
81%<br />
certain standards<br />
Ability to ask questions in the forum<br />
60%<br />
* % of survey respondents reporting feature ‘helpful’ or ‘very helpful’<br />
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Non-website DLF services<br />
The numbers attending DLF Training courses this<br />
year was 660, a 26% increase over last year and<br />
continuing five consecutive years of increasing<br />
attendance. A significant trend was a 27%<br />
increase in those attending Trusted Assessor<br />
courses compared with last year.<br />
Calls to DLF’s telephone Helpline this year increased<br />
24% over last year and totalled 25,552. The total<br />
number of emails and letters received by Helpline<br />
staff was 1803, up from 1713 last year.<br />
There were 1,880 visitors to DLF’s London<br />
Equipment Demonstration Centre, 7% fewer<br />
than last year. However, visits from local residents<br />
(London Borough of Westminster) increased<br />
by 10% to 577.<br />
Some early data, so far based only on small samples,<br />
compare the effects of receiving information<br />
through the LME website with information through<br />
personal contact (mainly telephone Helpline).<br />
This suggests rates of subsequent purchase of<br />
equipment so far to be similar: 16/63 (25%) and<br />
28/81 (35%) respectively. Also, reports of the impact<br />
that the equipment purchased has had on the<br />
respondents’ quality of life has again been similar.<br />
Impact<br />
Improved quality of life<br />
Improved mobility<br />
Reduced isolation<br />
Contact with DLF<br />
Website<br />
69% *<br />
36%<br />
13%<br />
Personal<br />
64% *<br />
53%<br />
14%<br />
Comparing the impact<br />
of website information<br />
and personal contact<br />
DLF has recently placed considerable emphasis<br />
on the development and expansion of daily living<br />
advice and information websites freely available<br />
to the public (AskSARA and LME). Throughout this<br />
it is mindful that internet access will not always<br />
be available or appropriate to all, and DLF recognises<br />
the continuing importance of its complementary,<br />
personal contact services (Helpline and Equipment<br />
Demonstration Centre). The latter have been<br />
monitored extensively to assure high quality<br />
and effective service and it is important that the<br />
new website services are shown to be similarly<br />
effective. Appropriate future co-ordination<br />
of the monitoring and evaluation of website and<br />
personal contacts will allow relevant comparisons<br />
between the two approaches.<br />
Reduced reliance on carers<br />
19%<br />
Reduced pain<br />
38%<br />
Reduced chances of falling<br />
25%<br />
Increased independence<br />
63%<br />
Increased sense of security<br />
19%<br />
* % respondents reporting impact; nd = not done<br />
25%<br />
36%<br />
53%<br />
nd<br />
nd
Financial statement (Financial year 2008/<strong>09</strong>)<br />
20<strong>09</strong> 2008<br />
Statement of financial activities<br />
Year ended 31 March 20<strong>09</strong> £ £ £ £<br />
Incoming resources<br />
Resources expended<br />
Net incoming/(Outgoing) resources for the year<br />
1,666,665<br />
1,645,193<br />
21,472<br />
1,241,666<br />
1,411,505<br />
(169,839)<br />
Other recognised gains and losses<br />
Revaluation of property<br />
Unrealised gains/(losses) on investments<br />
(215,385)<br />
(3,<strong>09</strong>2)<br />
922,581<br />
(1,649)<br />
Net movement of funds<br />
(197,005)<br />
751,<strong>09</strong>3<br />
Balance sheet<br />
Fixed assets<br />
Tangible fixed assets<br />
Investments<br />
Intangible asset<br />
3,249,845<br />
32,<strong>09</strong>3<br />
30,000<br />
3,311,938<br />
3,542,217<br />
35,185<br />
40,000<br />
3,617,402<br />
Net current assets<br />
Current assets<br />
Current liabilities<br />
381,405<br />
(302,980)<br />
78,425<br />
332,006<br />
(331,589)<br />
417<br />
Total assets less current liabilities<br />
3,390,363<br />
3,617,819<br />
Creditors falling due after more than one year<br />
(644,550)<br />
(675,001)<br />
Net assets<br />
2,745,813<br />
2,942,818<br />
Funds<br />
Restricted funds<br />
Fixed asset fund<br />
Project fund<br />
3,601<br />
10,931<br />
14,532<br />
1,618<br />
10,7<strong>09</strong><br />
12,327<br />
Unrestricted funds<br />
Revaluation funds – property<br />
– investments<br />
General fund<br />
2,750,000<br />
2,280<br />
(20,999)<br />
2,975,625<br />
5,372<br />
(50,506)<br />
2,731,281<br />
2,930,491<br />
Total funds<br />
2,745,813<br />
2,942,818<br />
‘The full financial statement of which above is an extract, have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice,<br />
Accounting and Reporting by Charities (Charities SORP 2005), applicable Accounting Standards and the Companies Act 1985.’ Margaret McKinlay, Chair<br />
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Thank you<br />
DLF gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following Trusts, <strong>Foundation</strong>s,<br />
individuals, corporate supporters and Government departments. This support, much of it<br />
ongoing, makes a significant contribution to our work on behalf of people with disabilities<br />
and older people. We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone.<br />
Trusts and <strong>Foundation</strong>s<br />
The Alchemy <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Andrew Anderson Trust<br />
B-CH 1971 Charitable Trust<br />
The Baker Charitable Trust<br />
Starkie Bence Charitable Trust<br />
Benham Charitable Settlement<br />
The Bisgood Charitable Trust<br />
The Bonus Trust<br />
The R S Brownless Charitable Trust<br />
The Richard Cadbury Charitable Trust<br />
The City Bridge Trust<br />
The Clothworkers’ <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
The Vivienne and Samuel Cohen<br />
Charitable Trust<br />
The Coutts Charitable Trust<br />
The Earmark Trust<br />
The John Ellerman <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
The Douglas Heath Eves Charitable Trust<br />
The Eveson Charitable Trust<br />
The Fitton Trust<br />
The Hugh Fraser <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
The Joseph Strong Frazer Trust<br />
Frognal Trust<br />
J H F Green Charitable Trust<br />
The E. F. & M. G. Hall Charitable Trust<br />
Sue Hammerson Charitable Trust<br />
Edward Harvist Trust<br />
Hilliard Charitable Trust<br />
The Jane Hodge <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
The Hospital Saturday Fund<br />
The Albert Hunt Trust<br />
J S Trust<br />
The Ian Karten Charitable Trust<br />
The Rufford Maurice Laing <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
The London Aged Christian Society<br />
The Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust<br />
The Pamela and Jack Maxwell <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
G M Morrison Charitable Trust<br />
The MVM Charitable Trust<br />
The Norman Family Charitable Trust<br />
The Oakdale Trust<br />
Oppenheimer Charitable Trust<br />
PF Charitable Trust<br />
The George and Esme Pollitzer<br />
Charitable Settlement<br />
The Douglas Prestwich Charitable Trust<br />
Fanny Rapaport Charitable Settlement<br />
The Albert Reckitt Charitable Trust<br />
The Christopher H. R. Reeves Charitable Trust<br />
The Rofeh Trust<br />
Davis Rubens Charitable Trust<br />
Simon’s Charity<br />
The Souter Charitable Trust<br />
Strand Parishes Trust<br />
The James Weir <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Major Simon Whitbread Charitable Trust<br />
Individual Donors and Supporters<br />
Emma Bate<br />
Pam Bennett<br />
Kelvin Brown<br />
Karen Buck MP<br />
Vlad Cohen<br />
Rhiannon Davies<br />
Diane de Deney<br />
Rosemary Good<br />
Steve Hards<br />
Nick Kohn<br />
Rupert Langham<br />
Charlotte McDouall<br />
Patricia Negus-Fancey<br />
Vivienne Parry<br />
Geraldine Perry<br />
Nick Parsons<br />
Dr Martin Scott<br />
Nicki Stacey<br />
Richard Thomas<br />
Simon Wells<br />
Mr & Mrs F.J. Wilson<br />
Judy Woolfenden MBE<br />
And many others too numerous to mention.<br />
DLF gratefully acknowledges<br />
support received from the:<br />
Department for Children, Schools and Families<br />
Department of Health<br />
Westminster Primary Care Trust<br />
Westminster Social Services<br />
International Alliance of Assistive<br />
Technology Information Providers<br />
Abledata (USA)<br />
Assist Ireland (Ireland)<br />
Centro Estatal De Autonomia Personal<br />
Y Ayudas Tecnicas (Spain)<br />
Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus (Italy)<br />
Hacavie (France)<br />
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft<br />
Köln (Germany)<br />
Hjaelpmiddelen Instituttet (Denmark)<br />
Independent <strong>Living</strong> Centres (Australia)<br />
Kennis-en Ondersteunings Centrum (Belgium)<br />
Corporate Supporters<br />
1st Call Mobility<br />
Adaptawear<br />
AKW MediCare Ltd<br />
ArjoHuntleigh<br />
B&Q<br />
Benmor Medical (UK) Ltd<br />
Carebase Ltd<br />
Centromed UK Ltd<br />
Chunc Wheelchairs<br />
co-operative Xest<br />
Days Healthcare UK Ltd<br />
Direct Mobility Hire Ltd<br />
Eureka! Design Consultants Limited<br />
Eurocare Showers Ltd<br />
Genie Care<br />
Handicare A/S<br />
Home Retail Group<br />
Invacare Limited<br />
Kingkraft Ltd<br />
The Kirton Healthcare Group Ltd<br />
Liko (UK) Ltd<br />
Linet (UK)<br />
Mangar International<br />
Minivator Limited<br />
Molift Ltd<br />
Mountway Limited<br />
Nottingham Rehab Supplies<br />
Phil-e-slide<br />
Reval<br />
ROMPA® Ltd<br />
Stannah Stairlifts Ltd<br />
Sumed International (UK)<br />
Sunrise Medical Ltd<br />
Symonds Hydroclean<br />
Taylor Dolman<br />
Theraposture Ltd<br />
Total Hygiene Ltd<br />
Tunstall Group Ltd<br />
Uniscan Ltd<br />
Westholme Ltd<br />
Wilcare Wales Ltd
<strong>Disabled</strong> <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
President<br />
VACANT<br />
Vice Presidents<br />
The Lord McColl MS FRCS FACS FRCSE<br />
The Rt Hon Lord Morris of Manchester AO QSO<br />
Professor Heinz Wolff BSc FIBiol FRSA<br />
Bert Massie CBE<br />
Leslie Philips CBE<br />
Chair<br />
Margaret McKinlay<br />
Deputy Chair<br />
Leslie Hurst<br />
Trustees<br />
Jeff Bashton<br />
Sue Cunningham<br />
Ken Piggott<br />
Shahid Shaikh<br />
Chief Executive<br />
Christine Shaw (from September 2008)<br />
Nicole Penn-Symons* (until September 2008)<br />
PA to Chief Executive<br />
Saraneh Ghazni<br />
Teniel Pillai*<br />
Heads of Department<br />
Philippa Bromley<br />
Head of Independent <strong>Living</strong><br />
Dave Clarke<br />
Head of IT and Data Services<br />
Steve Hawe<br />
Head of Marketing and Fundraising<br />
Anwar Islam<br />
Head of Finance and Administration<br />
Staff<br />
Peter Acton<br />
Rishu Aggarwal<br />
Shajahan Ali<br />
Liz Allsop<br />
Frances Barrett<br />
Caroline Bautista<br />
Emily Baxter<br />
Karen Bromfield<br />
Sue Clements<br />
Hugh Dobie<br />
Jose-Luis Duran Sanchez<br />
Kiren Dutt<br />
Louise Evans<br />
Warren Goodland<br />
Janet Hillman<br />
Aaron Jacobson*<br />
Amit Jain<br />
Rubamathy Jayanthan<br />
Caroline Jones<br />
Nina Kirby<br />
James Kamau<br />
Thambyrajah Kanagarajah<br />
John Mandrak<br />
Ricardo Marino<br />
Joao Martins<br />
Leslie Mayers<br />
Petula McLaren<br />
Carmo Milagre*<br />
Zaheed Panjwani<br />
Veronika Sucha*<br />
Poppy Weston-Davies*<br />
* Staff no longer with DLF at 1 April 20<strong>09</strong><br />
Volunteers<br />
Seham Alaiwat<br />
Barbra Bagnall<br />
Hussein Basri<br />
Nemanja Cvjetinovic<br />
Natalie Dawood<br />
Ardiana Dibra<br />
Soumaiya Edoo<br />
Marcos Furlan<br />
Lyndsey Fyffe<br />
Bukurie Gashi<br />
Efioawan Glover<br />
Yvonne Gordon-Buley<br />
Clare Hammond<br />
Uare Hammond<br />
Leanne Hicks<br />
Sharon Harbutt<br />
Randa Jojo<br />
Thomas Kiflai<br />
Shahnaz Mannan<br />
Khadra Mohamed<br />
Damaris Montero<br />
Awees Muhidijn<br />
Agnes Muhoro<br />
Rebbeca Parvin<br />
Caroline Pert<br />
Polly Primrose<br />
Toral Shah<br />
Allan Simmonds<br />
Rosann Willis<br />
Laura Zola<br />
Create a world of independence for all by remembering us in your Will<br />
DLF has a vision. A world<br />
where older and disabled<br />
people are empowered<br />
through knowledge<br />
and choice. Where<br />
they can easily access<br />
information on ways<br />
to stay independent.<br />
A world of extended opportunities and enhanced<br />
independence for all.<br />
For 40 years DLF has been working towards this<br />
world by offering free and impartial advice<br />
to the public on ways that equipment can<br />
help improve their quality of life.<br />
With the life expectancy of the population growing<br />
and technology developing, we can only expect<br />
the number of people who need our help to grow.<br />
With your support, we can continue to make a real<br />
difference – for years to come.<br />
By leaving a legacy to DLF you can make a real and<br />
lasting difference to our work. Legacies are tax-free<br />
and you can leave as much or as little as you like.<br />
Talk to your solicitor if you wish to leave a legacy<br />
to DLF or contact our Fundraising Department on<br />
020 7432 8008 or email fundraising@dlf.org.uk<br />
for a legacy pack.<br />
13 <strong>Disabled</strong> <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> Annual Review 2008/<strong>09</strong>
<strong>Disabled</strong> <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
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