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In Britain about 10 million people (roughly the population of London) are disabled. Nearly half are unemployed and depend on benefit support. Helping them to be independent, self reliant and assisting some of them back into the work place is the aim of Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People. As we do not receive government support for capital development and creation of new services, your support is vital for the continuation of QEF’s work.

Whether you are volunteering, making a donation, pledging a legacy or organising an event in support of QEF, we are extremely grateful for all the help we receive. If you need advice about any aspects of getting involved with QEF, please use the contact details at the bottom of this page. We will be delighted to help!

Volunteering

QEF relies on the dedicated and tireless work of our team of volunteers who give their time to assist us in our work for disabled people. Many volunteers are needed to help with the various fundraising events we undertake. If you think you could spare some time to help QEF help people with disabilities please get in contact with us as we would be delighted to hear from you.

Here are some examples of the ways in which you can help:

Volunteers are needed to help with our street collections and to be ‘marshals’ at the many large fundraising events that we hold.
QEF’s Shops are run entirely by a stalwart team of volunteers who manage the shops very professionally.
The mail order side of the Retail Trading Company is again handled entirely by volunteers.