Two national charities for disabled children in merger talks
Howard Lake | 21 May 2004 | News
Contact a Family – for families with disabled children, and Lady Hoare Trust for Physically Disabled Children, are in formal discussions to merge.
In a joint statement, Mike Lancaster, Chair of Contact a Family and Lady Susanna Crawford, Chair of Lady Hoare Trust, said: “We welcome the prospect of a merger. By coming together, we believe that we can strengthen our capacity to deliver much-needed support to a greater number of parents and disabled children.
“Both our charities have long and well-respected track-records. By combining our resources and expertise, it is felt that a new organisation could extend direct services to many more families throughout the UK.”
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The two organisations have been talking about how they might work more closely together for the past year. Trustees have now established a Joint Merger Committee, independently chaired by Tim Cook, former Clerk of the City Parochial Foundation.
Lady Hoare Trust for Physically Disabled Children was founded in 1962 and Contact a Family was founded in 1979.
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