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Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) is a UK disability charity that works with people with physical and learning disabilities or acquired brain injuries to help them gain new skills and increase independence for life. It operates a brain injury centre in Banstead and a mobility centre in Carshalton, as well as independent living services in Leatherhead in Surrey. It also operates a chain of charity shops in the south east of England. The president of QEF is Corinna, Lady Hamilton of Dalzell DL. The chairman is Rob Douglas CBE DL. The chief executive is Jonathan Powell. The QEF family of charities also comprises the Voluntary Association for Surrey Disabled (VASD), MERU and Sutton Shopmobility. ==Patronage== HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother had a personal interest in the charity throughout her life, offering encouragement around the original proposals, to formally opening the Cripple’s Training College on 27 June 1935 as Her Royal Highness Duchess of York. As Queen she visited in 1941 and requested that the charity should be renamed Queen Elizabeth’s Training College for the Disabled. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother visited a total of eight times, each visit being treasured by the trainees, residents, and staff. On 1 January 1967 the College was renamed Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation in order to reflect the range of services the charity offered in addition to the training college.〔Ellis, David and Fowler, James, Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for the Disabled A History 1934-1984. Her Majesty The Queen Mother. p.2.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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