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Redrow has always believed that we have a wider role to play in helping to provide social improvement across the communities in which we build and provide homes.
To reinforce the contributions previously made through our involvement ion organisations such as Business in the Community (BITC),Redrow launched the Redrow Foundation in 2006 to coincide with our 50,000th legal completion.
The Redrow Foundation is a registered charity, regulated by an independent board of trustees, for the sole purpose of providing financial support for the relief of poverty and sickness in the United Kingdom, and in particular, to provide accommodation and related assistance, including respite care, especially to children, the elderly and those who are sick or infirm.
The purchase of every Redrow home will result in a contribution to the trust of £50, equating to a total annual contribution of approximately £250,000.
The Foundation continues to lend support and to date has contributed over £390,000 to a wide variety of charities.
A few examples from the many beneficiaries of the Foundation’s work include Stockport CP Society which particularly caters for Cerebral Palsy sufferers. They take on anyone who has such a high level of disability that no other facilities can cope. In addition to providing skills groups, community services and leisure activities they also have a residential home, Cheddle Lodge, for 12 people who require 24 hour care. Highly disabled people cannot regulate their body temperature, limiting visits to the garden to warm sunny days. In order to allow residents to enjoy the garden all through the year Stockport CP Society planned to build a conservatory and as is common with all charities, state funding does not cover the cost of all the services provided let alone such capital works. The Redrow Foundation provided £24,000 in 2006 and a further £15,000 in 2007 to pay for a conservatory at Cheddle Lodge residential care home.
Imagine having a child with a genetic condition that means that the slightest touch or rub results in horrific blistering and open sores. DebRA is a charity that supports families coping with this extremely debilitating skin condition, by providing advice, research, small grants and respite holidays in 3 specially adapted mobile homes. The respite holidays allow the families to get away from the normal stresses and strains of daily life and relax in surroundings where the site staff and other holidaymakers are understanding and supportive. The Redrow Foundation provided £40,000, to cover the purchase of an additional mobile home.
Woodlands Hospice provides services for people in the Liverpool area who are suffering and dying from cancer. At present they provide palliative care day services and care in the community but when someone requires in-patient care for the last few weeks of life, they have to be accommodated in a dreary and decaying hospital ward. Woodlands is raising funds to extend their hospice to include a residential wing with 15 private rooms, each with direct access to gardens and en-suite. This will mean that patients can enjoy a seamless transition through all the services provided by Woodlands. To date the Redrow Foundation has provided £37,000 to cover the cost of the visitors lounge and £15,000 for a therapy suite. Through their expertise in the industry they were also able to save the Hospice nearly £140,000 on build costs.
Scope is a national charity that works to support disabled sufferers of cerebral palsy across the UK. In the Northwest, in addition to many other projects, they provide and run Thresholds which is an Independent Living Service for adults in the Runcorn and Widnes area, providing accommodation for 50 disabled people with severe physical and learning disabilities. It allows these disabled people to lead as normal a life as possible, living in the community. While the Local Authority pays fees for the service users this does not fully meet the costs. Scope raises money to meet any shortfall, including funding the home managers and any specialist equipment required. The Redrow Foundation provided £11,500 in 2006 and a further £12,000 in 2007 to cover the cost of some of this specialist equipment.
Redrow Foundation
Redrow has always believed that we have a wider role to play in helping to provide social improvement across the communities in which we build and provide homes.
To reinforce the contributions previously made through our involvement ion organisations such as Business in the Community (BITC),Redrow launched the Redrow Foundation in 2006 to coincide with our 50,000th legal completion.
The Redrow Foundation is a registered charity, regulated by an independent board of trustees, for the sole purpose of providing financial support for the relief of poverty and sickness in the United Kingdom, and in particular, to provide accommodation and related assistance, including respite care, especially to children, the elderly and those who are sick or infirm.
The purchase of every Redrow home will result in a contribution to the trust of £50, equating to a total annual contribution of approximately £250,000.
The Foundation continues to lend support and to date has contributed over £390,000 to a wide variety of charities.
A few examples from the many beneficiaries of the Foundation’s work include Stockport CP Society which particularly caters for Cerebral Palsy sufferers. They take on anyone who has such a high level of disability that no other facilities can cope. In addition to providing skills groups, community services and leisure activities they also have a residential home, Cheddle Lodge, for 12 people who require 24 hour care. Highly disabled people cannot regulate their body temperature, limiting visits to the garden to warm sunny days. In order to allow residents to enjoy the garden all through the year Stockport CP Society planned to build a conservatory and as is common with all charities, state funding does not cover the cost of all the services provided let alone such capital works. The Redrow Foundation provided £24,000 in 2006 and a further £15,000 in 2007 to pay for a conservatory at Cheddle Lodge residential care home.
Imagine having a child with a genetic condition that means that the slightest touch or rub results in horrific blistering and open sores. DebRA is a charity that supports families coping with this extremely debilitating skin condition, by providing advice, research, small grants and respite holidays in 3 specially adapted mobile homes. The respite holidays allow the families to get away from the normal stresses and strains of daily life and relax in surroundings where the site staff and other holidaymakers are understanding and supportive. The Redrow Foundation provided £40,000, to cover the purchase of an additional mobile home.
Woodlands Hospice provides services for people in the Liverpool area who are suffering and dying from cancer. At present they provide palliative care day services and care in the community but when someone requires in-patient care for the last few weeks of life, they have to be accommodated in a dreary and decaying hospital ward. Woodlands is raising funds to extend their hospice to include a residential wing with 15 private rooms, each with direct access to gardens and en-suite. This will mean that patients can enjoy a seamless transition through all the services provided by Woodlands. To date the Redrow Foundation has provided £37,000 to cover the cost of the visitors lounge and £15,000 for a therapy suite. Through their expertise in the industry they were also able to save the Hospice nearly £140,000 on build costs.
Scope is a national charity that works to support disabled sufferers of cerebral palsy across the UK. In the Northwest, in addition to many other projects, they provide and run Thresholds which is an Independent Living Service for adults in the Runcorn and Widnes area, providing accommodation for 50 disabled people with severe physical and learning disabilities. It allows these disabled people to lead as normal a life as possible, living in the community. While the Local Authority pays fees for the service users this does not fully meet the costs. Scope raises money to meet any shortfall, including funding the home managers and any specialist equipment required. The Redrow Foundation provided £11,500 in 2006 and a further £12,000 in 2007 to cover the cost of some of this specialist equipment.
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