About Us
About Us
Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation is a registered charity based in Surrey providing solutions to the needs of people with complex disabilities. It provides specialist services focusing on brain injury rehabilitation, the development of life skills, vocational training and mobility tuition and advice.
History
It all began in 1932, when Dame Georgiana Buller, then Chairman of the Central Council for the Care of Cripples, suggested a need for a residential training college for disabled people. In 1933, as Patroness of the Central Council, the late Queen Mother, then HRH The Duchess of York, expressed her support for the proposal in order that disabled people might be retained and find suitable employment in either commerce or industry.
When the College opened in November 1934, it was called the ‘Cripples Training College’ and remained so until 1941 when, after an informal visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the late Queen Mother), she expressed the wish that it should bear her name – Queen Elizabeth’s Training College for the Disabled.
As more services were opened, the charity became Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation. In 1934, the charity supported 16 individuals, today it serves thousands of disabled people each year.
Mission
Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People enables and supports disabled people to increase independence and improve life skills.
Vision
Disabled people should have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Contact us:
Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation
Leatherhead Court
Woodlands Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 0BN
Tel: 01372 841100
Fax: 01372 844657
Email: info@qef.org.uk
QEF Mobility Services
Damson Way
Fountain Drive
Carshalton
Surrey
SM5 4NR
Tel: 020 8770 1151
Fax: 020 8770 1211
Email: mobility@qef.org.uk
QEF Neuro Rehabilitation Services
Banstead Place
Park Road
Banstead
Surrey
SM7 3EE
Tel: 01737 356222
Email: neurorehab@qef.org.uk
QEF Independent Living Services
Dorincourt
Oaklawn Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 0BN
Tel: 01372 841300
Fax: 01372 843753
Email: independentlivingservices@qef.org.uk
QEF Vocational Services
Leatherhead Court
Woodlands Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 0BN
Tel: 01372 841100
Fax: 01372 844156
Minicom: 01372 843483
Email: vocationalservices@qef.org.uk
QEF Retail Trading
Oaklawn Road
Leatherhead
KT22 0BT
Tel: 01372 843616
Fax: 01372 842761
Email: retailtrading@qef.org.uk
