Formation 1917 Region served United Kingdom | Headquarters Redditch | |
Website www.cavellnursestrust.org | ||
Cavell Nurses' Trust is a charitable organisation which supports the welfare of nurses in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1917 in the memory of British nurse Edith Cavell.
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Benevolent fund
As of 2014, Its objective is "to help the UK's 650,000 nurses, midwives and health care assistants, both working and retired, who are in need of support due to ill health, injury, financial difficulties and domestic abuse." Additionally, it makes scholarship awards to students. In the five-year period before 2011, the fund provided thousands of nurses with support that totalled more than £2.5 million. In 2011 the organisation had an income of £313,000. In 2015, more than 1,400 people received support from the trust.
History
Edith Cavell was executed in 1915 during the First World War by a German firing squad. A year after her death The Lancet published a letter from her sister, who wrote to say Edith "had long cherished the idea of establishing homes of rest for nurses." An appeal was set up, with the Edith Cavell Homes of Rest for Nurses registered as a war charity. By July 1918 Queen Alexandra had become the patron. The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror launched a national appeal for funds in her memory. The appeal by the newspapers raised £12,500. By 1919, an Edith Cavell Home of Rest in Richmond was up and running. In 1921, administration of the Edith Cavell Homes of Rest for Nurses transferred to Nation's Fund for Nurses.
In October 2012 NurseAid rebranded to Cavell Nurses' Trust, changing their name and new logo to place more emphasis on their link with Edith Cavell. The trust is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales as the Edith Cavell Fund For Nurses.
Recent campaigns
In 2013 the trust supported a campaign against domestic violence, then a Birmingham campaign against illegal money lenders and legal high interest lenders.
In 2014 the trust were awarded a grant of 91,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
In 2015 they ran a campaign called Moment of thanks where they invited patients and their families to share their stories.
In December 2015 they campaigned to raise awareness of those nurses who are living in fuel poverty.
Awards
In 2011 the trust launched student scholarship awards, offering five bursaries of up to £2,000 each.