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It is with immense sadness and regret that we inform you that Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) will commence a wind down programme from 11th November 2025.  

This process is expected to take 28 days to allow time for alternative placements to be found for residential clients at our Care and Rehabilitation Centre, and to honour commitments to other clients to the best extent possible.  

At the end of this period, QEF intends to file for administration.   

We have worked tirelessly over the last year to try and save the charity, exploring numerous options to improve its finances, but unfortunately there wasn’t a viable solution that met all the necessary requirements to overcome the challenging financial situation QEF faced. 

It has been our privilege to support disabled people for over 90 years, providing expert services that have changed many lives, and we are deeply saddened that it cannot continue. 

Our priorities right now are to work with funding bodies to ensure clients find suitable alternative placements and to support our remarkable staff during this difficult time.

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How to be person-centred during the pandemic

QEF has hosted a series of virtual events since December 2020 with expert guest speakers and QEF specialists, discussing the latest developments in neuro rehabilitation and how COVID-19 has impacted the delivery of holistic, person-centred therapy and care.   

Listen to Katy Swann, QEF physiotherapist and Rhianna Brien, QEF Assistant Psychologist, talk about solutions to delivering multi disciplinary, person-centred care during the pandemic. This content was delivered as part of the Neuro Education Clinic webisode ‘Rehabilitation in the wake of COVID-19’ on 29th January 2021. 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2LGyLEKGtYY%3Fmodestbranding%3D0%26html5%3D1%26rel%3D0%26autoplay%3D1%26wmode%3Dopaque%26loop%3D0%26controls%3D1%26autohide%3D0%26showinfo%3D0%26theme%3Ddark%26color%3Dred%26enablejsapi%3D0

Listen to Professor Alexander Leff and QEF’s Alena Jobson talk about the importance of Speech and Language therapy as part of multi-disciplinary neuro rehabilitation and how this has been impacted by the pandemic, as well the latest research. This has been developed as part of QEF’s Audience With ….. series and was delivered on 21st January 2021

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dHgewrUY-Vo%3Fmodestbranding%3D0%26html5%3D1%26rel%3D0%26autoplay%3D1%26wmode%3Dopaque%26loop%3D0%26controls%3D1%26autohide%3D0%26showinfo%3D0%26theme%3Ddark%26color%3Dred%26enablejsapi%3D0

 Listen to Professor Barbara Wilson OBE, Clinical Neuropsychologist and QEF’s Head of Therapies, Carol Carr, talk about the latest developments in neuro rehabilitation and clinical neuropsychology. This was developed as part of QEF’s Audience With ….. series and was delivered on 10th December 2020

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XrKyVGopd4g%3Fmodestbranding%3D0%26html5%3D1%26rel%3D0%26autoplay%3D1%26wmode%3Dopaque%26loop%3D0%26controls%3D1%26autohide%3D0%26showinfo%3D0%26theme%3Ddark%26color%3Dred%26enablejsapi%3D0

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