Offers adventure-style outdoor courses for disabled people. These activities have water, mountainside and horseback themes, and are set in accessible rural environments in Keswick, Kielder and Exmoor. We've awarded £395,000 to fund bursaries to help those physically disabled people who would benefit from this activity but struggle to meet the financial demands for them to go.
Zurich employees have built an accessible website for the Trust. Staff have also acted as 'buddies' during daytime activities on holidays in Keswick and the Pyrenees.
Teaches children and adults with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy, Dyspraxia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, stroke and head injury how to enjoy overcome their movements to lead more independent, dignified and fulfilled lives.
Our £168,500 over five years, for the FIRST STEPS project, will help 125 young children aged 6 months - 3 years with cerebral palsy. It will help these tiny tots learn basic skills such as how to eat, drink and dress themselves.
As a result of employee involvement,one of Zurich's managers has recently become a Trustee, a member of Zurich's HR team has reviewed the Foundation's HR policies and 20 Zurich volunteers laid a 40 metre wheelchair accessible path.
Enables disabled people to enjoy greater independence and a better quality of life by partnering them with specially trained dogs. The dogs respond to 90 verbal commands to help with daily activities, from opening doors to emptying the washing machine and picking selected items from supermarket shelves.
£245,000 is funding the training of dogs and extra assistance dogs, salary assistance of trainers and general staff training. This means that more disabled people will be able to enjoy a better quality of life. A member of staff has also volunteered to become the organisation's Web manager.
ChildLine is the UK's free, 24-hour helpline for children in distress or danger. Trained volunteer counsellors comfort, advise and protect children and young people. Children call ChildLine about a wide range of problems, but the most common problems are abuse (both sexual and physical), bullying, serious family tensions, worries about friends’ welfare and teenage pregnancy.
Zurich has been a long standing partner of ChildLine and has awarded over £200,000 in the past ten years. This has funded the recruitment of counsellors and enabled us to answer thousands of calls to the helpline.
Marie Curie Cancer Care is one of the UK’s largest charities. It is best known for its network of Marie Curie Nurses working in the community to provide end-of-life care for patients in their own homes and its 10 hospices across the UK.
By employing more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, the charity expects to provide care to around 27,000 terminally ill patients in the community and in its hospices this year, along with offering much needed support for their families. Marie Curie Cancer Care mainly cares for people with cancer but it also cares for people with other life limiting illnesses. Its services are always free of charge to patients and their families.
Over the last decade, the generosity of Zurich Cares has supported around 1,250 patients by funding 10,000 nursing hours to people living within close proximity to Zurich office locations which have included Swindon, Cheltenham/Gloucestershire, Glasgow, Whitely, Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester, Bristol, London and Reigate.
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